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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 2017 July 2017
July 2016 July 2017
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 373.4 3,601.2 3,227.8 338.5 3,776.2 3,437.8 29.8 328.5 298.7 32.5 318.4 285.9
Goods 369.9 2,090.7 1,720.8 340.9 2,205.3 1,864.4 33.0 191.4 158.4 30.9 186.0 155.1
Services 63.3 779.1 715.8 41.9 813.0 771.1 4.9 72.9 68.0 5.2 73.8 68.6
Primary income 65.1 623.6 558.5 97.5 649.9 552.4 2.9 55.5 52.6 9.0 50.8 41.8
Secondary income -124.9 107.8 232.7 -141.9 108.0 249.9 -10.9 8.7 19.6 -12.6 7.9 20.5
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 9.4 41.9 32.4 -13.2 28.7 42.0 1.1 2.5 1.4 1.0 2.4 1.5
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 369.0 937.8 568.7 381.8 901.2 519.4 57.2 -71.2 -128.4 42.9 -20.6 -63.6
Direct investment 81.8 443.7 362.0 157.5 156.5 -1.0 -42.2 -40.5 1.7 9.3 -176.2 -185.5
Equity 152.8 443.1 290.4 172.2 91.6 -80.7 -42.7 -33.8 8.9 4.9 -182.6 -187.5
Debt instruments -71.0 0.6 71.6 -14.7 65.0 79.7 0.5 -6.7 -7.2 4.3 6.3 2.0
Portfolio investment 479.1 420.5 -58.6 336.0 514.3 178.4 47.7 74.0 26.3 13.9 64.1 50.3
Equity -179.1 -33.9 145.2 -201.8 137.0 338.8 -10.3 17.3 27.6 -37.9 23.2 61.2
Debt securities 658.2 454.4 -203.8 537.8 377.4 -160.5 58.0 56.7 -1.3 51.8 40.9 -10.9
Short-term 25.8 18.1 -7.8 6.5 36.4 29.9 26.3 15.6 -10.7 -13.4 -17.7 -4.3
Long-term 632.3 436.3 -196.0 531.3 341.0 -190.4 31.7 41.1 9.4 65.2 58.6 -6.6
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 560.9 864.2 303.4 493.5 670.9 177.4 5.5 33.4 27.9 23.1 -112.1 -135.2
Financial derivatives 40.7 33.3 -8.8 -3.5
Other investment -249.1 16.3 265.4 -148.9 193.2 342.0 59.1 -97.3 -156.3 28.5 100.2 71.7
Eurosystem -41.8 -4.3 37.5 -115.5 6.6 122.1 -40.6 2.6 43.2 36.0 -1.0 -37.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -224.5 -40.9 183.6 36.6 137.7 101.2 85.4 -114.5 -199.8 -0.3 115.1 115.4
General government 15.1 5.2 -9.9 -7.3 -8.8 -1.4 -3.3 -2.5 0.7 0.8 0.1 -0.7
Other sectors 2.1 56.3 54.2 -62.6 57.6 120.2 17.5 17.1 -0.4 -7.9 -14.0 -6.0
Of which: currency and deposits -275.2 -60.5 214.7 -199.0 24.9 223.9 143.6 -20.4 -164.0 -71.2 20.8 92.0
Reserve assets 16.5 3.8 1.4 -5.2
Errors and omissions -13.8 56.5 26.3 9.5

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 2017 July 2017
July 2016 July 2017
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 373.4 3,601.2 3,227.8 338.5 3,776.2 3,437.8 29.8 328.5 298.7 32.5 318.4 285.9
Goods 369.9 2,090.7 1,720.8 340.9 2,205.3 1,864.4 33.0 191.4 158.4 30.9 186.0 155.1
Services 63.3 779.1 715.8 41.9 813.0 771.1 4.9 72.9 68.0 5.2 73.8 68.6
Primary income 65.1 623.6 558.5 97.5 649.9 552.4 2.9 55.5 52.6 9.0 50.8 41.8
Secondary income -124.9 107.8 232.7 -141.9 108.0 249.9 -10.9 8.7 19.6 -12.6 7.9 20.5
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 9.4 41.9 32.4 -13.2 28.7 42.0 1.1 2.5 1.4 1.0 2.4 1.5
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 369.0 937.8 568.7 381.8 901.2 519.4 57.2 -71.2 -128.4 42.9 -20.6 -63.6
Direct investment 81.8 443.7 362.0 157.5 156.5 -1.0 -42.2 -40.5 1.7 9.3 -176.2 -185.5
Equity 152.8 443.1 290.4 172.2 91.6 -80.7 -42.7 -33.8 8.9 4.9 -182.6 -187.5
Debt instruments -71.0 0.6 71.6 -14.7 65.0 79.7 0.5 -6.7 -7.2 4.3 6.3 2.0
Portfolio investment 479.1 420.5 -58.6 336.0 514.3 178.4 47.7 74.0 26.3 13.9 64.1 50.3
Equity -179.1 -33.9 145.2 -201.8 137.0 338.8 -10.3 17.3 27.6 -37.9 23.2 61.2
Debt securities 658.2 454.4 -203.8 537.8 377.4 -160.5 58.0 56.7 -1.3 51.8 40.9 -10.9
Short-term 25.8 18.1 -7.8 6.5 36.4 29.9 26.3 15.6 -10.7 -13.4 -17.7 -4.3
Long-term 632.3 436.3 -196.0 531.3 341.0 -190.4 31.7 41.1 9.4 65.2 58.6 -6.6
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 560.9 864.2 303.4 493.5 670.9 177.4 5.5 33.4 27.9 23.1 -112.1 -135.2
Financial derivatives 40.7 33.3 -8.8 -3.5
Other investment -249.1 16.3 265.4 -148.9 193.2 342.0 59.1 -97.3 -156.3 28.5 100.2 71.7
Eurosystem -41.8 -4.3 37.5 -115.5 6.6 122.1 -40.6 2.6 43.2 36.0 -1.0 -37.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -224.5 -40.9 183.6 36.6 137.7 101.2 85.4 -114.5 -199.8 -0.3 115.1 115.4
General government 15.1 5.2 -9.9 -7.3 -8.8 -1.4 -3.3 -2.5 0.7 0.8 0.1 -0.7
Other sectors 2.1 56.3 54.2 -62.6 57.6 120.2 17.5 17.1 -0.4 -7.9 -14.0 -6.0
Of which: currency and deposits -275.2 -60.5 214.7 -199.0 24.9 223.9 143.6 -20.4 -164.0 -71.2 20.8 92.0
Reserve assets 16.5 3.8 1.4 -5.2
Errors and omissions -13.8 56.5 26.3 9.5