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 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2010 | Apr. 2011 | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -12.4 | -52.3 | -4.8 | -3.1 | -3.0 | -3.1 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -5.6 | -8.0 | -5.6 | -6.5 | -3.0 | -5.1 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -0.1 | -0.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,345.5 | 2,695.0 | 216.8 | 217.7 | 219.5 | 218.8 | 218.7 | 222.6 | 224.8 | 222.2 | 231.6 | 233.2 | 235.3 | 233.7 | |
| Debit | 2,357.9 | 2,747.3 | 221.7 | 220.8 | 222.5 | 222.0 | 220.8 | 225.0 | 230.4 | 230.1 | 237.2 | 239.7 | 238.3 | 238.8 | |
| Goods | 44.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.8 | -1.9 | 1.9 | -4.1 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,360.0 | 1,650.6 | 131.2 | 132.0 | 131.0 | 132.1 | 132.5 | 135.9 | 137.0 | 136.0 | 143.5 | 146.9 | 146.4 | 146.3 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,315.4 | 1,648.7 | 130.4 | 130.2 | 130.9 | 131.4 | 128.0 | 133.8 | 138.0 | 137.0 | 145.3 | 148.8 | 144.5 | 150.4 | |
| Services | 35.4 | 42.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 2.7 | |
| Credit (exports) | 479.9 | 523.0 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 45.1 | 42.9 | 44.8 | 42.9 | 44.5 | 43.7 | |
| Debit (imports) | 444.5 | 480.3 | 39.9 | 40.3 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 40.0 | 40.2 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 39.4 | 40.0 | 40.9 | |
| Income | 3.6 | -2.7 | -0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -2.6 | -0.4 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 3.6 | |
| Credit | 416.0 | 428.1 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 37.2 | 36.1 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 36.1 | |
| Debit | 412.4 | 430.8 | 35.8 | 35.3 | 36.0 | 35.3 | 37.3 | 35.8 | 36.8 | 37.1 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 37.7 | 32.5 | |
| Current transfers | -96.1 | -94.2 | -7.9 | -8.4 | -7.8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | -6.9 | -7.6 | -7.8 | -7.4 | -8.0 | -9.0 | -7.3 | |
| Credit | 89.6 | 93.3 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |
| Debit | 185.7 | 187.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 14.9 | |