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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | May 2012 | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-17.0 |
36.3 |
-1.5 |
-1.7 |
0.6 |
-0.0 |
-2.5 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
12.6 |
5.5 |
10.9 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
0.4 |
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Credit |
2,789.8 |
3,025.0 |
240.3 |
242.9 |
245.6 |
246.7 |
249.1 |
254.5 |
253.3 |
255.2 |
256.1 |
261.3 |
255.6 |
264.4 |
|
Debit |
2,806.8 |
2,988.7 |
241.9 |
244.6 |
245.1 |
246.7 |
251.6 |
249.8 |
249.8 |
252.6 |
254.5 |
248.7 |
250.1 |
253.5 |
|
Goods |
0.5 |
36.6 |
0.3 |
-0.0 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
-2.6 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
2.3 |
10.0 |
6.9 |
8.9 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,670.8 |
1,832.1 |
144.7 |
146.4 |
148.7 |
148.6 |
147.5 |
152.1 |
152.6 |
155.0 |
156.6 |
159.5 |
159.1 |
161.3 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,670.4 |
1,795.5 |
144.5 |
146.4 |
147.8 |
148.4 |
150.2 |
149.4 |
150.1 |
150.5 |
154.3 |
149.5 |
152.2 |
152.3 |
|
Services |
52.6 |
73.8 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
6.3 |
5.3 |
7.6 |
9.1 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
|
Credit (exports) |
535.1 |
577.6 |
45.0 |
46.1 |
45.7 |
46.7 |
49.4 |
49.0 |
48.5 |
48.6 |
50.1 |
50.6 |
48.0 |
49.8 |
|
Debit (imports) |
482.5 |
503.8 |
40.3 |
41.1 |
40.8 |
41.0 |
42.9 |
42.3 |
42.2 |
43.3 |
42.5 |
41.5 |
42.1 |
43.8 |
|
Income |
29.7 |
33.2 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
5.2 |
|
Credit |
493.5 |
520.6 |
43.3 |
42.7 |
43.2 |
43.4 |
44.2 |
45.2 |
44.3 |
43.6 |
41.6 |
42.9 |
40.5 |
45.7 |
|
Debit |
463.8 |
487.4 |
40.7 |
40.7 |
40.2 |
41.0 |
41.8 |
40.9 |
40.4 |
41.7 |
40.4 |
40.5 |
38.7 |
40.4 |
|
Current transfers |
-99.9 |
-107.4 |
-9.1 |
-8.8 |
-8.3 |
-8.5 |
-8.8 |
-8.9 |
-9.1 |
-9.0 |
-9.6 |
-8.9 |
-9.1 |
-9.2 |
|
Credit |
90.3 |
94.8 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.2 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
|
Debit |
190.2 |
202.1 |
16.4 |
16.5 |
16.3 |
16.5 |
16.8 |
17.1 |
17.0 |
17.1 |
17.3 |
17.2 |
17.1 |
16.9 |
|