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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions, non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending April 2006 (revised) May 2006
May 2005 May 2006
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 26.7 1,899.6 1,872.9 -46.5 2,142.0 2,188.5 -7.3 173.9 181.2 -11.9 197.0 208.9
Goods 81.3 1,154.3 1,073.0 25.9 1,294.7 1,268.8 0.4 107.4 107.0 0.3 116.4 116.2
Services 30.0 372.3 342.3 37.2 413.7 376.4 3.2 32.3 29.1 3.8 36.0 32.2
Income -22.7 289.5 312.2 -41.0 350.7 391.7 -5.1 29.3 34.4 -10.7 38.9 49.6
Current transfers -62.0 83.5 145.5 -68.6 83.0 151.6 -5.9 4.9 10.8 -5.2 5.7 10.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 14.0 23.0 9.1 13.1 23.2 10.1 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.7
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 68.3 150.2 4.9 36.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -47.3 -142.0 94.7 -143.2 -252.6 109.4 -1.9 -12.8 10.8 -1.1 -15.9 14.8
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -57.4 -136.2 78.8 -135.4 -195.4 60.0 1.4 -2.6 3.9 -4.6 -14.2 9.6
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) 10.1 -5.8 15.9 -7.8 -57.2 49.4 -3.3 -10.2 6.9 3.5 -1.7 5.2
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 83.8 -366.4 450.2 212.0 -484.6 696.7 -5.2 -31.4 26.2 48.6 -12.4 61.0
Equity 46.4 -108.0 154.4 191.9 -175.8 367.6 -12.2 -3.4 -8.8 5.0 13.0 -8.0
Debt instruments 37.4 -258.4 295.8 20.2 -308.9 329.0 7.0 -28.0 35.0 43.6 -25.3 69.0
Bonds and notes 28.1 -224.2 252.4 6.3 -289.4 295.7 5.5 -19.1 24.6 43.4 -19.6 63.1
Money market instruments 9.3 -34.2 43.5 13.9 -19.5 33.4 1.5 -8.9 10.4 0.2 -5.7 5.9
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 36.4 -508.4 544.9 68.9 -737.2 806.1 -7.1 -44.2 37.1 47.5 -28.3 75.9
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -11.5 -20.0 -5.6 2.3
OTHER INVESTMENT 31.8 -393.3 425.1 85.5 -650.8 736.3 18.8 -92.5 111.3 -11.7 -78.7 67.0
Eurosystem 12.1 -0.1 12.2 10.3 -4.2 14.5 -2.1 0.2 -2.3 5.5 0.0 5.5
General government -0.1 -0.9 0.8 -5.0 0.1 -5.2 -1.2 -5.4 4.3 -9.6 -4.8 -4.8
of which: currency and deposits -0.2 -0.2 -8.4 -8.4 -5.1 -5.1 -5.1 -5.1
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 57.5 -277.0 334.4 87.9 -426.1 514.0 17.4 -65.7 83.1 -2.7 -46.0 43.3
long-term -24.5 -41.2 16.7 -38.2 -94.3 56.1 4.0 -6.2 10.2 -4.9 -9.1 4.2
short-term 82.0 -235.8 317.8 126.0 -331.8 457.8 13.4 -59.5 72.8 2.2 -36.9 39.1
Other sectors -37.7 -115.3 77.6 -7.7 -220.6 213.0 4.7 -21.5 26.2 -5.0 -27.9 23.0
of which: currency and deposits -17.1 -17.1 -23.0 -23.0 2.0 2.0 -7.1 -7.1
RESERVE ASSETS 11.7 11.7 15.9 15.9 -1.2 -1.2 -1.7 -1.7
Errors and omissions -109.0 -116.8 1.9 -25.2