Table 1b: Quarterly balance of payments of the euro area with a geographical breakdown
(EUR billions, otherwise indicated; four-quarter cumulated transactions from Q2 2004 to Q1 2005, non-seasonally adjusted data)
| Total | European Union | Canada | Japan | Switzer-land | UnitedStates | Offshorefinancialcentres | Interna-tionalorgani-sations | Othercountries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Denmark | Sweden | UnitedKingdom | Other EUcountries | EUinsti-tutions | ||||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 31.3 | 77.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 77.3 | 24.1 | -30.0 | 5.6 | -35.1 | 5.8 | 45.4 | - | - | -67.9 | |
| credit | 1845.1 | 679.8 | 37.6 | 60.1 | 368.4 | 155.8 | 58.0 | 24.6 | 48.7 | 126.6 | 312.7 | - | - | 652.7 | |
| debit | 1813.7 | 602.4 | 34.1 | 57.5 | 291.1 | 131.6 | 88.0 | 19.0 | 83.8 | 120.8 | 267.3 | - | - | 720.6 | |
| Goods | 89.5 | 87.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 60.4 | 21.6 | 0.2 | 6.1 | -18.8 | 14.0 | 59.5 | - | - | -58.5 | |
| credit | 1141.8 | 399.9 | 25.7 | 42.4 | 204.4 | 127.2 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 32.9 | 66.5 | 172.4 | - | - | 455.5 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 35.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 17.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 15.1 | - | - | 39.9 | |
| debit | 1052.2 | 312.7 | 24.3 | 38.9 | 143.9 | 105.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 51.7 | 52.5 | 112.8 | - | - | 513.9 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 29.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 10.7 | - | - | 48.8 | |
| Services | 28.6 | 28.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 24.3 | -2.9 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 | - | - | -8.6 | |
| credit | 361.2 | 127.4 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 89.7 | 17.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 10.5 | 35.5 | 73.6 | - | - | 109.4 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 35.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 24.8 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 9.8 | 20.4 | - | - | 30.3 | |
| debit | 332.6 | 98.8 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 65.4 | 20.1 | 0.2 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 30.2 | 73.7 | - | - | 117.9 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 29.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 19.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 22.2 | - | - | 35.5 | |
| Income | -26.0 | -3.4 | 0.9 | -2.9 | -8.6 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | -19.6 | -14.5 | -11.5 | - | - | 22.3 | |
| credit | 261.3 | 93.2 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 65.4 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 18.4 | 60.1 | - | - | 80.1 | |
| debit | 287.2 | 96.5 | 3.8 | 10.5 | 74.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 24.6 | 32.8 | 71.6 | - | - | 57.9 | |
| of which: investment income | -34.6 | -5.0 | 0.9 | -2.9 | -9.2 | 7.8 | -1.6 | 0.7 | -19.5 | -20.1 | -12.3 | - | - | 21.7 | |
| credit | 246.2 | 88.3 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 63.9 | 10.0 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 58.4 | - | - | 77.9 | |
| debit | 280.7 | 93.3 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 24.5 | 32.3 | 70.7 | - | - | 56.2 | |
| Current transfers | -60.9 | -35.0 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 1.3 | -0.3 | -35.7 | -1.1 | -0.0 | 1.0 | -2.5 | - | - | -23.2 | |
| credit | 80.8 | 59.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 48.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 | - | - | 7.7 | |
| debit | 141.7 | 94.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 83.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 9.2 | - | - | 30.9 | |
| Capital account | 15.2 | 19.9 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 19.8 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | - | - | -5.5 | |
| credit | 23.2 | 20.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 20.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | - | - | 0.8 | |
| debit | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 6.4 | |
| Financial account balance1) | 23.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -79.2 | -26.9 | 5.3 | -1.3 | -26.4 | -4.5 | 0.0 | -4.9 | -6.1 | 12.0 | 12.6 | -43.5 | 0.1 | -22.6 | |
| Abroad | -163.4 | -70.2 | 2.0 | -6.6 | -55.1 | -10.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -10.3 | 3.4 | -3.6 | -52.1 | 0.0 | -31.3 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -161.4 | -63.1 | -0.8 | -2.3 | -44.8 | -15.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -8.4 | 0.4 | -18.9 | -51.5 | 0.0 | -21.2 | |
| Other capital | -2.0 | -7.1 | 2.9 | -4.3 | -10.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -1.9 | 3.0 | 15.3 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -10.1 | |
| In the euro area | 84.2 | 43.3 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 28.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 | -5.5 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 16.2 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.7 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 73.7 | 38.6 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 32.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -6.5 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 18.8 | 12.0 | -0.0 | 2.3 | |
| Other capital | 10.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | -4.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | -2.6 | -3.3 | 0.1 | 6.4 | |
| Portfolio investment | 64.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -311.5 | -126.1 | -2.9 | -5.1 | -95.0 | -15.6 | -7.5 | -4.8 | -41.8 | -4.9 | -43.3 | -50.6 | 2.6 | -42.6 | |
| Equity | -91.9 | -22.4 | 3.0 | -1.3 | -21.9 | -2.0 | -0.1 | -1.7 | -18.8 | -4.3 | -18.4 | -16.3 | -0.2 | -9.8 | |
| Debt | -219.6 | -103.6 | -5.8 | -3.8 | -73.1 | -13.6 | -7.3 | -3.1 | -23.0 | -0.7 | -24.9 | -34.3 | 2.8 | -32.8 | |
| Bonds and notes | -182.6 | -84.4 | -4.2 | -4.2 | -55.4 | -13.3 | -7.3 | -3.2 | -9.7 | -0.1 | -42.6 | -10.9 | 2.3 | -34.0 | |
| Money market instruments | -37.0 | -19.2 | -1.6 | 0.4 | -17.7 | -0.3 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -13.3 | -0.6 | 17.7 | -23.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | |
| Liabilities | 375.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | 138.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | 237.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | 202.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | 34.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | -14.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | 45.1 | -23.6 | -0.2 | -8.7 | -19.7 | -3.4 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 22.7 | 6.2 | 24.8 | -3.1 | -0.8 | 17.2 | |
| Assets | -282.0 | -234.2 | -4.2 | -16.8 | -194.9 | -17.9 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 17.8 | -22.7 | -12.8 | -15.4 | -2.9 | -11.3 | |
| General government | 3.2 | 1.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -1.6 | 3.3 | |
| MFIs | -229.9 | -180.3 | -4.7 | -13.9 | -144.4 | -17.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 17.8 | -24.9 | -18.3 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -21.9 | |
| Other sectors | -55.3 | -55.4 | 0.7 | -3.0 | -52.5 | -0.6 | -0.0 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.1 | -13.8 | -0.1 | 7.3 | |
| Liabilities | 327.1 | 210.6 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 175.2 | 14.5 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 28.9 | 37.6 | 12.4 | 2.1 | 28.5 | |
| General government | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.0 | -0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 3.0 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 1.0 | |
| MFIs | 296.2 | 191.8 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 164.2 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 15.8 | 26.0 | 11.8 | 2.6 | 43.0 | |
| Other sectors | 27.0 | 17.5 | -0.2 | 1.5 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -15.4 | |
| Reserve assets | 7.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | -70.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |