Table 1b: Quarterly balance of payments of the euro area with a geographical breakdown ( 1 )
(EUR billions, otherwise indicated; four-quarter cumulated transactions from Q1 2004 to Q4 2004)
| Total | European Union | Canada | Japan | Switzer-land | UnitedStates | Offshorefinancialcentres | Interna-tionalorgani-sations | Othercountries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Denmark | Sweden | UnitedKingdom | Other EUcountries | EUinsti-tutions | ||||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 45.2 | 75.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 73.2 | 23.7 | -24.9 | 5.7 | -36.1 | 5.7 | 46.6 | - | - | -52.4 | |
| credit | 1818.1 | 673.0 | 35.9 | 59.1 | 366.6 | 154.1 | 57.3 | 24.0 | 48.2 | 125.5 | 311.8 | - | - | 635.6 | |
| debit | 1772.8 | 597.3 | 34.3 | 57.0 | 293.4 | 130.4 | 82.2 | 18.3 | 84.3 | 119.8 | 265.2 | - | - | 688.0 | |
| Goods | 103.4 | 85.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 60.7 | 20.9 | 0.3 | 6.0 | -19.2 | 12.3 | 60.5 | - | - | -41.7 | |
| credit | 1130.0 | 395.5 | 25.1 | 41.3 | 202.5 | 126.2 | 0.3 | 14.6 | 33.0 | 64.6 | 171.9 | - | - | 450.4 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 35.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 17.9 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 15.2 | - | - | 39.9 | |
| debit | 1026.6 | 309.9 | 24.3 | 38.5 | 141.9 | 105.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 52.2 | 52.3 | 111.4 | - | - | 492.1 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 30.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.9 | - | - | 47.9 | |
| Services | 27.2 | 28.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 24.1 | -2.6 | 4.0 | -0.2 | 3.3 | 5.5 | -1.2 | - | - | -9.2 | |
| credit | 355.1 | 130.5 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 92.6 | 16.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 35.8 | 73.3 | - | - | 100.7 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 36.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 26.1 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 10.1 | 20.6 | - | - | 28.4 | |
| debit | 327.9 | 101.6 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 68.5 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 30.2 | 74.4 | - | - | 109.9 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 31.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 20.9 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 22.7 | - | - | 33.5 | |
| Income | -29.8 | -8.8 | -0.5 | -2.8 | -12.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -20.2 | -13.1 | -9.6 | - | - | 20.9 | |
| credit | 252.8 | 88.0 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 62.3 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 18.9 | 59.6 | - | - | 77.4 | |
| debit | 282.6 | 96.8 | 3.5 | 10.0 | 75.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 24.9 | 32.0 | 69.2 | - | - | 56.5 | |
| of which: investment income | -38.6 | -10.3 | -0.5 | -2.8 | -13.3 | 7.7 | -1.4 | 1.0 | -20.1 | -18.8 | -10.6 | - | - | 20.2 | |
| credit | 237.8 | 83.2 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 60.8 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 12.7 | 57.9 | - | - | 75.2 | |
| debit | 276.3 | 93.6 | 3.5 | 9.9 | 74.1 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 24.7 | 31.5 | 68.4 | - | - | 55.0 | |
| Current transfers | -55.6 | -30.0 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 1.3 | -0.4 | -30.7 | -1.1 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -3.1 | - | - | -22.3 | |
| credit | 80.2 | 59.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 47.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | - | - | 7.1 | |
| debit | 135.8 | 89.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 78.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 10.1 | - | - | 29.5 | |
| Capital account | 17.2 | 20.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 19.8 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | - | - | -3.6 | |
| credit | 23.3 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 20.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | - | - | 0.8 | |
| debit | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 4.5 | |
| Financial account balance ( 2 ) | 24.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -47.9 | -20.4 | 2.9 | -3.1 | -18.3 | -2.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -10.0 | 10.6 | 20.3 | -23.2 | 0.0 | -25.0 | |
| Abroad | -116.9 | -56.3 | 1.4 | -6.2 | -43.7 | -7.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | -14.0 | 3.6 | 6.3 | -28.1 | 0.0 | -30.2 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -124.1 | -54.3 | -0.9 | -6.2 | -33.4 | -13.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | -11.4 | 1.0 | -18.1 | -21.8 | -0.0 | -21.5 | |
| Other capital | 7.2 | -2.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | -10.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -2.7 | 2.6 | 24.4 | -6.3 | 0.0 | -8.8 | |
| In the euro area | 69.0 | 35.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 25.4 | 5.8 | 0.1 | -1.9 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 5.2 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 69.7 | 40.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 36.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | -2.4 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 15.9 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | |
| Other capital | -0.7 | -4.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -10.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | -1.9 | -3.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| Portfolio investment | 68.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -282.2 | -108.8 | 0.9 | -8.2 | -81.6 | -14.6 | -5.2 | -4.6 | -42.9 | 1.5 | -55.0 | -34.5 | 3.9 | -41.7 | |
| Equity | -73.6 | -8.6 | 3.1 | -0.5 | -9.9 | -1.2 | -0.1 | -2.4 | -17.4 | 2.0 | -20.4 | -13.7 | -0.2 | -12.9 | |
| Debt | -208.6 | -100.2 | -2.3 | -7.7 | -71.8 | -13.4 | -5.1 | -2.2 | -25.6 | -0.5 | -34.6 | -20.8 | 4.1 | -28.8 | |
| Bonds and notes | -149.5 | -76.1 | -0.3 | -6.6 | -52.2 | -11.4 | -5.6 | -2.5 | -8.9 | -0.9 | -34.2 | 0.5 | 3.3 | -30.6 | |
| Money market instruments | -59.1 | -24.1 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -19.6 | -2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -16.7 | 0.4 | -0.4 | -21.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | |
| Liabilities | 350.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | 121.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | 229.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | 211.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | 18.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | -2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | -6.6 | -101.7 | 6.9 | -18.3 | -90.1 | -5.2 | 5.0 | -0.1 | 10.0 | 19.7 | 61.1 | -26.7 | 5.1 | 26.0 | |
| Assets | -289.6 | -247.4 | 3.5 | -26.0 | -206.3 | -18.5 | -0.2 | -1.8 | 6.0 | -5.1 | -3.4 | -25.7 | -3.3 | -8.8 | |
| General government | -1.8 | -1.7 | -1.0 | -0.0 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -1.9 | 1.8 | |
| MFIs | -259.5 | -224.8 | 5.1 | -23.6 | -189.2 | -17.6 | 0.5 | -0.8 | 5.4 | -4.8 | -5.5 | -13.5 | -1.2 | -14.2 | |
| Other sectors | -28.3 | -20.9 | -0.5 | -2.4 | -16.9 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -1.0 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 2.0 | -12.1 | -0.2 | 3.7 | |
| Liabilities | 283.0 | 145.7 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 116.2 | 13.3 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 24.8 | 64.6 | -1.0 | 8.4 | 34.8 | |
| General government | -2.8 | -1.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.0 | -2.8 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| MFIs | 253.8 | 137.2 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 110.0 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 20.4 | 53.9 | -3.5 | 8.5 | 33.9 | |
| Other sectors | 31.9 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Reserve assets | 12.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | -86.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |