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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 May 2014 (revised) June 2014
June 2013 June 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 196.8 3,238.4 3,041.6 219.6 3,266.4 3,046.9 9.3 274.2 264.9 20.8 282.2 261.4
Goods 140.5 1,930.9 1,790.4 166.3 1,947.4 1,781.1 13.1 163.1 149.9 14.4 163.7 149.3
Services 99.8 645.7 545.9 118.3 679.2 561.0 13.8 57.4 43.6 11.5 59.4 47.9
Income 72.3 563.0 490.7 55.3 539.5 484.2 -10.8 47.0 57.8 6.4 52.0 45.5
Current transfers -115.9 98.7 214.6 -120.3 100.4 220.7 -6.8 6.7 13.5 -11.6 7.1 18.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 19.7 34.1 14.4 22.1 33.6 11.5 0.2 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.4 1.0
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -249.4 -253.6 -9.3 -35.9
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -68.8 -332.3 263.6 -53.4 -268.4 215.0 10.6 -15.1 25.8 8.0 -1.8 9.8
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 18.9 -198.6 217.9 -70.3 -289.8 219.8 -7.3 -16.3 8.9 0.1 -7.7 7.8
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -88.1 -133.8 45.7 16.5 21.4 -4.8 18.0 1.1 16.8 7.9 5.9 2.0
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 126.2 -260.1 386.3 107.1 -346.1 453.2 60.0 -37.6 97.6 6.0 -38.5 44.4
Equity 107.5 -143.6 251.1 123.8 -167.4 291.2 8.4 -20.5 28.9 50.6 -4.7 55.3
Debt instruments 18.7 -116.5 135.2 -16.7 -178.7 162.0 51.6 -17.1 68.8 -44.6 -33.8 -10.8
Bonds and notes -19.6 -127.4 107.8 55.2 -133.9 189.0 61.2 -3.0 64.2 -51.0 -31.0 -20.0
Money market instruments 38.3 10.9 27.4 -71.8 -44.8 -27.0 -9.5 -14.1 4.6 6.4 -2.8 9.2
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 57.4 -592.5 649.9 53.7 -614.5 668.2 70.6 -52.8 123.4 13.9 -40.3 54.2
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 30.8 17.7 -0.5 3.6
OTHER INVESTMENT -332.9 142.9 -475.8 -319.0 -121.2 -197.7 -79.0 -47.9 -31.1 -53.9 57.4 -111.3
Eurosystem -27.8 6.0 -33.8 -65.9 10.3 -76.2 4.6 5.1 -0.5 -17.5 2.1 -19.5
General government -8.4 4.1 -12.5 -4.2 -4.2 0.0 -3.5 -1.5 -2.0 2.9 -0.5 3.4
of which: currency and deposits 6.1 6.1 -9.7 -9.7 -1.8 -1.8 -1.0 -1.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -267.6 129.3 -396.9 -286.3 -110.9 -175.5 -64.9 -36.9 -28.0 -51.0 36.3 -87.3
Long-term 31.1 68.2 -37.1 15.4 82.4 -67.0 -5.0 -3.4 -1.6 6.0 10.3 -4.3
Short-term -298.7 61.1 -359.8 -301.7 -193.3 -108.4 -59.9 -33.5 -26.5 -57.0 26.0 -83.0
Other sectors -29.0 3.5 -32.6 37.5 -16.4 53.9 -15.3 -14.7 -0.6 11.7 19.5 -7.8
of which: currency and deposits 27.3 27.3 -37.4 -37.4 -21.1 -21.1 4.7 4.7
RESERVE ASSETS -4.7 -4.7 -6.0 -6.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.5 0.5
Errors and omissions 33.0 11.9 -0.1 13.7