Table 1b: Quarterly balance of payments of the euro area with a geographical breakdown
(EUR billions, otherwise indicated; four-quarter cumulated transactions from Q4 2003 to Q3 2004)
| Total | European Union | Canada | Japan | Switzer-land | UnitedStates | Offshorefinancialcentres | Interna-tionalorgani-sations | Othercountries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Denmark | Sweden | UnitedKingdom | Other EUcountries | EUinsti-tutions | ||||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 45.3 | 70.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 66.5 | 22.2 | -23.2 | 5.0 | -34.4 | 5.4 | 43.9 | - | - | -45.0 | |
| credit | 1767.5 | 654.5 | 35.3 | 57.3 | 354.5 | 148.9 | 58.5 | 23.2 | 46.9 | 121.0 | 298.9 | - | - | 623.1 | |
| debit | 1722.3 | 584.2 | 33.3 | 54.4 | 287.9 | 126.8 | 81.7 | 18.2 | 81.2 | 115.6 | 255.0 | - | - | 668.1 | |
| Goods | 114.6 | 82.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 59.3 | 19.5 | 0.2 | 5.7 | -17.8 | 11.8 | 60.1 | - | - | -27.4 | |
| credit | 1104.1 | 383.6 | 24.3 | 39.7 | 197.2 | 122.2 | 0.2 | 14.1 | 32.5 | 62.1 | 167.3 | - | - | 444.5 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 34.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 17.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 15.2 | - | - | 40.3 | |
| debit | 989.6 | 301.4 | 23.5 | 37.3 | 137.9 | 102.7 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 50.3 | 50.2 | 107.2 | - | - | 472.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 30.5 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.8 | - | - | 47.7 | |
| Services | 22.8 | 26.9 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 22.8 | -2.8 | 4.1 | -0.4 | 2.9 | 6.1 | -4.2 | - | - | -8.6 | |
| credit | 344.4 | 126.3 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 89.7 | 15.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 34.4 | 69.7 | - | - | 99.8 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 36.7 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 26.0 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 20.2 | - | - | 29.0 | |
| debit | 321.6 | 99.4 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 66.9 | 18.5 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 28.3 | 74.0 | - | - | 108.4 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 30.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 23.0 | - | - | 33.7 | |
| Income | -38.3 | -10.9 | 0.4 | -1.3 | -17.0 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -19.5 | -13.3 | -9.4 | - | - | 13.9 | |
| credit | 236.7 | 83.9 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 58.2 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 18.9 | 54.8 | - | - | 70.5 | |
| debit | 275.0 | 94.9 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 75.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 23.6 | 32.2 | 64.2 | - | - | 56.5 | |
| of which: investment income | -47.1 | -12.5 | 0.3 | -1.4 | -17.4 | 7.7 | -1.7 | 0.9 | -19.4 | -19.0 | -10.3 | - | - | 13.3 | |
| credit | 221.6 | 79.3 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 56.9 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 12.7 | 53.0 | - | - | 68.3 | |
| debit | 268.7 | 91.7 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 74.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 23.5 | 31.7 | 63.4 | - | - | 55.0 | |
| Current transfers | -53.7 | -27.9 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 1.4 | -0.3 | -28.8 | -1.1 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -2.5 | - | - | -22.8 | |
| credit | 82.4 | 60.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 49.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 7.1 | - | - | 8.3 | |
| debit | 136.1 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 78.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 9.6 | - | - | 31.2 | |
| Capital account | 19.2 | 21.8 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 21.7 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | -3.6 | |
| credit | 25.3 | 22.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | - | - | 0.9 | |
| debit | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 4.5 | |
| Financial account balance2) | -24.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -39.9 | -31.4 | 0.9 | -1.9 | -29.0 | -1.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 | -6.4 | 14.8 | 10.4 | -5.7 | 0.1 | -26.4 | |
| Abroad | -100.2 | -48.3 | -0.7 | -5.8 | -38.8 | -3.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -9.1 | 4.0 | -0.5 | -19.6 | 0.0 | -28.0 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -87.8 | -38.2 | -2.1 | -6.2 | -22.6 | -7.3 | -0.0 | 0.8 | -5.2 | 3.1 | -18.7 | -12.9 | -0.0 | -16.7 | |
| Other capital | -12.3 | -10.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | -16.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -3.8 | 1.0 | 18.2 | -6.7 | 0.0 | -11.3 | |
| In the euro area | 60.2 | 16.9 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 74.6 | 37.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 33.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 0.0 | -0.4 | |
| Other capital | -14.4 | -20.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | -23.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -2.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | |
| Portfolio investment | 31.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -270.3 | -102.4 | -0.4 | -9.8 | -73.8 | -12.9 | -5.5 | -7.1 | -36.1 | -0.3 | -60.3 | -20.2 | 4.1 | -48.1 | |
| Equity | -78.0 | -8.5 | 2.1 | -1.4 | -7.8 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -2.4 | -17.7 | 0.6 | -16.6 | -13.0 | -0.0 | -20.3 | |
| Debt | -192.4 | -93.9 | -2.5 | -8.4 | -66.0 | -11.8 | -5.3 | -4.7 | -18.4 | -0.9 | -43.6 | -7.2 | 4.1 | -27.7 | |
| Bonds and notes | -139.2 | -69.1 | -0.3 | -5.6 | -48.1 | -9.3 | -5.7 | -4.4 | -7.6 | -0.8 | -38.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | -24.6 | |
| Money market instruments | -53.2 | -24.9 | -2.1 | -2.8 | -17.8 | -2.4 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -10.8 | -0.1 | -5.3 | -9.6 | 1.0 | -3.1 | |
| Liabilities | 301.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | 104.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | 197.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | 189.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | -2.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | -37.1 | -76.5 | -0.3 | -15.6 | -69.2 | -0.6 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 36.3 | -43.8 | 2.2 | 33.0 | |
| Assets | -304.7 | -239.4 | -7.8 | -17.4 | -202.2 | -12.3 | 0.3 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -2.3 | -18.4 | -36.5 | -4.0 | -2.1 | |
| General government | -1.9 | -2.5 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -2.6 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.0 | -1.6 | 1.7 | |
| MFIs | -259.0 | -199.7 | -5.8 | -13.7 | -168.5 | -12.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -2.6 | -0.6 | -29.7 | -19.3 | -2.2 | -4.5 | |
| Other sectors | -43.9 | -37.2 | -2.0 | -3.7 | -31.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 1.5 | -1.8 | 10.8 | -17.1 | -0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Liabilities | 267.6 | 162.9 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 133.0 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 9.6 | 4.9 | 54.7 | -7.3 | 6.2 | 35.1 | |
| General government | -5.7 | -6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -6.0 | 0.0 | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
| MFIs | 244.2 | 158.1 | 7.4 | 0.5 | 129.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 40.3 | -6.2 | 6.2 | 36.5 | |
| Other sectors | 29.1 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 13.7 | -1.2 | -0.2 | -2.1 | |
| Reserve assets | 23.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | -40.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |