Table 1b: Quarterly balance of payments of the euro area with a geographical breakdown
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; four-quarter cumulated transactions, non-seasonally adjusted data)
| Total | European Union | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Denmark | Sweden | UnitedKingdom | Other EUcountries | EUinstitutions | ||||||||||
| 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 23.1 | -36.0 | 83.5 | 89.2 | 4.2 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 76.9 | 68.6 | 28.4 | 45.0 | -28.8 | -35.1 | |
| credit | 1,987.4 | 2,248.7 | 729.5 | 821.2 | 40.3 | 46.3 | 65.4 | 71.5 | 391.4 | 432.9 | 172.6 | 211.7 | 59.8 | 58.8 | |
| debit | 1,964.3 | 2,284.7 | 646.0 | 732.0 | 36.2 | 38.7 | 62.5 | 68.3 | 314.6 | 364.4 | 144.1 | 166.7 | 88.6 | 93.9 | |
| Goods | 64.9 | 15.4 | 86.3 | 91.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 56.1 | 49.8 | 23.3 | 34.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| credit (exports) | 1,195.0 | 1,340.8 | 415.9 | 467.0 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 44.3 | 47.7 | 207.0 | 220.0 | 136.6 | 168.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 34.8 | 34.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| debit (imports) | 1,130.1 | 1,325.3 | 329.6 | 375.4 | 25.4 | 26.8 | 40.0 | 44.3 | 150.9 | 170.2 | 113.3 | 134.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Services | 31.9 | 38.4 | 26.3 | 27.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 23.1 | 21.6 | -4.4 | -2.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | |
| credit (exports) | 388.1 | 423.9 | 137.8 | 149.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 96.0 | 102.7 | 18.5 | 21.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35.5 | 35.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| debit (imports) | 356.2 | 385.5 | 111.5 | 121.7 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 73.0 | 81.1 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Income | -8.5 | -18.6 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -3.0 | -2.6 | -3.7 | -4.4 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 0.3 | -0.5 | |
| credit | 320.5 | 399.1 | 113.6 | 144.1 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 78.7 | 100.1 | 15.5 | 19.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | |
| debit | 328.9 | 417.7 | 110.2 | 136.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 82.4 | 104.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 6.5 | |
| of which: investment income | -15.3 | -24.6 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -3.0 | -2.6 | -4.5 | -5.0 | 12.5 | 16.7 | -2.8 | -3.7 | |
| credit | 304.8 | 383.1 | 108.2 | 138.7 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 76.9 | 98.3 | 15.3 | 19.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | |
| debit | 320.0 | 407.7 | 105.4 | 131.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 81.4 | 103.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 6.5 | |
| Current transfers | -65.3 | -71.3 | -32.4 | -37.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | -34.0 | -39.9 | |
| credit | 83.9 | 84.9 | 62.2 | 60.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 49.5 | 47.3 | |
| debit | 149.1 | 156.2 | 94.6 | 98.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 83.4 | 87.3 | |
| Capital account | 13.2 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 17.5 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 19.0 | 18.0 | |
| credit | 23.3 | 23.0 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 19.3 | 18.2 | |
| debit | 10.0 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Financial account balance1) | 74.6 | 124.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -187.8 | -125.8 | -103.5 | -79.2 | 4.3 | -2.2 | 0.3 | 14.8 | -102.2 | -69.3 | -5.9 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Abroad | -291.8 | -301.5 | -179.8 | -165.2 | 2.1 | -0.5 | -7.0 | 2.7 | -149.2 | -144.6 | -25.7 | -22.7 | -0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -247.3 | -248.6 | -155.2 | -155.6 | -1.6 | -0.9 | -3.8 | -0.5 | -121.0 | -132.4 | -28.6 | -21.8 | -0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Other capital | -44.5 | -53.0 | -24.6 | -9.5 | 3.8 | 0.4 | -3.2 | 3.2 | -28.1 | -12.2 | 3.0 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| In the euro area | 104.1 | 175.7 | 76.3 | 86.0 | 2.2 | -1.7 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 47.0 | 75.3 | 19.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 72.8 | 146.3 | 61.2 | 71.0 | 0.2 | -2.4 | 6.9 | 11.7 | 51.8 | 60.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Other capital | 31.2 | 29.4 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -4.9 | 14.4 | 17.4 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Portfolio investment | 231.7 | 98.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -379.2 | -466.4 | -154.9 | -131.7 | -6.5 | -0.7 | -16.0 | -5.3 | -98.3 | -121.3 | -23.9 | -5.8 | -10.3 | 1.5 | |
