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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 		April 2015
(revised) 		May 2015
May 2014 May 2015    
       
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT
ACCOUNT		 180.0 3,281.4 3,101.4 249.0 3,390.5 3,141.5 22.0 287.8 265.8 3.4 281.0 277.6
Goods 211.0 1,917.5 1,706.5 283.0 2,002.9 1,719.9 29.1 174.8 145.7 23.2 162.6 139.4
Services 72.6 661.5 588.9 64.0 714.0 650.0 3.5 57.4 53.8 7.0 60.3 53.3
Primary income 37.7 611.1 573.4 44.0 574.5 530.6 0.6 47.4 46.8 -16.5 47.1 63.6
Secondary income -141.2 91.3 232.5 -141.9 99.1 241.0 -11.2 8.2 19.4 -10.3 11.1 21.4
                         
CAPITAL
ACCOUNT 		24.5 41.8 17.3 21.2 37.3 16.1 1.1 2.4 1.3 2.3 3.7 1.4
         
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL
ACCOUNT 1) 		394.2 920.9 526.7 250.8 906.7 655.9 -9.3 117.6 126.9 26.2 29.5 3.4
  Direct
  investment 		41.7 454.8 413.1 100.6 297.9 197.3 -12.4 16.3 28.7 26.3 26.0 -0.3
   Equity 49.1 369.0 319.9 -8.3 116.0 124.3 -2.9 6.8 9.7 -2.1 8.3 10.5
   Debt instruments -7.5 85.8 93.3 108.8 181.8 73.0 -9.5 9.5 19.0 28.5 17.7 -10.8
  Portfolio investment -95.1 267.2 362.2 123.0 497.4 374.4 52.7 33.3 -19.4 14.7 73.4 58.7
   Equity -65.7 145.1 210.8 -221.5 81.0 302.5 15.7 19.5 3.8 4.5 17.4 12.9
   Debt securities -29.3 122.1 151.4 344.5 416.4 71.9 37.0 13.7 -23.3 10.2 56.0 45.8
     Short-term 40.7 30.0 -10.7 59.9 60.2 0.3 -26.4 -11.9 14.5 22.0 10.7 -11.4
     Long-term -70.0 92.1 162.1 284.6 356.2 71.7 63.4 25.6 -37.7 -11.8 45.3 57.1
   Memo: Direct and
  portfolio investment 		-53.4 722.0 775.4 223.6 795.3 571.7 40.3 49.6 9.3 41.0 99.4 58.4
  Financial derivatives 26.1     69.3     4.6     4.5    
  Other investment 414.1 165.4 -248.7 -43.7 40.5 84.2 -50.3 67.3 117.7 -17.8 -72.8 -55.0
   Eurosystem 55.6 -11.1 -66.7 38.5 1.6 -37.0 5.3 -1.7 -7.0 3.6 0.7 -2.9
   MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 282.6 102.6 -180.0 -56.2 1.6 57.8 -61.3 60.2 121.6 -10.5 -67.1 -56.6
   General government -2.4 -2.0 0.4 26.6 0.1 -26.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9 -5.9 -6.0 -0.1
   Other sectors 78.3 75.9 -2.4 -52.6 37.3 89.9 5.7 9.8 4.0 -5.0 -0.4 4.5
     Of which: currency and deposits 388.0 122.4 -265.6 -99.2 -27.5 71.7 -56.1 65.5 121.6 -40.0 -80.0 -40.0
  Reserve assets   7.4     1.6     -3.9     -1.6  
Errors and omissions 189.7 -19.5 -32.4 20.5
  Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending 		April 2015
(revised) 		May 2015
May 2014 May 2015    
       
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT
ACCOUNT		 180.0 3,281.4 3,101.4 249.0 3,390.5 3,141.5 22.0 287.8 265.8 3.4 281.0 277.6
Goods 211.0 1,917.5 1,706.5 283.0 2,002.9 1,719.9 29.1 174.8 145.7 23.2 162.6 139.4
Services 72.6 661.5 588.9 64.0 714.0 650.0 3.5 57.4 53.8 7.0 60.3 53.3
Primary income 37.7 611.1 573.4 44.0 574.5 530.6 0.6 47.4 46.8 -16.5 47.1 63.6
Secondary income -141.2 91.3 232.5 -141.9 99.1 241.0 -11.2 8.2 19.4 -10.3 11.1 21.4
                         
CAPITAL
ACCOUNT 		24.5 41.8 17.3 21.2 37.3 16.1 1.1 2.4 1.3 2.3 3.7 1.4
         
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL
ACCOUNT 1) 		394.2 920.9 526.7 250.8 906.7 655.9 -9.3 117.6 126.9 26.2 29.5 3.4
  Direct
  investment 		41.7 454.8 413.1 100.6 297.9 197.3 -12.4 16.3 28.7 26.3 26.0 -0.3
   Equity 49.1 369.0 319.9 -8.3 116.0 124.3 -2.9 6.8 9.7 -2.1 8.3 10.5
   Debt instruments -7.5 85.8 93.3 108.8 181.8 73.0 -9.5 9.5 19.0 28.5 17.7 -10.8
  Portfolio investment -95.1 267.2 362.2 123.0 497.4 374.4 52.7 33.3 -19.4 14.7 73.4 58.7
   Equity -65.7 145.1 210.8 -221.5 81.0 302.5 15.7 19.5 3.8 4.5 17.4 12.9
   Debt securities -29.3 122.1 151.4 344.5 416.4 71.9 37.0 13.7 -23.3 10.2 56.0 45.8
     Short-term 40.7 30.0 -10.7 59.9 60.2 0.3 -26.4 -11.9 14.5 22.0 10.7 -11.4
     Long-term -70.0 92.1 162.1 284.6 356.2 71.7 63.4 25.6 -37.7 -11.8 45.3 57.1
   Memo: Direct and
  portfolio investment 		-53.4 722.0 775.4 223.6 795.3 571.7 40.3 49.6 9.3 41.0 99.4 58.4
  Financial derivatives 26.1     69.3     4.6     4.5    
  Other investment 414.1 165.4 -248.7 -43.7 40.5 84.2 -50.3 67.3 117.7 -17.8 -72.8 -55.0
   Eurosystem 55.6 -11.1 -66.7 38.5 1.6 -37.0 5.3 -1.7 -7.0 3.6 0.7 -2.9
   MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 282.6 102.6 -180.0 -56.2 1.6 57.8 -61.3 60.2 121.6 -10.5 -67.1 -56.6
   General government -2.4 -2.0 0.4 26.6 0.1 -26.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9 -5.9 -6.0 -0.1
   Other sectors 78.3 75.9 -2.4 -52.6 37.3 89.9 5.7 9.8 4.0 -5.0 -0.4 4.5
     Of which: currency and deposits 388.0 122.4 -265.6 -99.2 -27.5 71.7 -56.1 65.5 121.6 -40.0 -80.0 -40.0
  Reserve assets   7.4     1.6     -3.9     -1.6  
Errors and omissions 189.7 -19.5 -32.4 20.5