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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending June 2010 (revised) July 2010
July 2009 July 2010
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 -113.5 2,430.3 2,543.8 -50.2 2,381.0 2,431.2 1.8 224.0 222.2 3.7 223.0 219.3
Goods 5.2 1,375.0 1,369.8 39.9 1,429.1 1,389.2 5.5 140.4 134.9 8.0 139.3 131.3
Services 29.6 490.9 461.3 35.7 479.0 443.3 4.2 43.4 39.1 3.8 45.7 41.9
Income -52.9 477.0 529.9 -30.2 388.3 418.5 -3.4 34.8 38.3 -0.7 33.2 33.9
Current transfers -95.4 87.4 182.8 -95.5 84.6 180.1 -4.6 5.4 9.9 -7.5 4.8 12.3
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 7.0 19.2 12.2 7.5 19.8 12.3 -0.0 0.8 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 109.2 38.2 -1.3 -10.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -161.7 -328.0 166.3 -90.4 -176.3 85.8 -7.9 -9.2 1.3 -1.9 -9.2 7.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -28.1 -212.0 184.5 52.3 -103.2 155.5 2.9 1.0 1.9 -1.3 -7.1 5.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -134.2 -116.0 -18.2 -142.7 -73.1 -69.7 -10.8 -10.2 -0.6 -0.6 -2.0 1.4
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 404.8 230.3 174.5 260.7 -134.4 395.1 6.9 11.6 -4.6 -23.8 -21.9 -2.0
Equity -4.2 109.4 -113.6 28.6 -81.6 110.1 19.8 -3.0 22.8 2.4 2.1 0.4
Debt instruments 409.0 120.9 288.1 232.1 -52.8 285.0 -12.8 14.6 -27.4 -26.3 -23.9 -2.3
Bonds and notes 120.4 58.1 62.3 121.6 -70.3 191.8 4.6 5.1 -0.5 -15.3 24.6 -39.9
Money market instruments 288.6 62.8 225.9 110.6 17.4 93.1 -17.4 9.5 -26.9 -10.9 -48.5 37.6
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 243.2 -97.7 340.8 170.3 -310.7 480.9 -1.0 2.4 -3.3 -25.7 -31.0 5.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 26.1 -3.0 0.7 -0.4
OTHER INVESTMENT -163.9 574.6 -738.5 -126.3 -18.4 -107.9 -2.2 145.4 -147.7 18.7 38.8 -20.0
Eurosystem 45.4 11.5 33.9 -42.3 7.2 -49.5 -11.5 0.5 -12.0 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1
General government 0.4 -4.7 5.1 9.3 -3.0 12.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 2.8 1.7 1.0
of which: currency and deposits 0.9 0.9 -2.1 -2.1 -0.2 -0.2 1.5 1.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -141.2 535.4 -676.6 -37.3 46.6 -83.9 -5.8 142.2 -148.0 19.0 51.6 -32.6
Long-term -155.2 -63.3 -91.9 91.1 64.5 26.6 29.9 20.9 9.0 30.3 35.2 -4.9
Short-term 13.9 598.7 -584.7 -128.4 -17.9 -110.5 -35.7 121.3 -157.0 -11.3 16.4 -27.7
Other sectors -68.5 32.4 -101.0 -56.0 -69.2 13.2 15.1 3.1 12.0 0.1 -12.5 12.6
of which: currency and deposits 21.0 21.0 -0.7 -0.7 8.9 8.9 0.9 0.9
RESERVE ASSETS 3.9 3.9 -2.8 -2.8 1.2 1.2 -3.1 -3.1
Errors and omissions -2.7 4.5 -0.5 5.3

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