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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 27 (outside the euro area)
Total Denmark Sweden UnitedKingdom Other EUcountries EUinstitutions
2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
Current account -25.6 2.4 89.3 116.8 6.0 9.1 3.0 2.7 77.0 85.1 39.7 56.4 -36.5 -36.5
credit 2,140.9 2,407.1 796.9 910.8 44.6 49.3 67.7 76.1 418.2 469.3 209.9 255.4 56.5 60.8
debit 2,166.5 2,404.7 707.7 794.1 38.6 40.2 64.7 73.5 341.2 384.2 170.2 199.0 93.0 97.3
Goods 28.5 39.7 90.7 110.3 3.4 4.9 3.4 4.3 50.8 56.0 32.9 44.9 0.1 0.1
credit (exports) 1,274.2 1,418.2 455.9 515.1 30.1 32.4 45.9 51.5 212.8 227.8 167.0 203.3 0.1 0.1
as percentage of total 100.0 100.0 35.8 36.3 2.4 2.3 3.6 3.6 16.7 16.1 13.1 14.3 0.0 0.0
debit (imports) 1,245.7 1,378.6 365.2 404.8 26.7 27.4 42.4 47.2 162.0 171.7 134.1 158.4 0.0 0.0
as percentage of total 100.0 100.0 29.3 29.4 2.1 2.0 3.4 3.4 13.0 12.5 10.8 11.5 0.0 0.0
Services 35.6 36.4 28.0 27.0 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.3 23.9 20.4 -4.1 -2.6 4.9 5.2
credit (exports) 412.5 435.4 148.1 156.4 8.3 9.0 11.2 11.9 101.4 104.7 22.2 25.5 5.1 5.4
as percentage of total 100.0 100.0 35.9 35.9 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.7 24.6 24.0 5.4 5.9 1.2 1.2
debit (imports) 376.9 399.1 120.1 129.4 7.1 7.3 9.1 9.6 77.5 84.3 26.3 28.1 0.2 0.1
as percentage of total 100.0 100.0 31.9 32.4 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.4 20.6 21.1 7.0 7.1 0.0 0.0
Income -16.2 2.5 11.3 18.7 1.3 2.5 -2.2 -3.8 1.2 6.6 11.2 14.9 -0.1 -1.4
credit 372.2 465.9 133.7 174.9 5.7 7.4 10.0 12.1 93.9 125.2 18.4 23.9 5.6 6.4
debit 388.4 463.4 122.3 156.2 4.4 5.0 12.2 15.9 92.8 118.6 7.2 9.1 5.8 7.7
of which: investment income -22.4 -3.9 11.4 18.9 1.3 2.4 -2.2 -3.9 0.5 6.1 15.2 18.9 -3.3 -4.7
credit 356.2 449.8 128.2 169.5 5.6 7.3 9.9 12.0 92.1 123.4 18.2 23.7 2.4 3.0
debit 378.6 453.7 116.8 150.6 4.3 4.9 12.1 15.8 91.6 117.4 3.0 4.8 5.7 7.7
Current transfers -73.5 -76.1 -40.7 -39.2 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 1.1 2.1 -0.2 -0.8 -41.3 -40.5
credit 82.0 87.5 59.3 64.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 10.1 11.7 2.4 2.6 45.7 49.0
debit 155.5 163.6 100.0 103.7 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 9.0 9.6 2.6 3.3 87.0 89.5
Capital account 13.1 13.4 19.9 19.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 19.8 19.6
credit 25.1 25.5 21.4 20.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 20.0 19.8
debit 12.0 12.1 1.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
Financial account balance1) 89.7 32.3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment -214.3 -147.6 -108.6 -60.9 -1.1 6.8 10.4 5.7 -99.1 -49.5 -18.8 -24.0 0.0 0.1
Abroad -306.3 -343.2 -176.3 -151.2 -1.5 -0.1 -0.7 3.0 -141.5 -125.6 -32.6 -28.4 -0.0 -0.0
Equity/reinvested earnings -255.9 -269.6 -164.5 -129.7 -3.8 -0.6 -6.6 4.6 -123.7 -106.7 -30.4 -26.9 -0.0 -0.0
Other capital -50.4 -73.6 -11.8 -21.6 2.2 0.5 5.9 -1.6 -17.8 -18.9 -2.2 -1.5 0.0 -0.0
In the euro area 92.0 195.5 67.7 90.4 0.5 6.9 11.1 2.7 42.4 76.1 13.8 4.5 0.0 0.1
Equity/reinvested earnings 62.8 140.2 51.8 61.4 0.2 7.9 8.4 -1.3 41.0 53.7 2.2 1.0 0.0 0.1