| Equity | -102.8 | -167.7 | -9.6 | -19.3 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -5.4 | -3.3 | -0.2 | -18.2 | -4.0 | 1.6 | -0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Debt | -276.4 | -298.7 | -145.3 | -112.5 | -6.4 | -1.4 | -10.6 | -2.1 | -98.1 | -103.1 | -19.9 | -7.4 | -10.2 | 1.5 | |
| Bonds and notes | -254.2 | -258.2 | -116.7 | -96.4 | -4.9 | -1.8 | -8.9 | -1.9 | -71.7 | -84.4 | -20.7 | -9.9 | -10.5 | 1.5 | |
| Money market instruments | -22.2 | -40.5 | -28.6 | -16.0 | -1.4 | 0.5 | -1.8 | -0.2 | -26.4 | -18.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.2 | -0.0 | |
| Liabilities | 610.9 | 564.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | 299.4 | 287.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | 311.5 | 276.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | 264.1 | 289.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | 47.4 | -12.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | -10.4 | -9.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | 29.7 | 151.8 | -30.4 | 52.6 | -7.4 | -1.1 | 9.5 | 6.9 | -33.4 | 45.8 | -7.6 | -10.5 | 8.6 | 11.5 | |
| Assets | -516.1 | -607.5 | -344.3 | -401.0 | -13.5 | -21.0 | 2.3 | -1.8 | -307.5 | -352.5 | -23.2 | -25.5 | -2.4 | -0.2 | |
| General government | 7.5 | 6.8 | 1.0 | -2.7 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 0.8 | -1.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -0.8 | -0.4 | |
| MFIs | -383.7 | -405.1 | -231.5 | -234.2 | -11.3 | -20.3 | 3.5 | -0.1 | -200.2 | -190.5 | -21.9 | -23.6 | -1.6 | 0.3 | |
| Other sectors | -139.9 | -209.2 | -113.8 | -164.1 | -2.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -108.1 | -160.2 | -2.7 | -2.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Liabilities | 545.9 | 759.2 | 313.8 | 453.6 | 6.1 | 19.9 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 274.1 | 398.3 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 11.7 | |
| General government | -2.7 | 1.1 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1.3 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 1.0 | -1.0 | |
| MFIs | 429.4 | 526.4 | 236.2 | 256.9 | 6.0 | 19.5 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 202.6 | 216.0 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 0.9 | |
| Other sectors | 119.2 | 231.7 | 77.9 | 198.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 72.8 | 182.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 11.8 | |
| Reserve assets | 11.3 | 9.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | -110.9 | -97.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Table 1b: Quarterly balance of payments of the euro area with a geographical breakdown (continued)
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; four-quarter cumulated transactions, non-seasonally adjusted data)
| Canada | Japan | Switzerland | United States | Offshorefinancialcentres | Internationalorganisations | Other countries | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | 2004Q4 to 2005Q3 | 2005Q4 to 2006Q3 | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 7.4 | 8.4 | -28.7 | -29.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 52.8 | 42.4 | - | - | - | - | -106.7 | -160.7 | |
| credit | 26.4 | 29.9 | 51.1 | 55.2 | 136.2 | 147.2 | 333.2 | 379.1 | - | - | - | - | 611.0 | 700.9 | |
| debit | 19.0 | 21.6 | 79.7 | 84.8 | 127.3 | 138.9 | 280.4 | 336.7 | - | - | - | - | 717.7 | 861.6 | |
| Goods | 6.4 | 7.1 | -17.8 | -18.7 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 63.7 | 70.4 | - | - | - | - | -99.4 | -158.4 | |
| credit (exports) | 15.1 | 17.6 | 33.2 | 34.1 | 67.9 | 74.7 | 176.9 | 198.9 | - | - | - | - | 443.5 | 500.4 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | - | - | - | - | 37.1 | 37.3 | |
| debit (imports) | 8.7 | 10.6 | 51.0 | 52.8 | 57.6 | 67.3 | 113.3 | 128.5 | - | - | - | - | 543.0 | 658.8 | |
| as percentage of total | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 9.7 | - | - | - | - | 48.0 | 49.7 | |
| Services | -0.3 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 10.5 | -5.0 | -8.3 | - | - | - | - | -0.3 | 2.0 | |
| credit (exports) | 5.3 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 38.7 | 41.2 | 75.0 | 78.6 | - | - | - | - | 99.2 | 113.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 19.3 | 18.5 | - | - | - | - | 25.6 | 26.7 | |
| debit (imports) | 5.5 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 80.0 | 87.0 | - | - | - | - | 99.5 | 111.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 22.4 | 22.6 | - | - | - | - | 27.9 | 28.8 | |
