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 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 2009 | Dec. 2010 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -51.4 | -56.4 | 1.6 | -2.1 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -3.9 | -0.9 | -4.1 | -3.7 | -6.5 | -9.6 | -10.5 | -13.3 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -0.6 | -0.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,256.4 | 2,555.2 | 202.3 | 199.1 | 206.8 | 208.1 | 215.4 | 218.1 | 220.2 | 217.7 | 214.8 | 216.0 | 221.5 | 215.3 | |
| Debit | 2,307.8 | 2,611.7 | 200.7 | 201.1 | 208.2 | 210.0 | 219.4 | 219.0 | 224.3 | 221.4 | 221.2 | 225.6 | 232.1 | 228.6 | |
| Goods | 37.0 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | -2.4 | -4.1 | 0.4 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,288.7 | 1,551.3 | 119.1 | 120.0 | 126.0 | 124.3 | 131.6 | 132.5 | 131.6 | 131.6 | 130.5 | 133.5 | 136.3 | 134.5 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,251.7 | 1,530.5 | 115.1 | 113.9 | 120.7 | 123.2 | 129.2 | 129.8 | 130.2 | 130.8 | 127.2 | 135.8 | 140.4 | 134.1 | |
| Services | 32.2 | 32.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | -1.1 | |
| Credit (exports) | 469.1 | 506.7 | 40.4 | 39.8 | 41.7 | 42.1 | 42.5 | 43.9 | 43.4 | 42.3 | 43.0 | 41.5 | 44.9 | 41.1 | |
| Debit (imports) | 436.9 | 473.8 | 37.5 | 37.8 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 40.0 | 40.1 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 39.8 | 40.5 | 42.2 | |
| Income | -28.0 | -9.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | -0.6 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | -4.2 | -1.9 | -4.3 | -4.4 | |
| Credit | 405.8 | 411.5 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 34.7 | 34.2 | 34.8 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 33.0 | 32.0 | |
| Debit | 433.9 | 420.9 | 32.4 | 33.5 | 34.2 | 33.4 | 35.2 | 34.7 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 38.2 | 35.1 | 37.3 | 36.4 | |
| Current transfers | -92.6 | -100.7 | -7.2 | -11.2 | -9.7 | -7.7 | -7.8 | -7.6 | -10.6 | -8.3 | -9.0 | -6.9 | -6.5 | -8.2 | |
| Credit | 92.8 | 85.7 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 | |
| Debit | 185.4 | 186.4 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 15.9 | |