Other capital 29.2 55.3 15.9 28.9 0.3 -1.0 2.7 4.0 1.4 22.4 11.6 3.5 0.0 0.0
Portfolio investment 168.1 362.5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Assets -482.4 -445.7 -148.1 -101.0 -4.7 -7.2 -12.8 -14.2 -102.7 -80.7 -20.1 -0.7 -7.8 1.7
Equity -181.2 -58.5 -13.1 2.7 0.6 -2.3 -5.9 -0.9 -6.6 4.4 -1.2 1.5 -0.0 -0.1
Debt -301.2 -387.2 -135.0 -103.7 -5.3 -4.9 -6.9 -13.3 -96.1 -85.1 -19.0 -2.2 -7.8 1.8
Bonds and notes -279.5 -293.1 -104.7 -79.9 -4.5 -5.0 -5.5 -10.0 -66.6 -65.8 -19.5 -1.1 -8.6 2.0
Money market instruments -21.6 -94.2 -30.3 -23.8 -0.7 0.2 -1.4 -3.3 -29.5 -19.3 0.5 -1.1 0.8 -0.2
Liabilities 650.5 808.2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Equity 343.8 276.6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Debt 306.7 531.6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes 286.8 520.0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments 19.9 11.6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives -12.9 -11.4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other investment 129.1 -162.6 15.3 -214.3 -3.7 -16.1 16.6 8.4 -6.7 -192.6 -9.4 -22.8 18.5 8.8
Assets -610.0 -953.3 -410.5 -701.8 -9.7 -35.9 7.7 -4.3 -375.6 -623.2 -31.2 -35.4 -1.7 -3.0
General government 5.5 -0.5 -0.5 -8.8 0.6 -0.7 -0.2 0.2 -1.8 -7.8 1.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.6
MFIs -409.3 -683.3 -236.5 -476.2 -8.1 -34.9 6.4 -1.3 -204.6 -408.7 -28.9 -31.2 -1.4 -0.1
Other sectors -206.2 -269.5 -173.5 -216.8 -2.2 -0.4 1.5 -3.2 -169.2 -206.7 -3.7 -4.2 0.1 -2.3
Liabilities 739.1 790.7 425.8 487.4 6.0 19.8 8.9 12.7 368.9 430.6 21.8 12.6 20.2 11.7
General government -4.9 4.8 -0.7 5.5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 0.0 -1.2 0.2 -0.0 -0.0 0.6 5.2
MFIs 523.0 553.8 236.2 303.9 5.2 19.1 8.0 10.4 195.3 264.7 19.7 9.6 7.9 0.0
Other sectors 221.0 232.1 190.3 178.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 2.2 174.8 165.7 2.1 3.0 11.7 6.5
Reserve assets 19.7 -8.5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Errors and omissions -77.1 -48.1 - - - - - - - - - - - -

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
2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1 2005Q2 to 2006Q1 2006Q2 to 2007Q1
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
Current account 8.3 7.3 -29.1 -33.1 2.6 8.4 40.6 51.3 - - - - -137.3 -148.2
credit 28.6 31.6 54.3 55.3 141.9 156.8 362.3 389.7 - - - - 756.7 862.9
debit 20.2 24.2 83.5 88.5 139.3 148.4 321.7 338.4 - - - - 894.0 1,011.1
Goods 6.8 6.6 -18.4 -19.8 7.0 10.7 69.9 65.5 - - - - -127.5 -133.6
credit (exports) 16.5 17.8 34.1 34.1 70.9 80.2 190.2 199.0 - - - - 506.6 572.0
as percentage of total 1.3 1.3 2.7 2.4 5.6 5.7 14.9 14.0 - - - - 39.8 40.3
debit (imports) 9.7 11.2 52.5 53.9 63.9 69.5 120.3 133.5 - - - - 634.1 705.7
as percentage of total 0.8 0.8 4.2 3.9 5.1 5.0 9.7 9.7 - - - - 50.9 51.2
Services 0.2 0.7 4.1 3.4 8.1 11.6 -8.2 -6.7 - - - - 3.4 0.4
credit (exports) 5.6 6.5 11.7 11.1 40.2 42.5 77.4 79.2 - - - - 129.4 139.8
as percentage of total 1.4 1.5 2.8 2.5 9.7 9.8 18.8 18.2 - - - - 31.4 32.1
debit (imports) 5.4 5.8 7.6 7.6 32.1 30.9 85.6 86.0 - - - - 126.1 139.4
as percentage of total 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.9 8.5 7.7 22.7 21.5 - - - - 33.5 34.9