| Income | 2.4 | 1.2 | -14.4 | -15.5 | -10.1 | -10.7 | -4.3 | -19.1 | - | - | - | - | 18.7 | 23.5 | |
| credit | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 74.4 | 94.9 | - | - | - | - | 61.7 | 78.8 | |
| debit | 3.2 | 4.5 | 21.2 | 24.0 | 33.3 | 35.6 | 78.7 | 114.0 | - | - | - | - | 43.0 | 55.4 | |
| of which: investment income | 2.4 | 1.3 | -14.4 | -15.5 | -15.7 | -16.3 | -4.9 | -19.7 | - | - | - | - | 19.7 | 25.2 | |
| credit | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 72.8 | 93.5 | - | - | - | - | 60.6 | 77.5 | |
| debit | 3.1 | 4.4 | 21.0 | 23.9 | 32.7 | 35.1 | 77.7 | 113.2 | - | - | - | - | 40.8 | 52.3 | |
| Current transfers | -1.1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -1.6 | -0.6 | - | - | - | - | -25.7 | -27.8 | |
| credit | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | 8.6 | |
| debit | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | 32.3 | 36.4 | |
| Capital account | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.6 | - | - | - | - | -4.8 | -5.2 | |
| credit | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 2.5 | |
| debit | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 7.6 | |
| Financial account balance1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -3.2 | -0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | -5.0 | -38.3 | -3.8 | -8.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -37.9 | -43.1 | |
| Abroad | 0.6 | -6.0 | -3.4 | -3.4 | -7.4 | -10.1 | -21.8 | -38.0 | -26.2 | -28.3 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -53.8 | -50.6 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 1.2 | -1.9 | -2.7 | -2.0 | -13.3 | -6.8 | -22.8 | -9.8 | -19.9 | -23.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -34.7 | -49.1 | |
| Other capital | -0.6 | -4.1 | -0.7 | -1.4 | 5.9 | -3.3 | 1.0 | -28.2 | -6.3 | -5.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -19.2 | -1.5 | |
| In the euro area | -3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 5.1 | -16.5 | 34.2 | 18.1 | 33.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 7.4 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 10.2 | -22.0 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 42.5 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 10.5 | 5.8 | |
| Other capital | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.9 | -5.1 | 5.5 | 25.3 | -0.6 | -9.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 | |
| Portfolio investment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -5.0 | -7.3 | -27.5 | -30.7 | -1.7 | -4.2 | -73.5 | -129.9 | -54.1 | -93.9 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -63.0 | -68.4 | |
| Equity | -2.8 | -1.5 | -17.3 | -22.4 | -1.6 | -2.6 | -24.7 | -60.5 | -17.9 | -33.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -28.6 | -28.1 | |
| Debt | -2.2 | -5.8 | -10.2 | -8.3 | -0.1 | -1.6 | -48.8 | -69.4 | -36.1 | -60.8 | 0.8 | -0.1 | -34.4 | -40.3 | |
| Bonds and notes | -2.6 | -4.3 | -15.2 | -7.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -62.3 | -61.8 | -28.6 | -47.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -30.4 | -42.0 | |
| Money market instruments | 0.4 | -1.5 | 5.0 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -2.5 | 13.5 | -7.6 | -7.5 | -12.9 | -0.0 | -1.1 | -3.9 | 1.8 | |
| Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | -4.0 | -0.8 | 6.3 | 34.2 | -13.5 | -12.7 | 11.1 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 52.5 | 4.0 | 15.6 | 43.4 | -4.7 | |
| Assets | -7.0 | -2.1 | -5.2 | 20.2 | -18.6 | -45.1 | -45.3 | -22.6 | -39.7 | -72.0 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -54.1 | -84.0 | |
| General government | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -1.4 | -1.4 | 7.9 | 10.3 | |
| MFIs | -5.8 | -1.6 | -2.2 | 19.8 | -16.0 | -38.4 | -52.4 | -27.0 | -35.1 | -47.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -41.0 | -77.0 | |
| Other sectors | -1.1 | -0.6 | -3.0 | 0.4 | -2.6 | -6.7 | 6.9 | 3.8 | -4.6 | -24.7 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -21.0 | -17.2 | |
| Liabilities | 3.0 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 5.1 | 32.4 | 56.4 | 37.8 | 53.9 | 124.5 | 5.4 | 16.5 | 97.5 | 79.3 | |
| General government | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -1.7 | 2.9 | 0.5 | -1.4 | |
| MFIs | 2.1 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 2.9 | 27.5 | 45.5 | 6.6 | 48.8 | 123.4 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 75.9 | 85.4 | |
| Other sectors | 0.8 | -0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 11.8 | 31.9 | 5.1 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 21.0 | -4.7 | |
| Reserve assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |