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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 September 2012 (revised) October 2012
October 2011 October 2012
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 -8.2 2,931.1 2,939.2 79.4 3,130.3 3,050.9 5.0 260.3 255.2 7.2 271.2 264.0
Goods -4.7 1,744.6 1,749.2 76.8 1,906.0 1,829.2 6.5 159.2 152.7 8.2 173.8 165.6
Services 63.2 571.0 507.8 84.8 610.0 525.2 8.7 52.6 43.9 6.7 53.0 46.3
Income 38.8 522.6 483.8 31.6 518.8 487.2 1.2 43.1 41.8 2.2 38.3 36.2
Current transfers -105.5 92.9 198.4 -113.8 95.5 209.3 -11.4 5.4 16.7 -9.8 6.1 15.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 10.1 22.7 12.6 11.9 27.5 15.7 1.4 2.3 0.9 1.8 3.2 1.3
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -8.6 -94.4 -6.6 -6.6
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -54.1 -370.8 316.7 -101.1 -299.9 198.8 -15.9 -19.9 3.9 -13.0 -18.2 5.2
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 7.5 -295.4 303.3 -78.9 -271.1 192.1 -3.1 -4.3 1.2 -14.0 -17.6 3.6
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -61.8 -75.4 13.4 -22.1 -28.8 6.7 -12.9 -15.6 2.7 1.0 -0.7 1.7
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 311.1 66.8 244.3 92.6 -83.3 175.9 13.9 -25.1 39.0 47.5 2.4 45.0
Equity 76.6 21.3 55.3 153.9 18.4 135.5 4.6 -8.9 13.5 21.1 -6.1 27.2
Debt instruments 234.5 45.5 189.0 -61.4 -101.8 40.4 9.3 -16.2 25.5 26.3 8.5 17.8
Bonds and notes 267.0 26.7 240.3 58.9 -57.1 116.0 40.7 -6.1 46.8 11.0 0.1 10.9
Money market instruments -32.5 18.8 -51.3 -120.3 -44.7 -75.6 -31.4 -10.1 -21.3 15.3 8.4 6.9
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 257.0 -304.1 561.0 -8.5 -383.2 374.7 -2.1 -45.0 43.0 34.5 -15.8 50.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 13.0 -30.9 -2.6 -0.6
OTHER INVESTMENT -272.5 -277.5 5.0 -35.7 -6.7 -29.0 -2.9 21.0 -23.9 -38.0 -20.3 -17.8
Eurosystem 45.0 -11.2 56.3 102.3 -5.0 107.2 -7.8 -1.5 -6.3 -17.1 -4.8 -12.4
General government 108.2 1.6 106.6 17.1 -0.9 18.0 2.8 6.7 -3.9 2.0 -1.3 3.3
of which: currency and deposits -10.2 -10.2 1.2 1.2 5.8 5.8 1.0 1.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -322.0 -91.5 -230.4 -136.7 85.4 -222.1 8.4 36.1 -27.8 -11.7 -10.5 -1.2
Long-term 3.8 -1.9 5.7 -11.1 15.9 -27.0 -5.8 0.3 -6.1 10.1 16.1 -6.0
Short-term -325.8 -89.6 -236.2 -125.6 69.5 -195.1 14.2 35.8 -21.6 -21.8 -26.6 4.8
Other sectors -103.8 -176.3 72.5 -18.4 -86.3 67.9 -6.2 -20.3 14.0 -11.2 -3.7 -7.5
of which: currency and deposits -67.2 -67.2 -57.7 -57.7 -13.6 -13.6 -7.8 -7.8
RESERVE ASSETS -6.1 -6.1 -19.2 -19.2 1.0 1.0 -2.4 -2.4
Errors and omissions 6.7 3.1 0.2 -2.5

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