Income 2.3 1.3 -15.2 -16.5 -13.5 -14.4 -19.1 -7.8 - - - - 18.0 21.2
credit 6.0 6.8 7.8 9.9 24.4 28.2 87.7 104.2 - - - - 112.6 141.9
debit 3.7 5.5 23.0 26.5 37.9 42.7 106.8 112.0 - - - - 94.6 120.6
of which: investment income 2.3 1.3 -15.1 -16.5 -19.2 -20.4 -19.7 -8.3 - - - - 18.0 21.1
credit 5.9 6.7 7.8 9.9 18.1 21.8 86.2 102.7 - - - - 110.0 139.2
debit 3.6 5.4 22.9 26.3 37.3 42.2 105.9 111.1 - - - - 92.0 118.2
Current transfers -1.0 -1.2 0.4 -0.3 1.0 0.5 -1.9 0.3 - - - - -31.2 -36.2
credit 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 6.4 5.8 7.0 7.3 - - - - 8.1 9.1
debit 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.5 5.5 5.3 9.0 7.0 - - - - 39.3 45.4
Capital account -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 - - - - -6.3 -5.1
credit 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.9 - - - - 2.4 2.9
debit 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.6 - - - - 8.7 8.0
Financial account balance1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment -4.5 -10.8 -8.1 9.5 -4.5 -12.2 -25.1 -35.7 -16.7 26.3 0.2 -0.0 -47.0 -63.9
Abroad -8.7 -16.5 -12.4 3.7 -10.0 -16.8 -22.0 -67.9 -23.6 -32.8 0.0 -0.0 -53.4 -61.6
Equity/reinvested earnings -7.9 -6.8 -12.1 6.0 -13.2 -8.6 1.8 -48.4 -12.4 -28.5 0.0 0.0 -47.7 -53.6
Other capital -0.8 -9.6 -0.3 -2.4 3.2 -8.2 -23.8 -19.5 -11.2 -4.3 0.0 -0.0 -5.7 -8.0
In the euro area 4.2 5.6 4.3 5.8 5.5 4.7 -3.1 32.2 6.9 59.2 0.2 0.0 6.4 -2.3
Equity/reinvested earnings 3.4 -0.0 3.8 3.0 4.4 7.9 -22.3 13.9 12.0 50.4 0.0 0.0 9.7 3.6
Other capital 0.8 5.7 0.4 2.9 1.1 -3.2 19.2 18.2 -5.1 8.8 0.2 0.0 -3.2 -5.9
Portfolio investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Assets -9.9 -8.1 -33.1 0.4 2.1 -3.7 -100.4 -191.7 -72.7 -96.6 0.5 -1.0 -120.7 -44.0
Equity -4.2 0.1 -25.0 1.4 2.1 0.6 -49.0 -33.9 -22.7 -34.0 -0.2 -0.1 -69.2 4.8
Debt -5.7 -8.2 -8.1 -1.0 -0.0 -4.3 -51.5 -157.8 -50.1 -62.6 0.7 -0.8 -51.4 -48.8
Bonds and notes -5.9 -6.5 -12.8 -4.6 -0.4 -1.7 -57.2 -118.7 -47.4 -36.7 0.6 -0.0 -51.7 -45.0
Money market instruments 0.2 -1.7 4.7 3.7 0.4 -2.6 5.7 -39.1 -2.7 -25.9 0.1 -0.8 0.2 -3.8
Liabilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Equity - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Debt - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other investment -6.9 0.4 26.7 32.8 -19.7 -9.9 27.1 64.5 44.2 -40.2 12.3 15.8 30.0 -11.7
Assets -8.8 -0.6 3.8 15.4 -32.6 -46.4 -25.5 -67.4 -58.3 -79.6 -2.3 -3.3 -75.9 -69.7
General government 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.6 -0.0 0.3 0.1 -1.4 -1.1 6.5 9.8
MFIs -6.3 0.5 5.3 11.8 -26.6 -42.2 -38.6 -65.3 -50.5 -54.4 -0.5 -2.3 -55.7 -55.2
Other sectors -2.4 -1.0 -1.5 4.0 -6.0 -4.2 12.4 -2.1 -8.1 -25.2 -0.4 0.1 -26.7 -24.3
Liabilities 1.8 1.0 22.9 17.4 12.9 36.5 52.6 131.9 102.5 39.4 14.7 19.1 105.9 58.0
General government 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -3.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.5 2.5 -0.3 -2.1
MFIs 2.2 -0.4 21.2 15.3 7.4 38.7 27.0 98.6 100.8 33.4 15.1 16.5 113.1 47.8
Other sectors -0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 8.5 -1.6 25.8 33.5 1.7 5.9 0.0 0.1 -6.9 12.3
Reserve assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Errors and omissions - - - - - - - - - - - - - -