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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending May 2013 (revised) June 2013
June 2012 June 2013
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 57.1 3,079.1 3,021.9 191.5 3,171.3 2,979.8 9.3 266.1 256.8 26.1 273.6 247.5
Goods 49.8 1,862.3 1,812.5 151.2 1,930.3 1,779.2 17.3 162.9 145.6 18.6 161.4 142.8
Services 86.1 605.9 519.8 95.0 633.5 538.5 8.2 52.3 44.1 11.1 56.6 45.5
Income 35.8 514.3 478.5 57.6 507.5 449.8 -7.5 43.9 51.4 5.6 48.0 42.4
Current transfers -114.6 96.5 211.1 -112.3 100.0 212.3 -8.7 7.0 15.7 -9.1 7.6 16.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 12.6 27.6 15.0 16.4 30.8 14.3 2.3 3.1 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.0
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -68.9 -220.2 -9.8 -24.8
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -73.3 -370.8 297.5 -80.6 -203.3 122.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 -5.1 -1.9 -3.2
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -11.8 -314.5 302.7 -23.7 -160.0 136.3 -5.7 -8.6 2.9 6.5 7.2 -0.6
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -61.5 -56.3 -5.2 -57.0 -43.3 -13.7 6.0 8.7 -2.7 -11.6 -9.0 -2.6
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 13.3 57.8 -44.6 145.1 -238.2 383.4 39.2 -18.0 57.3 23.2 46.9 -23.7
Equity 126.4 100.2 26.1 106.1 -134.3 240.4 41.9 -9.2 51.1 26.7 18.4 8.3
Debt instruments -113.1 -42.4 -70.7 39.0 -104.0 143.0 -2.7 -8.8 6.2 -3.5 28.5 -32.1
Bonds and notes 5.2 -3.8 9.0 26.5 -91.6 118.0 -2.6 -5.6 2.9 -5.4 27.7 -33.0
Money market instruments -118.3 -38.6 -79.7 12.5 -12.4 24.9 -0.1 -3.3 3.2 1.9 0.9 1.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -60.0 -313.0 253.0 64.5 -441.5 506.0 39.5 -18.0 57.5 18.1 45.1 -26.9
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -35.1 43.8 -7.2 14.0
OTHER INVESTMENT 40.3 -111.5 151.8 -324.5 100.2 -424.7 -41.5 36.6 -78.2 -56.5 60.5 -117.0
Eurosystem 132.3 12.0 120.2 -27.7 6.2 -33.9 -6.1 5.2 -11.3 -6.2 2.9 -9.1
General government 36.9 -10.5 47.5 -3.2 6.0 -9.3 3.3 3.9 -0.6 5.5 1.9 3.6
of which: currency and deposits -11.7 -11.7 6.0 6.0 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.6
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -100.9 38.3 -139.1 -275.1 123.1 -398.2 -56.9 1.7 -58.6 -45.9 43.1 -89.1
Long-term -35.2 -2.1 -33.1 39.2 77.6 -38.4 1.1 8.3 -7.2 10.3 29.3 -19.0
Short-term -65.6 40.4 -106.0 -314.3 45.5 -359.8 -58.0 -6.6 -51.4 -56.2 13.8 -70.1
Other sectors -28.0 -151.3 123.2 -18.4 -35.1 16.7 18.3 25.8 -7.6 -9.9 12.5 -22.4
of which: currency and deposits -43.0 -43.0 -13.2 -13.2 7.9 7.9 13.9 13.9
RESERVE ASSETS -14.1 -14.1 -4.0 -4.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3
Errors and omissions -0.8 12.3 -1.8 -2.1