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		2016											2017
	Feb. 2016	Feb. 2017	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT	341.2	360.2	28.3	30.8	37.3	33.2	31.1	28.1	29.9	31.6	22.5	27.3	24.4	26.1	37.9
Memo: as a percentage of GDP	3.2	3.4
Credit	3,619.4	3,654.4	295.7	294.6	298.4	298.7	297.9	297.0	301.9	303.5	307.4	315.6	312.2	313.0	314.2
Debit	3,278.2	3,294.2	267.5	263.7	261.1	265.5	266.9	268.9	272.1	271.9	284.9	288.4	287.8	286.8	276.3
Goods	344.0	368.6	28.1	33.0	33.4	32.2	33.2	29.4	30.5	32.9	27.8	30.2	31.0	25.5	29.5
Credit (exports)	2,097.9	2,129.5	170.3	173.5	173.2	172.4	174.3	172.7	175.2	176.4	176.9	181.8	183.7	182.8	186.7
Debit (imports)	1,753.9	1,760.8	142.2	140.5	139.8	140.2	141.1	143.2	144.7	143.6	149.1	151.6	152.6	157.3	157.2
Services	70.7	49.5	7.2	7.0	4.6	5.2	5.2	6.2	6.6	6.6	-1.3	-2.4	-1.4	3.7	9.5
Credit (exports)	780.7	790.4	66.8	64.9	63.8	65.0	64.2	65.1	65.5	66.4	67.0	66.6	66.2	67.2	68.5
Debit (imports)	710.1	740.9	59.7	57.9	59.2	59.8	59.0	58.9	58.9	59.8	68.3	69.0	67.5	63.5	59.0
Primary income	53.7	79.5	4.3	3.0	8.1	5.8	2.7	5.4	6.9	5.8	8.9	12.4	5.2	11.0	4.2
Credit	636.5	627.0	50.0	47.5	52.6	52.4	50.7	50.5	52.5	51.5	54.5	58.4	52.3	53.9	50.2
Debit	582.9	547.5	45.7	44.6	44.5	46.6	48.0	45.1	45.6	45.7	45.6	45.9	47.1	42.9	45.9
Secondary income	-127.1	-137.4	-11.2	-12.1	-8.7	-10.0	-10.0	-12.9	-14.1	-13.6	-12.9	-13.1	-10.5	-14.0	-5.4
Credit	104.2	107.5	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.9	8.7	8.8	8.8	9.1	9.0	8.9	10.1	9.1	8.8
Debit	231.3	244.9	19.8	20.7	17.5	18.9	18.7	21.7	22.9	22.8	21.9	21.9	20.6	23.1	14.2