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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions, non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending May 2008 (revised) June 2008
June 2007 June 2008
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
( 2 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area.
CURRENTACCOUNT 20.4 2,524.8 2,504.4 -18.4 2,731.4 2,749.8 -19.6 225.5 245.1 -1.0 234.5 235.5
Goods 51.4 1,452.4 1,401.0 26.8 1,558.6 1,531.8 -3.3 128.4 131.7 1.9 135.8 133.9
Services 44.4 460.7 416.3 49.5 497.6 448.1 4.1 40.0 36.0 4.2 42.2 38.0
Income 3.2 520.2 517.0 -1.6 585.2 586.8 -15.6 50.2 65.8 -1.8 50.3 52.1
Current transfers -78.5 91.5 170.0 -93.1 89.9 183.0 -4.8 6.8 11.7 -5.4 6.2 11.6
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 13.5 25.7 12.2 14.9 28.4 13.5 1.8 2.7 0.9 -0.2 2.0 2.2
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 83.6 115.4 45.3 15.7
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -171.6 -367.5 195.9 -203.2 -359.6 156.3 -8.8 -10.1 1.3 -22.0 -30.3 8.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -131.5 -284.4 152.5 -151.7 -242.3 89.3 -7.3 -11.0 3.7 -16.3 -15.4 -0.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -38.6 -83.2 43.5 -50.0 -117.2 67.1 -1.4 0.9 -2.4 -5.7 -14.9 9.2
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 372.0 -571.1 943.1 148.9 -269.2 418.2 22.2 -53.7 76.0 54.2 -5.4 59.5
Equity 237.6 -90.9 328.5 61.1 7.8 53.3 6.6 -12.0 18.5 6.7 -1.0 7.7
Debt instruments 134.4 -480.2 614.6 87.8 -277.1 364.9 15.7 -41.7 57.4 47.5 -4.4 51.9
Bonds and notes 182.5 -371.3 553.8 130.2 -210.9 341.1 37.2 -35.4 72.6 19.6 -9.4 29.0
Money market instruments -48.1 -108.9 60.8 -42.4 -66.2 23.8 -21.5 -6.3 -15.2 27.9 5.0 22.9
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 200.4 -938.7 1,139.1 -54.3 -628.8 574.5 13.5 -63.8 77.3 32.2 -35.6 67.8
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -25.3 -109.5 -29.6 4.8
OTHER INVESTMENT -80.1 -970.2 890.2 283.9 -469.6 753.5 58.7 31.4 27.2 -21.7 127.8 -149.5
Eurosystem 17.0 -9.0 26.0 71.8 -16.2 88.1 19.8 0.7 19.1 2.5 -0.3 2.7
General government 1.2 -3.3 4.5 14.9 15.2 -0.2 -5.5 -3.9 -1.6 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2
of which: currency and deposits -7.0 -7.0 9.3 9.3 -3.8 -3.8 -1.1 -1.1
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -48.0 -756.9 708.9 204.7 -244.6 449.3 35.5 33.8 1.7 -20.4 122.7 -143.1
long-term -95.1 -228.0 132.9 -182.9 -178.8 -4.0 -14.8 -13.3 -1.5 -19.3 -19.1 -0.2
short-term 47.1 -528.9 576.0 387.6 -65.8 453.4 50.3 47.1 3.2 -1.0 141.8 -142.8
Other sectors -50.2 -201.1 150.8 -7.5 -223.9 216.3 8.8 0.8 8.0 -2.3 6.6 -8.9
of which: currency and deposits -18.7 -18.7 46.8 46.8 9.9 9.9 20.1 20.1
RESERVE ASSETS -11.4 -11.4 -4.7 -4.7 2.8 2.8 0.5 0.5
Errors and omissions -117.5 -111.9 -27.5 -14.5

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