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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 January 2014 (revised) February 2014
February 2013 February 2014
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 149.3 3,227.7 3,078.4 244.3 3,256.1 3,011.8 7.0 256.0 249.0 13.9 257.8 244.0
Goods 101.7 1,925.3 1,823.6 174.3 1,942.5 1,768.2 0.7 152.6 151.9 15.8 157.1 141.4
Services 96.0 635.6 539.6 119.6 671.2 551.6 8.8 53.0 44.3 8.8 49.7 40.9
Income 61.3 566.9 505.6 69.6 542.2 472.6 7.5 39.8 32.3 6.5 39.4 32.9
Current transfers -109.7 100.0 209.6 -119.2 100.3 219.5 -10.0 10.5 20.5 -17.2 11.5 28.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 15.0 31.0 15.9 22.4 33.7 11.2 1.0 1.7 0.7 2.7 3.3 0.6
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -195.6 -256.5 -4.7 -12.2
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -78.2 -379.9 301.7 7.6 -270.4 278.0 -9.1 -25.0 16.0 31.9 46.6 -14.7
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -35.2 -262.3 227.5 42.3 -225.0 267.8 -4.4 -19.3 14.9 32.9 51.0 -18.1
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -43.5 -117.5 74.2 -35.2 -45.4 10.2 -4.6 -5.7 1.1 -1.0 -4.4 3.5
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 153.6 -201.3 354.9 138.0 -205.6 343.5 19.3 -17.6 36.9 24.3 -14.6 38.9
Equity 86.1 -87.1 173.2 95.4 -128.7 224.1 8.0 -6.8 14.8 12.6 4.8 7.8
Debt instruments 67.5 -114.2 181.7 42.5 -76.9 119.4 11.3 -10.8 22.1 11.6 -19.4 31.1
Bonds and notes 26.1 -125.8 151.9 47.3 -62.7 110.0 -7.4 -2.9 -4.5 41.4 -10.5 51.9
Money market instruments 41.4 11.6 29.8 -4.8 -14.2 9.4 18.7 -7.9 26.7 -29.8 -9.0 -20.8
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 75.4 -581.2 656.6 145.5 -476.0 621.5 10.3 -42.7 52.9 56.2 32.0 24.2
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 13.7 13.6 -0.1 2.7
OTHER INVESTMENT -270.2 -11.6 -258.7 -411.7 -25.8 -385.9 -12.1 -127.8 115.7 -71.9 -45.0 -27.0
Eurosystem 26.7 -2.2 29.0 -48.5 22.9 -71.4 -3.2 3.3 -6.5 -13.4 -0.1 -13.3
General government -9.6 -6.9 -2.7 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 2.7 2.0 0.7 -0.2 -1.5 1.2
of which: currency and deposits -1.3 -1.3 -5.1 -5.1 0.2 0.2 -4.2 -4.2
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -199.7 88.1 -287.8 -333.3 -58.4 -274.9 -21.4 -134.0 112.6 -48.0 -30.4 -17.6
Long-term -10.6 27.9 -38.5 48.0 117.1 -69.1 4.2 2.3 1.9 1.8 6.6 -4.7
Short-term -189.1 60.1 -249.3 -381.3 -175.5 -205.8 -25.6 -136.3 110.7 -49.8 -36.9 -12.9
Other sectors -87.7 -90.5 2.9 -29.6 7.9 -37.5 9.8 0.9 8.9 -10.3 -13.0 2.7
of which: currency and deposits -7.9 -7.9 -11.4 -11.4 -7.8 -7.8 -13.7 -13.7
RESERVE ASSETS -14.5 -14.5 -4.0 -4.0 -2.7 -2.7 0.8 0.8
Errors and omissions 31.3 -10.2 -3.3 -4.4