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 | ||||||||||
| 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | -28.0 | 10.4 | 92.2 | 129.5 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 72.7 | 95.3 | 46.1 | 58.6 | -36.6 | -37.2 | |
| credit | 2,214.9 | 2,475.7 | 822.6 | 941.8 | 45.5 | 51.3 | 69.9 | 79.0 | 429.5 | 485.3 | 222.2 | 266.2 | 55.5 | 60.1 | |
| debit | 2,242.9 | 2,465.3 | 730.4 | 812.4 | 38.6 | 41.1 | 66.9 | 76.3 | 356.8 | 390.0 | 176.0 | 207.7 | 92.1 | 97.3 | |
| Goods | 18.9 | 54.1 | 93.5 | 115.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 48.5 | 59.4 | 37.3 | 46.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| credit (exports) | 1,310.8 | 1,449.9 | 470.1 | 528.1 | 30.7 | 33.1 | 46.6 | 53.3 | 216.1 | 229.8 | 176.5 | 211.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35.9 | 36.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| debit (imports) | 1,292.0 | 1,395.8 | 376.6 | 412.4 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 43.2 | 49.0 | 167.6 | 170.4 | 139.2 | 165.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 29.2 | 29.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Services | 37.2 | 40.5 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 23.1 | 21.3 | -3.6 | -2.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | |
| credit (exports) | 421.6 | 446.3 | 150.6 | 159.7 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 102.5 | 106.2 | 23.1 | 26.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35.7 | 35.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| debit (imports) | 384.4 | 405.8 | 122.6 | 131.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 79.4 | 84.9 | 26.7 | 29.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| as percentage of total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 31.9 | 32.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Income | -10.8 | -7.1 | 11.0 | 24.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -2.2 | -3.7 | -0.5 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 15.0 | -0.4 | -1.6 | |
| credit | 400.6 | 491.1 | 143.3 | 189.4 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 100.3 | 136.5 | 20.1 | 24.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | |
| debit | 411.3 | 498.2 | 132.3 | 164.6 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 100.8 | 124.8 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | |
| of which: investment income | -16.9 | -13.5 | 11.0 | 25.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -2.3 | -3.8 | -1.1 | 11.2 | 16.7 | 19.2 | -3.6 | -4.8 | |
| credit | 384.6 | 475.0 | 137.9 | 184.0 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 98.5 | 134.8 | 19.9 | 24.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |
| debit | 401.5 | 488.4 | 126.9 | 158.9 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 99.6 | 123.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.9 | |
| Current transfers | -73.3 | -77.0 | -40.2 | -39.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -41.3 | -41.1 | |
| credit | 81.8 | 88.5 | 58.6 | 64.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 44.4 | 48.1 | |
| debit | 155.2 | 165.5 | 98.9 | 103.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 85.7 | 89.2 | |
| Capital account | 10.6 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 18.7 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 18.5 | 19.2 | |
| credit | 23.7 | 26.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 18.8 | 19.5 | |
| debit | 13.0 | 11.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Financial account balance1) | 102.2 | 33.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -202.2 | -187.1 | -142.3 | -49.4 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 14.4 | 2.6 | -132.1 | -29.0 | -27.7 | -28.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Abroad | -377.8 | -355.2 | -250.2 | -108.3 | 1.9 | -0.1 | 3.9 | -4.6 | -226.9 | -73.0 | -29.2 | -30.6 | -0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -312.0 | -267.3 | -228.6 | -83.5 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 0.2 | -1.7 | -203.1 | -50.3 | -26.2 | -30.8 | -0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Other capital | -65.8 | -87.9 | -21.7 | -24.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3.7 | -2.9 | -23.8 | -22.7 | -3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.0 | |
| In the euro area | 175.6 | 168.1 | 107.9 | 58.9 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 94.8 | 44.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 140.3 | 130.0 | 83.4 | 43.1 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 71.5 | 31.7 | 2.1 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Other capital | 35.3 | 38.0 | 24.6 | 15.8 | 0.7 | -1.6 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 23.3 | 12.3 | -0.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Portfolio investment | 156.1 | 342.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -444.7 | -556.4 | -97.9 | -163.0 | 0.6 | -15.0 | -13.2 | -17.2 | -74.4 | -117.3 | -9.6 | -8.8 | -1.2 | -4.6 | |
| Equity | -169.9 | -84.3 | -13.3 | -7.7 | 0.8 | -3.1 | -5.8 | -2.3 | -8.0 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -1.2 | -0.0 | -0.2 | |
| Debt | -274.8 | -472.0 | -84.5 | -155.3 | -0.2 | -11.9 | -7.4 | -14.9 | -66.4 | -116.5 | -9.3 | -7.6 | -1.2 | -4.5 | |
| Bonds and notes | -257.5 | -366.7 | -71.1 | -120.2 | -0.2 | -11.7 | -4.0 | -15.4 | -55.8 | -84.6 | -9.4 | -4.6 | -1.7 | -3.9 | |
| Money market instruments | -17.3 | -105.3 | -13.4 | -35.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -3.4 | 0.5 | -10.6 | -31.9 | 0.1 | -3.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 | |
| Liabilities | 600.8 | 898.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | 361.8 | 321.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | 239.0 | 576.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | 237.6 | 518.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | 1.5 | 58.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | -16.6 | -22.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | 149.8 | -87.8 | 16.2 | -188.5 | -8.8 | -17.2 | 12.7 | 4.1 | 13.9 | -174.7 | -13.5 | -14.7 | 11.9 | 14.0 | |
| Assets | -566.5 | -989.6 | -389.8 | -687.3 | -25.7 | -18.0 | 3.6 | -3.8 | -336.2 | -621.7 | -31.3 | -41.0 | -0.3 | -2.8 | |
| General government | 2.1 | -3.4 | -5.4 | -9.9 | 1.4 | -1.5 | -0.8 | 0.8 | -5.5 | -9.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -0.2 | |
| MFIs | -369.3 | -761.9 | -222.7 | -506.6 | -26.0 | -15.1 | 5.0 | -5.5 | -174.4 | -446.1 | -27.5 | -39.6 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Other sectors | -199.3 | -224.2 | -161.7 | -170.8 | -1.0 | -1.4 | -0.6 | 0.9 | -156.3 | -166.5 | -3.9 | -1.4 | 0.2 | -2.4 | |
| Liabilities | 716.3 | 901.8 | 406.0 | 498.8 | 16.9 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 350.0 | 447.1 | 17.8 | 26.3 | 12.2 | 16.8 | |
| General government | -2.7 | 4.4 | -1.3 | 4.5 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -1.2 | -1.2 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 5.7 | |
| MFIs | 488.5 | 731.6 | 228.9 | 383.3 | 16.1 | 0.6 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 188.4 | 349.3 | 15.2 | 23.3 | 1.4 | 4.8 | |
| Other sectors | 230.5 | 165.7 | 178.4 | 111.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 162.8 | 98.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 6.2 | |
| Reserve assets | 15.1 | -11.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | -84.8 | -58.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | 2005Q3 to 2006Q2 | 2006Q3 to 2007Q2 | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||||
| Current account | 8.8 | 6.6 | -30.1 | -34.2 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 46.6 | 42.0 | - | - | - | - | -146.6 | -139.7 | |
| credit | 29.8 | 32.6 | 54.8 | 56.0 | 144.5 | 158.8 | 378.9 | 397.1 | - | - | - | - | 784.2 | 889.4 | |
| debit | 21.0 | 26.1 | 84.9 | 90.2 | 143.4 | 152.5 | 332.3 | 355.2 | - | - | - | - | 930.8 | 1,029.0 | |
| Goods | 7.2 | 5.9 | -19.4 | -19.5 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 70.3 | 64.0 | - | - | - | - | -139.7 | -123.3 | |
| credit (exports) | 17.1 | 17.9 | 33.8 | 34.7 | 72.3 | 82.4 | 194.7 | 198.1 | - | - | - | - | 522.9 | 588.6 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 14.9 | 13.7 | - | - | - | - | 39.9 | 40.6 | |
| debit (imports) | 9.9 | 12.1 | 53.2 | 54.2 | 65.3 | 71.1 | 124.4 | 134.1 | - | - | - | - | 662.6 | 711.8 | |
| as percentage of total | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 9.6 | - | - | - | - | 51.3 | 51.0 | |
| Services | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 11.1 | -7.9 | -7.1 | - | - | - | - | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| credit (exports) | 6.1 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 40.5 | 42.7 | 78.9 | 80.0 | - | - | - | - | 133.6 | 146.7 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 18.7 | 17.9 | - | - | - | - | 31.7 | 32.9 | |
| debit (imports) | 5.5 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 32.4 | 31.7 | 86.9 | 87.1 | - | - | - | - | 129.3 | 142.2 | |
| as percentage of total | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 22.6 | 21.5 | - | - | - | - | 33.6 | 35.0 | |
| Income | 2.0 | 1.4 | -15.3 | -17.8 | -15.0 | -16.5 | -14.4 | -15.8 | - | - | - | - | 20.9 | 16.8 | |
| credit | 6.2 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 98.2 | 111.4 | - | - | - | - | 119.3 | 144.6 | |
| debit | 4.2 | 6.3 | 23.6 | 28.1 | 40.3 | 44.3 | 112.6 | 127.2 | - | - | - | - | 98.4 | 127.8 | |
