Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
| Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending |
2010 |
2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | May 2011 | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-15.5 |
-55.3 |
-3.1 |
-3.3 |
-2.5 |
-2.2 |
-3.1 |
-6.8 |
-7.6 |
-4.8 |
-7.4 |
-3.7 |
-5.4 |
-5.2 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
-0.6 |
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Credit |
2,374.4 |
2,724.0 |
218.3 |
220.3 |
220.4 |
219.6 |
223.9 |
225.7 |
223.5 |
232.5 |
232.8 |
235.1 |
235.2 |
236.6 |
|
Debit |
2,389.9 |
2,779.3 |
221.4 |
223.6 |
222.9 |
221.8 |
227.0 |
232.5 |
231.1 |
237.3 |
240.3 |
238.8 |
240.6 |
241.9 |
|
Goods |
40.7 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
5.3 |
2.1 |
-1.3 |
-1.7 |
-1.8 |
-3.0 |
-1.3 |
-3.8 |
3.6 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,385.3 |
1,666.9 |
132.6 |
132.0 |
133.7 |
133.7 |
136.4 |
136.9 |
135.3 |
142.6 |
144.1 |
145.1 |
146.9 |
147.5 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,344.6 |
1,663.8 |
130.2 |
131.1 |
131.9 |
128.4 |
134.3 |
138.2 |
137.1 |
144.4 |
147.0 |
146.4 |
150.7 |
143.9 |
|
Services |
35.4 |
45.0 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
2.9 |
5.1 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
|
Credit (exports) |
483.4 |
527.3 |
43.7 |
43.3 |
43.0 |
43.6 |
43.1 |
45.2 |
43.5 |
45.5 |
44.2 |
44.4 |
43.6 |
44.1 |
|
Debit (imports) |
448.0 |
482.2 |
40.3 |
39.7 |
39.5 |
39.6 |
40.1 |
40.4 |
40.7 |
40.4 |
40.3 |
40.7 |
40.3 |
40.3 |
|
Income |
2.5 |
-4.3 |
-0.2 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
-3.1 |
-0.7 |
-2.4 |
-0.4 |
-0.1 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
-3.9 |
|
Credit |
414.7 |
440.1 |
35.6 |
37.3 |
36.3 |
34.6 |
36.3 |
36.0 |
37.0 |
36.6 |
36.8 |
38.1 |
36.9 |
38.6 |
|
Debit |
412.2 |
444.4 |
35.8 |
36.7 |
35.7 |
37.7 |
37.0 |
38.4 |
37.4 |
36.7 |
36.6 |
35.8 |
34.0 |
42.6 |
|
Current transfers |
-94.1 |
-99.2 |
-8.7 |
-8.2 |
-8.4 |
-8.5 |
-7.5 |
-8.0 |
-8.3 |
-8.1 |
-8.6 |
-8.4 |
-7.7 |
-8.8 |
|
Credit |
91.1 |
89.7 |
6.4 |
7.8 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
7.8 |
6.4 |
|
Debit |
185.2 |
188.9 |
15.1 |
16.0 |
15.8 |
16.1 |
15.5 |
15.6 |
15.9 |
15.8 |
16.3 |
15.9 |
15.5 |
15.2 |
|