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Table 1: Current account of the Euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; transactions during the period; non working day and non seasonally adjusted)
| Cumulated figures for the four-quarter period ending in | Q2 2013 | Q2 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2014 | Q2 2014 | |||||||||||
| Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | |
| Current account | 210.5 | 3,250.0 | 3,039.5 | 207.7 | 3,258.0 | 3,050.3 | 45.5 | 820.8 | 775.4 | 42.7 | 828.9 | 786.2 |
| Percentage of GDP | 2.2 | 34.3 | 32.0 | 2.1 | 33.5 | 31.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goods | 212.0 | 1,908.6 | 1,696.5 | 210.9 | 1,910.5 | 1,699.7 | 61.6 | 482.2 | 420.6 | 60.4 | 484.1 | 423.8 |
| of which: General merchandise |
203.1 | 1,858.5 | 1,655.4 | 204.8 | 1,864.0 | 1,659.2 | 57.0 | 467.6 | 410.6 | 58.6 | 473.1 | 414.5 |
| Services | 80.6 | 654.3 | 573.7 | 87.0 | 665.3 | 578.3 | 19.1 | 160.3 | 141.1 | 25.5 | 171.2 | 145.7 |
| Transport | 4.3 | 127.3 | 123.0 | 3.5 | 126.0 | 122.4 | 1.7 | 32.7 | 30.9 | 1.0 | 31.4 | 30.4 |
| Travel | 20.0 | 113.5 | 93.5 | 19.6 | 114.7 | 95.1 | 7.7 | 29.6 | 21.8 | 7.4 | 30.8 | 23.4 |
| Insurance pension and financial services |
23.8 | 76.8 | 53.0 | 24.1 | 78.2 | 54.1 | 5.6 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 5.9 | 19.9 | 14.0 |
| Telecommunication, computer and information services |
36.8 | 77.0 | 40.2 | 38.9 | 79.4 | 40.5 | 8.4 | 18.2 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 20.7 | 10.2 |
| Other business services |
0.7 | 166.3 | 165.6 | 2.8 | 169.9 | 167.1 | -1.1 | 40.0 | 41.1 | 1.0 | 43.6 | 42.6 |
| Other | -4.9 | 93.5 | 98.4 | -2.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 | -3.3 | 21.2 | 24.5 | -0.3 | 24.8 | 25.1 |
| Primary income | 64.2 | 603.8 | 539.6 | 59.3 | 598.8 | 539.5 | -4.5 | 155.6 | 160.1 | -9.4 | 150.6 | 160.0 |
| Compensation of empoyees |
17.3 | 31.3 | 14.0 | 17.5 | 31.4 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Investment income | 24.4 | 536.7 | 512.3 | 20.3 | 531.9 | 511.6 | -7.7 | 145.5 | 153.3 | -11.8 | 140.7 | 152.5 |
| Direct investment |
102.8 | 337.1 | 234.3 | 101.1 | 331.2 | 230.1 | 30.8 | 91.9 | 61.1 | 29.1 | 86.0 | 56.9 |
| of which: Reinvested earnings |
-8.4 | 26.1 | 34.4 | -0.5 | 32.9 | 33.5 | -8.6 | 0.5 | 9.1 | -0.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Portfolio investment |
-73.7 | 150.4 | 224.1 | -75.0 | 153.4 | 228.3 | -37.5 | 40.6 | 78.1 | -38.8 | 43.5 | 82.3 |
| Dividends | -6.4 | 44.5 | 49.8 | -8.1 | 46.4 | 54.7 | -16.1 | 15.0 | 29.5 | -17.8 | 16.8 | 34.3 |
| Income on investment fund shares |
-59.6 | 4.8 | 64.6 | -61.5 | 5.1 | 66.8 | -19.1 | 1.2 | 20.3 | -20.9 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| Interest | -7.6 | 102.0 | 109.7 | -5.4 | 101.5 | 106.9 | -2.4 | 25.9 | 28.3 | -0.1 | 25.4 | 25.5 |
| Other investment |
-7.5 | 46.5 | 54.0 | -8.5 | 44.6 | 53.2 | -1.7 | 12.4 | 14.1 | -2.8 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| of which: interest | -4.3 | 45.5 | 49.8 | -5.5 | 43.6 | 49.1 | -0.9 | 12.2 | 13.0 | -2.1 | 10.3 | 12.4 |
| Reserve assets |
2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||
| Other primary income |
22.5 | 35.8 | 13.3 | 21.6 | 35.5 | 14.0 | -0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | -1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| Secondary income | -146.4 | 83.3 | 229.7 | -149.5 | 83.4 | 232.9 | -30.7 | 22.8 | 53.5 | -33.8 | 22.9 | 56.7 |
Source: ECB.