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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
June 2016 July 2016
July 2015 July 2016
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 309.6 3,547.9 3,238.3 346.1 3,536.9 3,190.8 39.1 311.0 271.9 31.5 290.5 259.1
Goods 320.4 2,071.2 1,750.8 365.3 2,077.4 1,712.1 37.5 184.1 146.6 31.9 170.1 138.3
Services 63.7 745.9 682.1 64.6 767.8 703.2 9.7 67.9 58.2 7.7 68.0 60.3
Primary income 61.6 631.0 569.4 41.1 591.2 550.1 0.3 49.6 49.3 2.8 44.7 41.8
Secondary income -136.2 99.8 236.0 -124.9 100.6 225.4 -8.4 9.3 17.7 -10.9 7.7 18.6
CAPITAL ACCOUNT -17.5 39.9 57.4 10.3 41.6 31.2 1.0 3.2 2.2 0.2 2.0 1.8
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 275.3 1,041.8 766.4 374.4 916.4 542.0 44.5 -23.6 -68.1 -0.8 122.8 123.5
Direct investment 95.9 549.9 454.0 121.5 453.1 331.6 -5.6 -17.4 -11.8 19.3 15.8 -3.5
Equity 14.0 328.2 314.2 113.7 404.5 290.9 6.8 5.0 -1.8 7.2 9.9 2.7
Debt instruments 82.0 221.7 139.7 7.9 48.6 40.7 -12.4 -22.4 -10.1 12.1 5.9 -6.2
Portfolio investment 272.5 474.3 201.8 476.3 432.5 -43.9 11.6 37.0 25.4 52.8 41.9 -10.9
Equity -160.6 80.9 241.4 -165.1 -6.8 158.3 -33.8 8.2 41.9 -19.9 11.3 31.2
Debt securities 433.1 393.5 -39.6 641.4 439.3 -202.2 45.4 28.9 -16.5 72.7 30.6 -42.1
Short-term 70.3 33.7 -36.6 53.0 14.6 -38.4 16.3 26.6 10.4 9.0 -19.2 -28.2
Long-term 362.8 359.8 -3.0 588.4 424.7 -163.8 29.1 2.2 -26.9 63.6 49.8 -13.9
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 368.5 1,024.2 655.8 597.9 885.6 287.7 6.0 19.6 13.6 72.1 57.7 -14.4
Financial derivatives 69.5 60.4 -1.0 6.1
Other investment -161.1 -50.5 110.7 -300.5 -46.2 254.3 38.7 -43.0 -81.7 -78.1 59.9 138.0
Eurosystem -6.0 0.6 6.5 -36.8 -4.4 32.3 -18.0 2.2 20.2 -3.1 -5.9 -2.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -140.4 -80.0 60.5 -236.9 -62.9 174.0 28.6 -49.3 -77.9 -77.3 73.9 151.1
General government 33.7 -0.5 -34.2 16.3 4.0 -12.3 2.0 3.9 1.8 -1.1 -1.8 -0.7
Other sectors -48.4 29.4 77.8 -43.2 17.1 60.3 26.0 0.3 -25.7 3.3 -6.4 -9.7
Of which: currency and deposits -241.3 -142.8 98.5 -327.6 -122.0 205.7 89.7 2.8 -86.9 -147.3 13.9 161.2
Reserve assets -1.5 16.6 0.7 -0.9
Errors and omissions -16.7 17.9 4.4 -32.4

Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
June 2016 July 2016
July 2015 July 2016
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 309.6 3,547.9 3,238.3 346.1 3,536.9 3,190.8 39.1 311.0 271.9 31.5 290.5 259.1
Goods 320.4 2,071.2 1,750.8 365.3 2,077.4 1,712.1 37.5 184.1 146.6 31.9 170.1 138.3
Services 63.7 745.9 682.1 64.6 767.8 703.2 9.7 67.9 58.2 7.7 68.0 60.3
Primary income 61.6 631.0 569.4 41.1 591.2 550.1 0.3 49.6 49.3 2.8 44.7 41.8
Secondary income -136.2 99.8 236.0 -124.9 100.6 225.4 -8.4 9.3 17.7 -10.9 7.7 18.6
CAPITAL ACCOUNT -17.5 39.9 57.4 10.3 41.6 31.2 1.0 3.2 2.2 0.2 2.0 1.8
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 275.3 1,041.8 766.4 374.4 916.4 542.0 44.5 -23.6 -68.1 -0.8 122.8 123.5
Direct investment 95.9 549.9 454.0 121.5 453.1 331.6 -5.6 -17.4 -11.8 19.3 15.8 -3.5
Equity 14.0 328.2 314.2 113.7 404.5 290.9 6.8 5.0 -1.8 7.2 9.9 2.7
Debt instruments 82.0 221.7 139.7 7.9 48.6 40.7 -12.4 -22.4 -10.1 12.1 5.9 -6.2
Portfolio investment 272.5 474.3 201.8 476.3 432.5 -43.9 11.6 37.0 25.4 52.8 41.9 -10.9
Equity -160.6 80.9 241.4 -165.1 -6.8 158.3 -33.8 8.2 41.9 -19.9 11.3 31.2
Debt securities 433.1 393.5 -39.6 641.4 439.3 -202.2 45.4 28.9 -16.5 72.7 30.6 -42.1
Short-term 70.3 33.7 -36.6 53.0 14.6 -38.4 16.3 26.6 10.4 9.0 -19.2 -28.2
Long-term 362.8 359.8 -3.0 588.4 424.7 -163.8 29.1 2.2 -26.9 63.6 49.8 -13.9
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 368.5 1,024.2 655.8 597.9 885.6 287.7 6.0 19.6 13.6 72.1 57.7 -14.4
Financial derivatives 69.5 60.4 -1.0 6.1
Other investment -161.1 -50.5 110.7 -300.5 -46.2 254.3 38.7 -43.0 -81.7 -78.1 59.9 138.0
Eurosystem -6.0 0.6 6.5 -36.8 -4.4 32.3 -18.0 2.2 20.2 -3.1 -5.9 -2.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -140.4 -80.0 60.5 -236.9 -62.9 174.0 28.6 -49.3 -77.9 -77.3 73.9 151.1
General government 33.7 -0.5 -34.2 16.3 4.0 -12.3 2.0 3.9 1.8 -1.1 -1.8 -0.7
Other sectors -48.4 29.4 77.8 -43.2 17.1 60.3 26.0 0.3 -25.7 3.3 -6.4 -9.7
Of which: currency and deposits -241.3 -142.8 98.5 -327.6 -122.0 205.7 89.7 2.8 -86.9 -147.3 13.9 161.2
Reserve assets -1.5 16.6 0.7 -0.9
Errors and omissions -16.7 17.9 4.4 -32.4