| of which: investment income | 2.1 | 1.4 | -15.3 | -17.8 | -20.7 | -22.5 | -15.0 | -16.3 | - | - | - | - | 21.1 | 16.6 | |
| credit | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 19.0 | 21.3 | 96.6 | 109.9 | - | - | - | - | 116.7 | 141.9 | |
| debit | 4.1 | 6.2 | 23.5 | 28.0 | 39.7 | 43.8 | 111.6 | 126.3 | - | - | - | - | 95.7 | 125.3 | |
| Current transfers | -1.0 | -1.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | -32.1 | -37.7 | |
| credit | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.7 | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | 9.5 | |
| debit | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | 40.5 | 47.2 | |
| Capital account | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | - | - | - | - | -7.2 | -3.7 | |
| credit | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | 3.7 | |
| debit | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 9.6 | 7.4 | |
| Financial account balance1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Direct investment | -4.2 | -18.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.8 | -24.6 | -21.6 | -9.8 | 12.0 | -7.5 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -49.2 | -80.3 | |
| Abroad | -8.6 | -25.0 | -2.7 | -4.4 | -8.3 | -27.3 | -32.9 | -80.2 | -19.0 | -35.6 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -55.9 | -74.4 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | -4.0 | -17.4 | -2.2 | -3.1 | -8.2 | -14.2 | -5.0 | -66.0 | -9.7 | -26.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -54.3 | -56.4 | |
| Other capital | -4.6 | -7.6 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -0.2 | -13.2 | -27.9 | -14.2 | -9.3 | -8.8 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -1.7 | -18.0 | |
| In the euro area | 4.4 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 2.7 | 11.3 | 70.4 | 31.0 | 28.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | -5.9 | |
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3.6 | -0.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 11.4 | 1.4 | -7.7 | 57.4 | 39.7 | 20.5 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | |
| Other capital | 0.9 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 4.2 | -1.2 | 1.3 | 19.0 | 13.0 | -8.7 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -10.9 | |
| Portfolio investment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Assets | -13.7 | -5.4 | -29.7 | 7.8 | 1.1 | -10.0 | -122.3 | -222.8 | -76.6 | -97.1 | -2.7 | 4.2 | -102.9 | -70.1 | |
| Equity | -4.4 | 2.5 | -23.6 | -2.3 | 5.0 | -7.1 | -51.1 | -36.8 | -25.1 | -35.9 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -57.3 | 3.0 | |
| Debt | -9.3 | -8.0 | -6.1 | 10.1 | -3.9 | -2.8 | -71.2 | -186.0 | -51.6 | -61.2 | -2.6 | 4.2 | -45.6 | -73.0 | |
| Bonds and notes | -8.2 | -6.9 | -2.5 | -5.5 | -2.3 | -1.6 | -74.3 | -142.8 | -48.7 | -33.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -50.7 | -58.1 | |
| Money market instruments | -1.1 | -1.1 | -3.7 | 15.6 | -1.6 | -1.2 | 3.1 | -43.3 | -2.9 | -27.9 | -2.8 | 2.7 | 5.1 | -15.0 | |
| Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bonds and notes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Money market instruments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial derivatives | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other investment | -2.7 | 0.1 | 33.3 | 46.6 | -20.1 | 17.4 | 47.4 | 60.1 | 46.8 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 19.6 | -32.3 | |
| Assets | -4.0 | -0.6 | 16.6 | 17.4 | -43.0 | -52.1 | 8.6 | -127.8 | -70.0 | -48.1 | -2.3 | -8.4 | -82.6 | -82.7 | |
| General government | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -1.3 | -1.0 | 8.1 | 7.8 | |
| MFIs | -3.3 | 2.7 | 16.9 | 9.9 | -37.0 | -50.7 | -6.1 | -104.7 | -46.1 | -36.9 | -0.7 | -7.5 | -70.3 | -68.2 | |
| Other sectors | -0.9 | -3.3 | -0.2 | 8.0 | -6.0 | -1.4 | 14.0 | -23.2 | -23.9 | -11.3 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -20.3 | -22.3 | |
| Liabilities | 1.4 | 0.6 | 16.7 | 29.2 | 22.8 | 69.5 | 38.8 | 187.9 | 116.7 | 48.9 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 102.1 | 50.4 | |
| General government | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.8 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 2.7 | -0.0 | -2.2 | |
| MFIs | 1.7 | -1.6 | 14.1 | 27.5 | 17.8 | 53.6 | 17.7 | 133.8 | 111.6 | 45.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 85.0 | 76.2 | |
| Other sectors | -0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 16.2 | 21.9 | 54.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17.2 | -23.6 | |
| Reserve assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Errors and omissions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |