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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | May 2017 | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 371.0 | 348.7 | 35.9 | 33.2 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 34.1 | 23.5 | 28.0 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 23.5 | 30.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.5 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,604.6 | 3,738.3 | 302.4 | 300.4 | 298.3 | 303.1 | 305.7 | 308.8 | 316.4 | 314.9 | 317.9 | 319.2 | 321.2 | 312.1 | 320.2 |
| Debit | 3,233.6 | 3,389.7 | 266.4 | 267.3 | 268.7 | 271.8 | 271.7 | 285.4 | 288.4 | 290.4 | 295.1 | 284.9 | 287.4 | 288.6 | 290.0 |
| Goods | 364.9 | 348.0 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 27.8 | 30.1 | 30.7 | 23.8 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 25.2 | 26.9 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,091.8 | 2,177.3 | 173.2 | 175.1 | 173.5 | 175.9 | 177.2 | 177.7 | 182.8 | 184.5 | 183.2 | 187.2 | 188.6 | 181.9 | 189.6 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,726.9 | 1,829.4 | 140.8 | 141.8 | 143.9 | 145.4 | 144.3 | 150.0 | 152.7 | 153.8 | 159.4 | 159.1 | 159.6 | 156.7 | 162.6 |
| Services | 65.4 | 49.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.2 | -1.2 | -2.4 | -1.9 | 2.5 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 779.5 | 804.4 | 64.7 | 64.1 | 65.0 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 67.0 | 66.5 | 66.0 | 68.7 | 69.9 | 69.4 | 68.1 | 67.0 |
| Debit (imports) | 714.1 | 755.4 | 60.0 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 59.0 | 59.9 | 68.3 | 68.9 | 67.9 | 66.2 | 61.7 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 64.5 |
| Primary income | 62.1 | 93.6 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| Credit | 626.8 | 646.7 | 55.3 | 51.8 | 51.1 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 55.1 | 58.2 | 53.9 | 57.4 | 53.2 | 52.9 | 53.9 | 54.5 |
| Debit | 564.6 | 553.0 | 46.2 | 47.2 | 44.1 | 44.5 | 44.7 | 45.3 | 45.0 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 50.4 | 48.3 | 44.1 | 43.2 |
| Secondary income | -121.4 | -142.0 | -10.2 | -9.6 | -13.0 | -14.2 | -13.2 | -12.8 | -13.0 | -10.0 | -12.7 | -4.8 | -9.4 | -18.6 | -10.7 |
| Credit | 106.6 | 109.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.0 |
| Debit | 228.0 | 251.9 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 13.7 | 19.7 | 26.8 | 19.8 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | May 2017 | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 371.0 | 348.7 | 35.9 | 33.2 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 34.1 | 23.5 | 28.0 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 23.5 | 30.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.5 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,604.6 | 3,738.3 | 302.4 | 300.4 | 298.3 | 303.1 | 305.7 | 308.8 | 316.4 | 314.9 | 317.9 | 319.2 | 321.2 | 312.1 | 320.2 |
| Debit | 3,233.6 | 3,389.7 | 266.4 | 267.3 | 268.7 | 271.8 | 271.7 | 285.4 | 288.4 | 290.4 | 295.1 | 284.9 | 287.4 | 288.6 | 290.0 |
| Goods | 364.9 | 348.0 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 27.8 | 30.1 | 30.7 | 23.8 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 25.2 | 26.9 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,091.8 | 2,177.3 | 173.2 | 175.1 | 173.5 | 175.9 | 177.2 | 177.7 | 182.8 | 184.5 | 183.2 | 187.2 | 188.6 | 181.9 | 189.6 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,726.9 | 1,829.4 | 140.8 | 141.8 | 143.9 | 145.4 | 144.3 | 150.0 | 152.7 | 153.8 | 159.4 | 159.1 | 159.6 | 156.7 | 162.6 |
| Services | 65.4 | 49.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.2 | -1.2 | -2.4 | -1.9 | 2.5 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 779.5 | 804.4 | 64.7 | 64.1 | 65.0 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 67.0 | 66.5 | 66.0 | 68.7 | 69.9 | 69.4 | 68.1 | 67.0 |
| Debit (imports) | 714.1 | 755.4 | 60.0 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 59.0 | 59.9 | 68.3 | 68.9 | 67.9 | 66.2 | 61.7 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 64.5 |
| Primary income | 62.1 | 93.6 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| Credit | 626.8 | 646.7 | 55.3 | 51.8 | 51.1 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 55.1 | 58.2 | 53.9 | 57.4 | 53.2 | 52.9 | 53.9 | 54.5 |
| Debit | 564.6 | 553.0 | 46.2 | 47.2 | 44.1 | 44.5 | 44.7 | 45.3 | 45.0 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 50.4 | 48.3 | 44.1 | 43.2 |
| Secondary income | -121.4 | -142.0 | -10.2 | -9.6 | -13.0 | -14.2 | -13.2 | -12.8 | -13.0 | -10.0 | -12.7 | -4.8 | -9.4 | -18.6 | -10.7 |
| Credit | 106.6 | 109.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.0 |
| Debit | 228.0 | 251.9 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 13.7 | 19.7 | 26.8 | 19.8 |