Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
| Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2009 | Aug. 2010 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -118.8 | -48.6 | -7.5 | -4.8 | -3.2 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -4.6 | -0.6 | -4.5 | -6.9 | -5.7 | -4.1 | -7.5 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -1.3 | -0.5 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,379.3 | 2,425.3 | 181.4 | 185.8 | 190.3 | 192.5 | 202.5 | 197.6 | 207.5 | 204.1 | 218.5 | 218.2 | 216.3 | 210.5 | |
| Debit | 2,498.1 | 2,473.9 | 188.9 | 190.6 | 193.5 | 191.6 | 202.7 | 202.2 | 208.0 | 208.6 | 225.4 | 223.8 | 220.5 | 218.0 | |
| Goods | 10.6 | 31.7 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | -1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,346.0 | 1,452.9 | 104.1 | 108.1 | 110.7 | 114.0 | 117.4 | 119.1 | 127.0 | 123.1 | 132.5 | 133.7 | 133.3 | 130.1 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,335.4 | 1,421.2 | 102.6 | 103.8 | 105.4 | 108.4 | 115.2 | 114.6 | 123.4 | 124.3 | 131.2 | 132.7 | 130.4 | 129.2 | |
| Services | 29.0 | 35.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | |
| Credit (exports) | 486.1 | 488.0 | 38.3 | 38.4 | 38.7 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 42.9 | 43.8 | 41.6 | 40.9 | |
| Debit (imports) | 457.0 | 453.0 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 37.2 | 35.4 | 37.2 | 37.1 | 37.7 | 37.8 | 39.7 | 40.5 | 39.2 | 39.4 | |
| Income | -63.0 | -17.2 | -4.8 | -2.3 | -4.4 | -3.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | -0.5 | 0.6 | -2.9 | 0.3 | -1.4 | -1.3 | |
| Credit | 460.7 | 397.3 | 31.5 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 34.7 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 34.8 | 35.5 | 34.6 | 32.4 | |
| Debit | 523.7 | 414.6 | 36.3 | 33.1 | 34.7 | 34.0 | 33.7 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 33.2 | 37.7 | 35.2 | 36.0 | 33.8 | |
| Current transfers | -95.5 | -98.1 | -6.6 | -9.2 | -5.6 | -6.4 | -6.6 | -13.1 | -7.5 | -7.7 | -8.5 | -10.3 | -8.1 | -8.5 | |
| Credit | 86.5 | 87.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | |
| Debit | 182.0 | 185.0 | 14.1 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.5 | |