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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
September 2017 October 2017
October 2016 October 2017
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT ACCOUNT 367.8 3,665.6 3,297.8 352.0 3,845.9 3,493.9 43.2 328.1 284.9 35.9 322.7 286.8
Goods 376.1 2,115.3 1,739.2 341.9 2,246.4 1,904.5 35.1 193.0 157.9 27.3 193.8 166.5
Services 48.3 786.3 738.0 66.0 827.4 761.5 11.0 73.7 62.7 6.7 70.2 63.5
Primary income 80.6 654.7 574.1 89.9 663.8 573.9 9.1 52.8 43.7 13.3 50.5 37.1
Secondary income -137.2 109.3 246.5 -145.7 108.3 254.0 -12.1 8.6 20.6 -11.4 8.2 19.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 3.9 36.3 32.3 -17.4 30.6 48.0 -0.1 1.7 1.9 1.3 2.8 1.6
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 309.3 1,202.7 893.4 379.9 933.5 553.5 78.7 19.8 -58.9 37.3 189.0 151.8
Direct investment 157.2 545.7 388.5 48.4 155.4 107.1 9.0 11.4 2.4 29.0 35.3 6.4
Equity 137.5 547.6 410.1 158.3 74.1 -84.2 16.2 20.4 4.2 -8.5 -13.2 -4.7
Debt instruments 19.7 -1.9 -21.6 -110.0 81.3 191.3 -7.2 -9.0 -1.8 37.5 48.5 11.0
Portfolio investment 547.9 421.6 -126.3 374.9 565.6 190.7 48.0 40.7 -7.3 50.7 26.0 -24.7
Equity -129.4 -1.7 127.7 -199.4 168.7 368.2 -16.1 4.5 20.6 -22.9 24.8 47.7
Debt securities 677.3 423.3 -254.0 574.3 396.9 -177.4 64.1 36.2 -27.9 73.6 1.2 -72.4
Short-term 8.3 27.9 19.6 33.3 47.2 13.9 9.3 20.7 11.4 14.9 -11.5 -26.3
Long-term 669.0 395.4 -273.6 541.0 349.7 -191.3 54.8 15.5 -39.3 58.7 12.7 -46.1
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 705.2 967.3 262.2 423.2 721.0 297.8 57.0 52.1 -4.9 79.6 61.3 -18.3
Financial derivatives 51.9 10.0 -7.7 -0.6
Other investment -465.3 165.9 631.2 -55.6 200.1 255.7 23.0 -31.1 -54.0 -39.1 131.0 170.1
Eurosystem -72.8 -0.5 72.3 -98.0 1.7 99.7 -29.9 2.2 32.1 33.0 -2.9 -35.9
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -306.8 111.7 418.5 33.9 112.1 78.2 28.1 -43.2 -71.3 -85.6 118.3 203.9
General government -2.6 4.9 7.4 1.1 -7.9 -9.1 -5.3 -1.7 3.6 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3
Other sectors -83.2 49.9 133.0 7.3 94.2 86.9 30.1 11.7 -18.4 13.7 16.0 2.3
Of which: currency and deposits -516.0 -10.3 505.7 -137.7 27.4 165.0 17.8 -29.3 -47.1 -118.2 45.3 163.6
Reserve assets 17.5 2.3 6.4 -2.7
Errors and omissions -62.5 45.4 35.7 0.0

Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
September 2017 October 2017
October 2016 October 2017
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT ACCOUNT 367.8 3,665.6 3,297.8 352.0 3,845.9 3,493.9 43.2 328.1 284.9 35.9 322.7 286.8
Goods 376.1 2,115.3 1,739.2 341.9 2,246.4 1,904.5 35.1 193.0 157.9 27.3 193.8 166.5
Services 48.3 786.3 738.0 66.0 827.4 761.5 11.0 73.7 62.7 6.7 70.2 63.5
Primary income 80.6 654.7 574.1 89.9 663.8 573.9 9.1 52.8 43.7 13.3 50.5 37.1
Secondary income -137.2 109.3 246.5 -145.7 108.3 254.0 -12.1 8.6 20.6 -11.4 8.2 19.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 3.9 36.3 32.3 -17.4 30.6 48.0 -0.1 1.7 1.9 1.3 2.8 1.6
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 309.3 1,202.7 893.4 379.9 933.5 553.5 78.7 19.8 -58.9 37.3 189.0 151.8
Direct investment 157.2 545.7 388.5 48.4 155.4 107.1 9.0 11.4 2.4 29.0 35.3 6.4
Equity 137.5 547.6 410.1 158.3 74.1 -84.2 16.2 20.4 4.2 -8.5 -13.2 -4.7
Debt instruments 19.7 -1.9 -21.6 -110.0 81.3 191.3 -7.2 -9.0 -1.8 37.5 48.5 11.0
Portfolio investment 547.9 421.6 -126.3 374.9 565.6 190.7 48.0 40.7 -7.3 50.7 26.0 -24.7
Equity -129.4 -1.7 127.7 -199.4 168.7 368.2 -16.1 4.5 20.6 -22.9 24.8 47.7
Debt securities 677.3 423.3 -254.0 574.3 396.9 -177.4 64.1 36.2 -27.9 73.6 1.2 -72.4
Short-term 8.3 27.9 19.6 33.3 47.2 13.9 9.3 20.7 11.4 14.9 -11.5 -26.3
Long-term 669.0 395.4 -273.6 541.0 349.7 -191.3 54.8 15.5 -39.3 58.7 12.7 -46.1
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 705.2 967.3 262.2 423.2 721.0 297.8 57.0 52.1 -4.9 79.6 61.3 -18.3
Financial derivatives 51.9 10.0 -7.7 -0.6
Other investment -465.3 165.9 631.2 -55.6 200.1 255.7 23.0 -31.1 -54.0 -39.1 131.0 170.1
Eurosystem -72.8 -0.5 72.3 -98.0 1.7 99.7 -29.9 2.2 32.1 33.0 -2.9 -35.9
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -306.8 111.7 418.5 33.9 112.1 78.2 28.1 -43.2 -71.3 -85.6 118.3 203.9
General government -2.6 4.9 7.4 1.1 -7.9 -9.1 -5.3 -1.7 3.6 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3
Other sectors -83.2 49.9 133.0 7.3 94.2 86.9 30.1 11.7 -18.4 13.7 16.0 2.3
Of which: currency and deposits -516.0 -10.3 505.7 -137.7 27.4 165.0 17.8 -29.3 -47.1 -118.2 45.3 163.6
Reserve assets 17.5 2.3 6.4 -2.7
Errors and omissions -62.5 45.4 35.7 0.0