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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 October 2009 (revised) November 2009
November 2008 November 2009
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 -135.5 2,758.0 2,893.5 -71.8 2,289.0 2,360.9 -3.9 194.8 198.7 0.1 191.8 191.7
Goods -14.0 1,584.5 1,598.5 31.3 1,290.6 1,259.2 6.2 117.6 111.4 6.8 115.5 108.8
Services 40.5 511.1 470.6 30.1 465.7 435.6 4.0 40.2 36.2 1.8 36.5 34.6
Income -65.4 573.5 638.9 -37.7 443.3 481.0 0.5 33.0 32.5 -1.3 32.1 33.4
Current transfers -96.6 88.9 185.4 -95.6 89.4 185.0 -14.6 4.0 18.6 -7.2 7.7 14.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 3.2 26.9 23.7 6.5 17.8 11.3 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 159.7 103.6 4.5 -0.6
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -200.5 -365.8 165.4 -92.5 -300.3 207.8 -2.0 -27.9 26.0 -0.3 -9.7 9.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -120.4 -222.1 102.8 -1.4 -200.8 199.6 -7.7 -24.3 16.6 -1.8 -9.7 7.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -81.3 -143.7 62.5 -91.3 -99.5 8.2 5.8 -3.6 9.4 1.4 0.0 1.4
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 352.7 -11.7 364.4 299.6 -21.0 320.6 17.1 -15.7 32.8 -14.9 -11.0 -3.9
Equity 13.9 97.3 -83.4 5.2 -14.9 20.1 -34.1 -8.0 -26.1 -9.5 -9.1 -0.4
Debt instruments 338.8 -108.9 447.8 294.4 -6.1 300.5 51.2 -7.7 58.9 -5.4 -1.9 -3.5
Bonds and notes 151.7 -120.8 272.5 143.4 6.6 136.8 32.7 -4.2 37.0 -10.2 -19.9 9.7
Money market instruments 187.1 11.9 175.2 150.9 -12.7 163.7 18.5 -3.5 21.9 4.8 17.9 -13.2
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 152.2 -377.5 529.7 207.1 -321.3 528.4 15.1 -43.6 58.8 -15.3 -20.7 5.4
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -69.1 6.0 0.9 -0.7
OTHER INVESTMENT 83.9 -171.1 254.9 -120.6 630.3 -750.9 -11.0 -44.1 33.1 14.9 -8.5 23.5
Eurosystem 293.9 4.8 289.2 -202.9 9.6 -212.5 -10.2 -1.9 -8.3 -1.5 -0.2 -1.3
General government -4.3 -3.3 -1.0 7.8 6.2 1.6 6.2 0.3 5.9 -2.8 -3.6 0.9
of which: currency and deposits -4.6 -4.6 9.1 9.1 0.5 0.5 -1.5 -1.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -120.3 -6.7 -113.6 127.0 536.1 -409.1 0.9 -13.8 14.7 -0.4 -16.8 16.4
Long-term -256.7 -225.6 -31.2 -52.0 33.4 -85.4 12.2 22.8 -10.6 -12.0 -6.9 -5.0
Short-term 136.4 218.9 -82.5 179.0 502.7 -323.8 -11.2 -36.6 25.4 11.5 -9.9 21.4
Other sectors -85.4 -165.9 80.4 -52.6 78.3 -130.9 -7.9 -28.7 20.8 19.6 12.1 7.5
of which: currency and deposits 18.6 18.6 11.5 11.5 -3.7 -3.7 6.2 6.2
RESERVE ASSETS -7.3 -7.3 11.2 11.2 -0.6 -0.6 0.3 0.3
Errors and omissions -27.4 -38.2 -0.8 -0.6

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