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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 June 2014 (revised) July 2014
July 2013 July 2014
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 200.4 3,244.4 3,044.1 233.6 3,273.5 3,039.8 24.8 282.4 257.5 32.3 290.0 257.7
Goods 145.2 1,934.8 1,789.6 176.4 1,951.9 1,775.5 18.7 164.2 145.5 21.0 174.0 152.9
Services 103.0 648.9 545.9 120.4 683.5 563.1 11.3 59.1 47.8 15.5 65.6 50.1
Income 71.6 561.6 490.0 53.8 539.1 485.3 6.4 51.9 45.6 3.7 45.2 41.5
Current transfers -119.5 99.1 218.6 -117.0 98.9 215.9 -11.5 7.1 18.7 -7.9 5.3 13.2
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 21.7 36.2 14.5 20.0 31.4 11.4 1.4 2.4 1.0 0.4 1.1 0.7
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -273.3 -253.8 -28.3 -37.8
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -110.7 -317.2 206.5 -63.2 -260.1 196.9 7.9 -1.5 9.4 -2.8 -4.3 1.6
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 3.4 -178.2 182.0 -91.8 -301.4 209.8 0.2 -7.7 7.9 -3.8 -9.7 5.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -114.5 -139.0 24.5 28.2 41.2 -12.9 7.6 6.1 1.5 1.0 5.3 -4.3
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 103.4 -295.2 398.6 136.5 -342.0 478.4 18.4 -38.5 56.8 -14.5 -24.3 9.8
Equity 109.7 -166.0 275.6 151.0 -159.8 310.8 63.0 -4.7 67.7 0.5 -9.7 10.3
Debt instruments -6.3 -129.3 123.0 -14.6 -182.2 167.6 -44.6 -33.8 -10.8 -15.0 -14.5 -0.5
Bonds and notes -31.5 -132.9 101.4 81.2 -129.6 210.7 -51.0 -31.0 -20.0 -7.8 -8.4 0.5
Money market instruments 25.3 3.7 21.6 -95.7 -52.6 -43.1 6.4 -2.8 9.2 -7.2 -6.2 -1.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -7.4 -612.4 605.1 73.2 -602.1 675.3 26.2 -40.0 66.2 -17.3 -28.6 11.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 33.3 25.6 3.6 3.7
OTHER INVESTMENT -294.5 232.6 -527.1 -347.0 -224.6 -122.4 -58.6 52.6 -111.3 -24.8 -62.9 38.1
Eurosystem -59.4 7.6 -67.0 -71.6 12.7 -84.3 -17.5 2.1 -19.5 -14.4 -1.0 -13.4
General government -3.8 8.6 -12.4 -6.6 -7.3 0.8 2.9 -0.5 3.4 2.5 0.5 1.9
of which: currency and deposits 10.4 10.4 -11.1 -11.1 -1.0 -1.0 0.3 0.3
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -214.8 176.8 -391.6 -314.2 -202.3 -111.9 -51.0 36.3 -87.3 -17.2 -61.3 44.0
Long-term 23.7 90.4 -66.7 13.8 62.1 -48.3 6.0 10.3 -4.3 -3.1 4.8 -7.9
Short-term -238.5 86.4 -324.9 -328.0 -264.4 -63.6 -57.0 26.0 -83.0 -14.1 -66.1 51.9
Other sectors -16.5 39.6 -56.0 45.4 -27.6 73.0 7.0 14.8 -7.8 4.3 -1.2 5.5
of which: currency and deposits 57.1 57.1 -63.7 -63.7 2.4 2.4 -8.1 -8.1
RESERVE ASSETS -4.9 -4.9 -5.6 -5.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Errors and omissions 51.2 0.2 2.1 5.1