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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
Dec. 2015 Dec. 2016 Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 319.3 364.7 24.9 30.1 25.5 29.3 34.3 30.8 30.0 30.1 29.5 29.3 28.4 36.4 31.0
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.1 3.4
Credit 3,606.1 3,576.3 296.1 293.7 293.0 292.0 295.9 295.9 295.5 294.6 300.7 301.1 297.2 311.1 305.6
Debit 3,286.8 3,211.7 271.2 263.6 267.4 262.7 261.7 265.1 265.5 264.5 271.2 271.8 268.8 274.7 274.6
Goods 348.2 372.2 29.8 29.5 27.4 32.4 32.5 31.9 33.0 29.5 32.6 34.6 26.0 30.8 31.7
Credit (exports) 2,101.7 2,100.1 173.4 171.7 170.2 173.5 172.5 172.2 174.1 171.8 176.4 176.3 174.9 182.5 184.1
Debit (imports) 1,753.5 1,727.9 143.7 142.2 142.8 141.0 140.0 140.3 141.1 142.2 143.7 141.7 148.9 151.7 152.3
Services 58.9 69.1 4.4 4.8 6.1 6.2 4.2 4.2 4.5 6.0 6.7 7.4 9.0 5.3 4.6
Credit (exports) 767.3 779.0 65.0 64.5 65.8 64.3 63.3 64.2 63.5 63.2 65.5 67.3 66.4 66.0 64.9
Debit (imports) 708.4 709.9 60.6 59.7 59.6 58.2 59.1 60.0 59.0 57.2 58.7 59.8 57.5 60.7 60.3
Primary income 42.1 52.4 0.0 4.3 2.3 1.3 5.5 3.9 2.4 4.3 2.9 1.7 6.3 12.2 5.3
Credit 632.6 598.1 49.1 49.1 48.6 45.8 51.3 51.2 49.7 50.7 50.5 49.3 48.5 55.1 48.3
Debit 590.5 545.7 49.0 44.8 46.3 44.5 45.8 47.2 47.3 46.4 47.6 47.7 42.1 42.9 43.0
Secondary income -129.9 -129.0 -9.4 -8.5 -10.3 -10.6 -8.0 -9.3 -9.9 -9.7 -12.8 -14.4 -12.9 -11.9 -10.6
Credit 104.4 99.1 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.9 8.4 8.2 7.4 7.5 8.4
Debit 234.3 228.1 17.9 16.9 18.7 19.0 16.8 17.6 18.2 18.6 21.1 22.6 20.3 19.3 19.0

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
Dec. 2015 Dec. 2016 Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 319.3 364.7 24.9 30.1 25.5 29.3 34.3 30.8 30.0 30.1 29.5 29.3 28.4 36.4 31.0
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.1 3.4
Credit 3,606.1 3,576.3 296.1 293.7 293.0 292.0 295.9 295.9 295.5 294.6 300.7 301.1 297.2 311.1 305.6
Debit 3,286.8 3,211.7 271.2 263.6 267.4 262.7 261.7 265.1 265.5 264.5 271.2 271.8 268.8 274.7 274.6
Goods 348.2 372.2 29.8 29.5 27.4 32.4 32.5 31.9 33.0 29.5 32.6 34.6 26.0 30.8 31.7
Credit (exports) 2,101.7 2,100.1 173.4 171.7 170.2 173.5 172.5 172.2 174.1 171.8 176.4 176.3 174.9 182.5 184.1
Debit (imports) 1,753.5 1,727.9 143.7 142.2 142.8 141.0 140.0 140.3 141.1 142.2 143.7 141.7 148.9 151.7 152.3
Services 58.9 69.1 4.4 4.8 6.1 6.2 4.2 4.2 4.5 6.0 6.7 7.4 9.0 5.3 4.6
Credit (exports) 767.3 779.0 65.0 64.5 65.8 64.3 63.3 64.2 63.5 63.2 65.5 67.3 66.4 66.0 64.9
Debit (imports) 708.4 709.9 60.6 59.7 59.6 58.2 59.1 60.0 59.0 57.2 58.7 59.8 57.5 60.7 60.3
Primary income 42.1 52.4 0.0 4.3 2.3 1.3 5.5 3.9 2.4 4.3 2.9 1.7 6.3 12.2 5.3
Credit 632.6 598.1 49.1 49.1 48.6 45.8 51.3 51.2 49.7 50.7 50.5 49.3 48.5 55.1 48.3
Debit 590.5 545.7 49.0 44.8 46.3 44.5 45.8 47.2 47.3 46.4 47.6 47.7 42.1 42.9 43.0
Secondary income -129.9 -129.0 -9.4 -8.5 -10.3 -10.6 -8.0 -9.3 -9.9 -9.7 -12.8 -14.4 -12.9 -11.9 -10.6
Credit 104.4 99.1 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.9 8.4 8.2 7.4 7.5 8.4
Debit 234.3 228.1 17.9 16.9 18.7 19.0 16.8 17.6 18.2 18.6 21.1 22.6 20.3 19.3 19.0