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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 2016 2017
Aug. 2016 Aug. 2017 Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jul. Aug.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 358.1 338.5 26.5 30.1 28.7 30.9 25.7 20.5 30.9 32.7 21.6 28.4 24.1 31.5 33.3
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.3 3.1
Credit 3,647.1 3,819.4 306.7 309.9 312.5 319.4 314.1 316.4 316.6 322.2 318.9 326.3 319.2 320.3 323.7
Debit 3,288.9 3,481.0 280.2 279.7 283.8 288.6 288.4 295.9 285.7 289.5 297.3 297.9 295.0 288.8 290.4
Goods 374.1 339.0 30.9 33.2 28.5 30.8 31.3 23.8 26.8 28.5 25.8 26.7 29.0 26.5 28.2
Credit (exports) 2,109.0 2,218.5 177.6 179.0 178.9 183.8 185.7 183.9 186.5 188.5 184.2 188.9 186.0 185.1 188.1
Debit (imports) 1,734.9 1,879.6 146.7 145.8 150.5 153.1 154.4 160.1 159.7 160.0 158.4 162.2 156.9 158.7 159.9
Services 49.9 58.8 3.0 3.4 3.3 1.2 1.0 2.9 6.2 8.2 6.6 4.6 6.1 8.1 7.2
Credit (exports) 779.5 820.7 65.7 67.1 67.2 66.3 65.6 68.3 68.4 69.4 69.3 68.6 70.0 70.2 70.2
Debit (imports) 729.6 762.0 62.7 63.6 64.0 65.1 64.6 65.3 62.2 61.2 62.8 64.1 64.0 62.1 62.9
Primary income 66.1 90.9 7.0 7.1 10.0 12.0 3.7 7.5 3.2 6.4 6.9 9.0 3.1 11.7 10.3
Credit 650.0 670.8 54.4 54.3 57.3 60.3 52.5 55.8 52.8 54.4 56.5 59.8 54.2 56.3 56.6
Debit 584.0 579.8 47.5 47.1 47.3 48.3 48.7 48.3 49.6 48.0 49.6 50.8 51.1 44.6 46.3
Secondary income -131.9 -150.2 -14.3 -13.6 -13.0 -13.1 -10.3 -13.7 -5.2 -10.4 -17.7 -11.9 -14.1 -14.8 -12.4
Credit 108.5 109.4 9.0 9.6 9.0 9.0 10.3 8.5 8.9 9.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.8
Debit 240.5 259.6 23.3 23.2 22.1 22.1 20.7 22.2 14.2 20.2 26.5 20.8 23.0 23.4 21.3

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
Aug. 2016 Aug. 2017 Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jul. Aug.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 358.1 338.5 26.5 30.1 28.7 30.9 25.7 20.5 30.9 32.7 21.6 28.4 24.1 31.5 33.3
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.3 3.1
Credit 3,647.1 3,819.4 306.7 309.9 312.5 319.4 314.1 316.4 316.6 322.2 318.9 326.3 319.2 320.3 323.7
Debit 3,288.9 3,481.0 280.2 279.7 283.8 288.6 288.4 295.9 285.7 289.5 297.3 297.9 295.0 288.8 290.4
Goods 374.1 339.0 30.9 33.2 28.5 30.8 31.3 23.8 26.8 28.5 25.8 26.7 29.0 26.5 28.2
Credit (exports) 2,109.0 2,218.5 177.6 179.0 178.9 183.8 185.7 183.9 186.5 188.5 184.2 188.9 186.0 185.1 188.1
Debit (imports) 1,734.9 1,879.6 146.7 145.8 150.5 153.1 154.4 160.1 159.7 160.0 158.4 162.2 156.9 158.7 159.9
Services 49.9 58.8 3.0 3.4 3.3 1.2 1.0 2.9 6.2 8.2 6.6 4.6 6.1 8.1 7.2
Credit (exports) 779.5 820.7 65.7 67.1 67.2 66.3 65.6 68.3 68.4 69.4 69.3 68.6 70.0 70.2 70.2
Debit (imports) 729.6 762.0 62.7 63.6 64.0 65.1 64.6 65.3 62.2 61.2 62.8 64.1 64.0 62.1 62.9
Primary income 66.1 90.9 7.0 7.1 10.0 12.0 3.7 7.5 3.2 6.4 6.9 9.0 3.1 11.7 10.3
Credit 650.0 670.8 54.4 54.3 57.3 60.3 52.5 55.8 52.8 54.4 56.5 59.8 54.2 56.3 56.6
Debit 584.0 579.8 47.5 47.1 47.3 48.3 48.7 48.3 49.6 48.0 49.6 50.8 51.1 44.6 46.3
Secondary income -131.9 -150.2 -14.3 -13.6 -13.0 -13.1 -10.3 -13.7 -5.2 -10.4 -17.7 -11.9 -14.1 -14.8 -12.4
Credit 108.5 109.4 9.0 9.6 9.0 9.0 10.3 8.5 8.9 9.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.8
Debit 240.5 259.6 23.3 23.2 22.1 22.1 20.7 22.2 14.2 20.2 26.5 20.8 23.0 23.4 21.3