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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 2015 | Sep. 2016 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 322.5 | 337.5 | 31.8 | 24.0 | 26.7 | 25.4 | 30.3 | 25.8 | 29.6 | 33.3 | 31.7 | 29.0 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 25.3 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,579.4 | 3,540.6 | 299.9 | 301.7 | 301.6 | 296.1 | 293.9 | 293.1 | 292.1 | 293.6 | 294.7 | 293.8 | 292.7 | 296.4 | 290.8 |
| Debit | 3,256.8 | 3,203.1 | 268.1 | 277.8 | 275.0 | 270.8 | 263.5 | 267.3 | 262.4 | 260.3 | 262.9 | 264.8 | 265.5 | 267.3 | 265.4 |
| Goods | 333.4 | 368.1 | 31.1 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 28.5 | 30.7 | 30.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,084.0 | 2,076.7 | 175.2 | 175.8 | 175.6 | 173.6 | 171.8 | 170.3 | 173.4 | 172.3 | 172.1 | 173.7 | 172.2 | 175.1 | 170.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,750.6 | 1,708.6 | 144.1 | 145.1 | 145.1 | 143.4 | 142.2 | 142.9 | 141.0 | 139.9 | 140.0 | 140.4 | 143.8 | 144.4 | 140.4 |
| Services | 62.8 | 56.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Credit (exports) | 754.1 | 769.8 | 63.4 | 64.7 | 65.3 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 65.7 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 63.9 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.4 | 63.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 691.4 | 712.9 | 59.0 | 61.1 | 60.4 | 60.5 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 58.0 | 58.9 | 59.6 | 59.2 | 58.3 | 58.7 | 59.0 |
| Primary income | 57.5 | 41.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
| Credit | 638.4 | 591.9 | 52.7 | 52.5 | 52.1 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 48.8 | 46.0 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 49.5 | 47.6 |
| Debit | 580.9 | 550.9 | 46.5 | 51.2 | 49.2 | 48.9 | 44.7 | 46.2 | 44.4 | 43.8 | 45.3 | 47.5 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 43.4 |
| Secondary income | -131.2 | -128.4 | -9.9 | -11.5 | -11.6 | -9.4 | -8.6 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -9.3 | -9.6 | -9.3 | -11.6 | -12.7 | -14.0 |
| Credit | 102.8 | 102.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| Debit | 233.9 | 230.7 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 22.7 |
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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 2015 | Sep. 2016 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 322.5 | 337.5 | 31.8 | 24.0 | 26.7 | 25.4 | 30.3 | 25.8 | 29.6 | 33.3 | 31.7 | 29.0 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 25.3 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,579.4 | 3,540.6 | 299.9 | 301.7 | 301.6 | 296.1 | 293.9 | 293.1 | 292.1 | 293.6 | 294.7 | 293.8 | 292.7 | 296.4 | 290.8 |
| Debit | 3,256.8 | 3,203.1 | 268.1 | 277.8 | 275.0 | 270.8 | 263.5 | 267.3 | 262.4 | 260.3 | 262.9 | 264.8 | 265.5 | 267.3 | 265.4 |
| Goods | 333.4 | 368.1 | 31.1 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 28.5 | 30.7 | 30.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,084.0 | 2,076.7 | 175.2 | 175.8 | 175.6 | 173.6 | 171.8 | 170.3 | 173.4 | 172.3 | 172.1 | 173.7 | 172.2 | 175.1 | 170.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,750.6 | 1,708.6 | 144.1 | 145.1 | 145.1 | 143.4 | 142.2 | 142.9 | 141.0 | 139.9 | 140.0 | 140.4 | 143.8 | 144.4 | 140.4 |
| Services | 62.8 | 56.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Credit (exports) | 754.1 | 769.8 | 63.4 | 64.7 | 65.3 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 65.7 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 63.9 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.4 | 63.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 691.4 | 712.9 | 59.0 | 61.1 | 60.4 | 60.5 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 58.0 | 58.9 | 59.6 | 59.2 | 58.3 | 58.7 | 59.0 |
| Primary income | 57.5 | 41.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
| Credit | 638.4 | 591.9 | 52.7 | 52.5 | 52.1 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 48.8 | 46.0 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 49.5 | 47.6 |
| Debit | 580.9 | 550.9 | 46.5 | 51.2 | 49.2 | 48.9 | 44.7 | 46.2 | 44.4 | 43.8 | 45.3 | 47.5 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 43.4 |
| Secondary income | -131.2 | -128.4 | -9.9 | -11.5 | -11.6 | -9.4 | -8.6 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -9.3 | -9.6 | -9.3 | -11.6 | -12.7 | -14.0 |
| Credit | 102.8 | 102.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| Debit | 233.9 | 230.7 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 22.7 |