Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions; transactions, seasonally adjusted data)
|  Cumulated figures  for the 12-month period ending  |  
     2005  |  
     2006  |  
    |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 05 | May 06 | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT  |  
     28.8  |  
     -47.6  |  
     1.0  |  
     -2.0  |  
     -5.4  |  
     -1.8  |  
     -7.1  |  
     -11.4  |  
     -3.0  |  
     -1.0  |  
     -4.7  |  
     -4.9  |  
     0.9  |  
     -8.2  |  
    |
credit  |  
     1,891.9  |  
     2,138.2  |  
     164.8  |  
     169.4  |  
     171.2  |  
     172.9  |  
     171.3  |  
     179.6  |  
     181.0  |  
     177.2  |  
     193.7  |  
     183.5  |  
     183.0  |  
     190.8  |  
    |
debit  |  
     1,863.1  |  
     2,185.8  |  
     163.7  |  
     171.4  |  
     176.5  |  
     174.7  |  
     178.4  |  
     191.0  |  
     184.0  |  
     178.2  |  
     198.4  |  
     188.4  |  
     182.2  |  
     198.9  |  
    |
Goods  |  
     80.7  |  
     26.2  |  
     6.9  |  
     3.3  |  
     1.4  |  
     6.0  |  
     0.1  |  
     2.6  |  
     1.6  |  
     -0.3  |  
     1.3  |  
     2.4  |  
     1.5  |  
     -0.5  |  
    |
credit (exports)  |  
     1,148.4  |  
     1,288.1  |  
     99.9  |  
     102.1  |  
     103.9  |  
     106.5  |  
     102.3  |  
     106.5  |  
     108.5  |  
     109.0  |  
     112.5  |  
     112.1  |  
     113.8  |  
     111.0  |  
    |
debit (imports)  |  
     1,067.7  |  
     1,261.9  |  
     93.0  |  
     98.8  |  
     102.5  |  
     100.5  |  
     102.2  |  
     103.9  |  
     106.9  |  
     109.3  |  
     111.2  |  
     109.7  |  
     112.4  |  
     111.5  |  
    |
Services  |  
     30.4  |  
     38.0  |  
     2.8  |  
     2.8  |  
     2.4  |  
     2.7  |  
     3.2  |  
     4.3  |  
     3.7  |  
     3.6  |  
     3.9  |  
     3.1  |  
     3.4  |  
     2.3  |  
    |
credit (exports)  |  
     371.7  |  
     413.4  |  
     32.4  |  
     33.7  |  
     33.5  |  
     33.6  |  
     34.3  |  
     35.8  |  
     34.3  |  
     35.6  |  
     36.2  |  
     34.0  |  
     34.7  |  
     35.3  |  
    |
debit (imports)  |  
     341.3  |  
     375.4  |  
     29.6  |  
     30.9  |  
     31.1  |  
     30.9  |  
     31.1  |  
     31.6  |  
     30.7  |  
     32.0  |  
     32.3  |  
     31.0  |  
     31.3  |  
     33.0  |  
    |
Income  |  
     -22.1  |  
     -44.3  |  
     -3.8  |  
     -3.7  |  
     -3.2  |  
     -3.8  |  
     -5.4  |  
     -12.3  |  
     -2.0  |  
     0.2  |  
     -3.8  |  
     -3.7  |  
     2.0  |  
     -4.7  |  
    |
credit  |  
     287.8  |  
     348.7  |  
     25.4  |  
     26.6  |  
     27.0  |  
     26.7  |  
     27.8  |  
     30.2  |  
     30.1  |  
     29.4  |  
     28.1  |  
     31.8  |  
     28.1  |  
     37.5  |  
    |
debit  |  
     309.9  |  
     393.0  |  
     29.2  |  
     30.3  |  
     30.1  |  
     30.6  |  
     33.2  |  
     42.5  |  
     32.2  |  
     29.2  |  
     31.9  |  
     35.4  |  
     26.1  |  
     42.2  |  
    |
Current transfers  |  
     -60.2  |  
     -67.5  |  
     -4.8  |  
     -4.4  |  
     -6.0  |  
     -6.7  |  
     -5.0  |  
     -5.9  |  
     -6.3  |  
     -4.5  |  
     -6.1  |  
     -6.7  |  
     -6.0  |  
     -5.2  |  
    |
credit  |  
     84.0  |  
     88.0  |  
     7.1  |  
     7.0  |  
     6.8  |  
     6.1  |  
     6.9  |  
     7.1  |  
     7.9  |  
     3.2  |  
     16.9  |  
     5.6  |  
     6.4  |  
     7.0  |  
    |
debit  |  
     144.2  |  
     155.5  |  
     11.9  |  
     11.4  |  
     12.8  |  
     12.8  |  
     11.9  |  
     13.0  |  
     14.2  |  
     7.7  |  
     23.0  |  
     12.3  |  
     12.4  |  
     12.2  |  
    |