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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 May 2007 (revised) June 2007
June 2006 June 2007
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 -28.0 2,214.9 2,242.9 2.6 2,458.5 2,455.9 -14.0 209.0 223.1 11.4 226.3 215.0
Goods 18.9 1,310.8 1,292.0 51.5 1,446.4 1,394.9 4.2 123.2 118.9 10.1 129.3 119.2
Services 37.2 421.6 384.4 37.1 442.0 404.8 3.9 37.7 33.7 6.3 41.0 34.7
Income -10.8 400.6 411.3 -9.0 482.6 491.6 -17.3 41.3 58.6 -0.4 50.4 50.9
Current transfers -73.3 81.8 155.2 -77.1 87.5 164.5 -4.9 6.9 11.8 -4.6 5.6 10.2
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 10.6 23.7 13.0 14.8 25.9 11.1 1.9 2.6 0.7 0.2 0.9 0.7
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 102.2 -28.4 1.1 -40.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -202.2 -377.8 175.6 -210.3 -343.9 133.6 -13.4 -32.9 19.5 -44.8 -50.2 5.4
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -171.8 -312.0 140.3 -166.0 -260.3 94.2 -3.5 -28.0 24.5 -31.5 -35.6 4.2
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -30.5 -65.8 35.3 -44.3 -83.7 39.4 -10.0 -4.9 -5.0 -13.3 -14.5 1.2
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 156.1 -444.7 600.8 355.7 -539.6 895.3 5.0 -60.3 65.3 70.2 -33.7 103.9
Equity 191.9 -169.9 361.8 247.8 -85.7 333.4 10.8 -2.4 13.2 80.7 5.4 75.3
Debt instruments -35.8 -274.8 239.0 107.9 -454.0 561.9 -5.8 -57.9 52.1 -10.5 -39.1 28.6
Bonds and notes -19.9 -257.5 237.6 163.6 -346.9 510.4 -11.5 -47.9 36.4 3.4 -27.7 31.1
Money market instruments -15.9 -17.3 1.5 -55.6 -107.1 51.4 5.7 -10.0 15.6 -13.9 -11.5 -2.4
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -46.1 -822.5 776.4 145.3 -883.6 1,028.9 -8.5 -93.3 84.8 25.4 -83.9 109.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -16.6 -22.4 -1.9 -7.1
OTHER INVESTMENT 149.8 -566.5 716.3 -140.0 -1,063.1 923.1 12.3 -63.4 75.6 -56.9 -5.9 -51.1
Eurosystem 10.6 -2.5 13.1 16.4 -9.2 25.6 -3.3 -2.5 -0.8 7.0 -1.6 8.6
General government -0.6 2.1 -2.7 -0.6 -5.0 4.4 -5.1 -4.8 -0.3 -12.2 -11.9 -0.3
of which: currency and deposits -4.9 -4.9 -5.1 -5.1 -5.0 -5.0 -8.2 -8.2
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 108.6 -366.8 475.4 -42.3 -742.9 700.7 49.4 -27.2 76.5 -35.9 30.7 -66.7
long-term -31.1 -85.9 54.8 -133.7 -265.9 132.2 13.1 -25.1 38.2 -35.4 -41.0 5.7
short-term 139.8 -280.9 420.7 91.5 -477.0 568.5 36.3 -2.1 38.3 -0.6 71.8 -72.3
Other sectors 31.2 -199.3 230.5 -113.5 -306.0 192.5 -28.7 -28.9 0.2 -15.8 -23.1 7.3
of which: currency and deposits -5.9 -5.9 -21.1 -21.1 -1.3 -1.3 -2.6 -2.6
RESERVE ASSETS 15.1 15.1 -11.4 -11.4 -0.7 -0.7 -1.9 -1.9
Errors and omissions -84.8 11.0 11.0 28.9