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 |
2011 |
2012 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2011 | Feb. 2012 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-18.1 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
-3.4 |
-1.4 |
-1.3 |
-1.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
-3.0 |
4.2 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
-1.3 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
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Credit |
2,711.5 |
2,952.2 |
243.7 |
240.4 |
242.2 |
240.4 |
242.9 |
245.6 |
246.7 |
245.9 |
250.8 |
250.4 |
253.2 |
250.0 |
|
Debit |
2,729.6 |
2,950.1 |
242.0 |
243.8 |
243.6 |
241.6 |
244.3 |
244.7 |
246.3 |
248.9 |
246.5 |
247.4 |
249.5 |
251.3 |
|
Goods |
3.3 |
9.4 |
2.5 |
-3.7 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
-0.0 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
-2.9 |
2.9 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
1.5 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,610.4 |
1,792.1 |
148.9 |
145.6 |
146.3 |
144.7 |
146.4 |
148.7 |
148.6 |
147.7 |
152.0 |
152.7 |
154.7 |
155.8 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,607.1 |
1,782.7 |
146.4 |
149.3 |
144.3 |
144.5 |
146.4 |
147.8 |
148.4 |
150.5 |
149.1 |
150.5 |
151.4 |
154.3 |
|
Services |
51.3 |
60.1 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
|
Credit (exports) |
530.1 |
549.2 |
45.1 |
44.7 |
45.1 |
45.0 |
46.1 |
45.7 |
46.7 |
47.2 |
46.4 |
46.4 |
44.6 |
46.3 |
|
Debit (imports) |
478.8 |
489.1 |
40.8 |
40.3 |
39.9 |
40.3 |
41.1 |
40.8 |
41.0 |
41.3 |
40.7 |
41.0 |
40.5 |
41.6 |
|
Income |
29.5 |
33.1 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
-0.1 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
|
Credit |
482.6 |
517.6 |
42.4 |
42.4 |
43.4 |
43.3 |
42.7 |
43.2 |
43.4 |
43.2 |
44.3 |
43.5 |
45.7 |
40.1 |
|
Debit |
453.1 |
484.5 |
38.8 |
38.2 |
43.4 |
40.7 |
40.7 |
40.2 |
41.0 |
41.0 |
40.4 |
39.8 |
41.5 |
39.0 |
|
Current transfers |
-102.2 |
-100.5 |
-8.7 |
-8.3 |
-8.6 |
-8.9 |
-8.5 |
-7.9 |
-8.1 |
-8.3 |
-8.2 |
-8.4 |
-7.9 |
-8.7 |
|
Credit |
88.4 |
93.2 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
|
Debit |
190.5 |
193.7 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
16.2 |
16.2 |
15.9 |
16.0 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
16.2 |
16.5 |
|