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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 August 2012 (revised) September 2012
September 2011 September 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 -5.6 2,914.0 2,919.6 74.6 3,109.4 3,034.8 8.4 257.4 249.1 3.5 260.1 256.6
Goods 0.3 1,735.0 1,734.7 69.1 1,884.7 1,815.6 4.1 155.4 151.2 6.1 159.6 153.5
Services 61.2 566.4 505.2 83.5 607.1 523.6 8.5 55.7 47.2 8.2 52.7 44.5
Income 38.1 519.9 481.8 35.8 521.5 485.7 6.4 40.9 34.5 0.6 42.5 41.9
Current transfers -105.1 92.7 197.8 -113.8 96.1 209.9 -10.7 5.4 16.1 -11.4 5.4 16.8
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 7.2 20.7 13.5 11.8 27.3 15.5 1.3 2.8 1.5 1.4 2.3 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -10.1 -87.1 -9.7 -7.1
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -53.3 -336.3 283.0 -77.1 -313.6 236.5 -12.1 -26.5 14.3 -8.9 -19.9 11.0
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 17.4 -242.9 260.8 -57.2 -286.0 228.8 -6.6 -22.3 15.7 4.1 -4.1 8.2
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -71.0 -93.5 22.2 -19.9 -27.7 7.7 -5.5 -4.2 -1.3 -13.0 -15.8 2.8
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 319.2 -26.9 346.1 21.3 -50.8 72.1 9.9 -19.5 29.5 5.3 -25.0 30.3
Equity 127.2 -7.4 134.6 107.6 35.0 72.6 15.1 -2.0 17.1 0.3 -8.9 9.3
Debt instruments 192.0 -19.5 211.5 -86.3 -85.8 -0.5 -5.2 -17.5 12.3 5.0 -16.1 21.0
Bonds and notes 226.7 -18.5 245.1 55.4 -43.3 98.7 28.1 -14.9 43.0 36.1 -6.2 42.2
Money market instruments -34.7 -1.1 -33.6 -141.7 -42.5 -99.2 -33.3 -2.6 -30.7 -31.1 -9.9 -21.2
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 265.9 -363.2 629.1 -55.8 -364.5 308.6 -2.2 -46.0 43.8 -3.6 -44.9 41.2
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 13.6 -32.4 -0.2 -2.6
OTHER INVESTMENT -284.3 -362.8 78.5 19.0 54.2 -35.2 -5.7 47.1 -52.9 -1.8 21.3 -23.1
Eurosystem 52.2 -11.7 63.9 116.7 3.1 113.6 0.9 0.2 0.7 -6.2 -1.5 -4.8
General government 89.7 -21.4 111.1 13.3 -4.7 18.0 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 2.1 6.5 -4.5
of which: currency and deposits -1.9 -1.9 -7.6 -7.6 1.2 1.2 5.8 5.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -338.4 -180.2 -158.2 -89.8 166.1 -255.8 -8.9 29.9 -38.8 8.4 36.1 -27.8
Long-term 28.2 -5.0 33.1 -37.2 19.8 -57.0 3.3 8.7 -5.5 -5.8 0.3 -6.1
Short-term -366.6 -175.2 -191.4 -52.6 146.2 -198.8 -12.1 21.2 -33.3 14.2 35.8 -21.6
Other sectors -87.7 -149.4 61.7 -21.2 -110.2 89.0 3.2 15.5 -12.2 -6.0 -19.9 13.9
of which: currency and deposits -73.9 -73.9 -59.4 -59.4 3.4 3.4 -13.0 -13.0
RESERVE ASSETS -5.2 -5.2 -17.9 -17.9 -1.6 -1.6 1.0 1.0
Errors and omissions 8.4 0.6 0.0 2.2