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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2017 | Mar. 2018 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 375.2 | 407.7 | 34.7 | 22.9 | 30.2 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 35.1 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 39.7 | 36.8 | 32.0 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.5 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,713.7 | 3,935.5 | 321.8 | 318.6 | 325.3 | 321.2 | 324.6 | 333.2 | 330.9 | 327.3 | 331.8 | 337.7 | 330.8 | 324.6 | 329.5 |
| Debit | 3,338.5 | 3,527.8 | 287.2 | 295.7 | 295.1 | 296.7 | 289.9 | 291.5 | 291.7 | 292.2 | 295.2 | 303.4 | 291.1 | 287.9 | 297.5 |
| Goods | 355.1 | 358.2 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 30.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,165.1 | 2,311.2 | 188.9 | 183.9 | 189.7 | 187.3 | 188.5 | 192.2 | 194.8 | 192.3 | 197.0 | 201.2 | 196.9 | 192.8 | 194.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,810.0 | 1,953.0 | 160.4 | 158.5 | 161.9 | 157.3 | 160.1 | 161.3 | 161.5 | 163.0 | 165.7 | 167.6 | 167.6 | 164.1 | 164.4 |
| Services | 41.7 | 103.5 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Credit (exports) | 794.6 | 858.3 | 69.6 | 69.6 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 71.1 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 73.3 | 71.9 | 71.8 | 73.6 |
| Debit (imports) | 752.9 | 754.8 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 63.2 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 62.6 | 64.2 |
| Primary income | 116.8 | 91.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 3.9 |
| Credit | 648.9 | 657.5 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 57.4 | 54.5 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 55.5 | 54.2 | 53.8 | 53.1 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 51.3 |
| Debit | 532.2 | 566.5 | 46.0 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 52.8 | 44.7 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 52.0 | 42.2 | 44.9 | 47.4 |
| Secondary income | -138.4 | -144.9 | -10.5 | -17.5 | -11.6 | -13.8 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -12.0 | -11.8 | -10.8 | -9.4 | -8.0 | -11.5 |
| Credit | 105.1 | 108.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Debit | 243.5 | 253.4 | 19.7 | 26.1 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 16.4 | 21.4 |
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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2017 | Mar. 2018 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 375.2 | 407.7 | 34.7 | 22.9 | 30.2 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 35.1 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 39.7 | 36.8 | 32.0 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.5 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,713.7 | 3,935.5 | 321.8 | 318.6 | 325.3 | 321.2 | 324.6 | 333.2 | 330.9 | 327.3 | 331.8 | 337.7 | 330.8 | 324.6 | 329.5 |
| Debit | 3,338.5 | 3,527.8 | 287.2 | 295.7 | 295.1 | 296.7 | 289.9 | 291.5 | 291.7 | 292.2 | 295.2 | 303.4 | 291.1 | 287.9 | 297.5 |
| Goods | 355.1 | 358.2 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 30.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,165.1 | 2,311.2 | 188.9 | 183.9 | 189.7 | 187.3 | 188.5 | 192.2 | 194.8 | 192.3 | 197.0 | 201.2 | 196.9 | 192.8 | 194.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,810.0 | 1,953.0 | 160.4 | 158.5 | 161.9 | 157.3 | 160.1 | 161.3 | 161.5 | 163.0 | 165.7 | 167.6 | 167.6 | 164.1 | 164.4 |
| Services | 41.7 | 103.5 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Credit (exports) | 794.6 | 858.3 | 69.6 | 69.6 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 71.1 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 73.3 | 71.9 | 71.8 | 73.6 |
| Debit (imports) | 752.9 | 754.8 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 63.2 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 62.6 | 64.2 |
| Primary income | 116.8 | 91.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 3.9 |
| Credit | 648.9 | 657.5 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 57.4 | 54.5 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 55.5 | 54.2 | 53.8 | 53.1 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 51.3 |
| Debit | 532.2 | 566.5 | 46.0 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 52.8 | 44.7 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 52.0 | 42.2 | 44.9 | 47.4 |
| Secondary income | -138.4 | -144.9 | -10.5 | -17.5 | -11.6 | -13.8 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -12.0 | -11.8 | -10.8 | -9.4 | -8.0 | -11.5 |
| Credit | 105.1 | 108.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Debit | 243.5 | 253.4 | 19.7 | 26.1 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 16.4 | 21.4 |