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 | 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | May 2012 | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -17.0 | 36.3 | -1.5 | -1.7 | 0.6 | -0.0 | -2.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 10.9 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -0.2 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,789.8 | 3,025.0 | 240.3 | 242.9 | 245.6 | 246.7 | 249.1 | 254.5 | 253.3 | 255.2 | 256.1 | 261.3 | 255.6 | 264.4 | |
| Debit | 2,806.8 | 2,988.7 | 241.9 | 244.6 | 245.1 | 246.7 | 251.6 | 249.8 | 249.8 | 252.6 | 254.5 | 248.7 | 250.1 | 253.5 | |
| Goods | 0.5 | 36.6 | 0.3 | -0.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | -2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 8.9 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,670.8 | 1,832.1 | 144.7 | 146.4 | 148.7 | 148.6 | 147.5 | 152.1 | 152.6 | 155.0 | 156.6 | 159.5 | 159.1 | 161.3 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,670.4 | 1,795.5 | 144.5 | 146.4 | 147.8 | 148.4 | 150.2 | 149.4 | 150.1 | 150.5 | 154.3 | 149.5 | 152.2 | 152.3 | |
| Services | 52.6 | 73.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 | |
| Credit (exports) | 535.1 | 577.6 | 45.0 | 46.1 | 45.7 | 46.7 | 49.4 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 50.1 | 50.6 | 48.0 | 49.8 | |
| Debit (imports) | 482.5 | 503.8 | 40.3 | 41.1 | 40.8 | 41.0 | 42.9 | 42.3 | 42.2 | 43.3 | 42.5 | 41.5 | 42.1 | 43.8 | |
| Income | 29.7 | 33.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 | |
| Credit | 493.5 | 520.6 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 44.2 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.6 | 41.6 | 42.9 | 40.5 | 45.7 | |
| Debit | 463.8 | 487.4 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.2 | 41.0 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 41.7 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 38.7 | 40.4 | |
| Current transfers | -99.9 | -107.4 | -9.1 | -8.8 | -8.3 | -8.5 | -8.8 | -8.9 | -9.1 | -9.0 | -9.6 | -8.9 | -9.1 | -9.2 | |
| Credit | 90.3 | 94.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.7 | |
| Debit | 190.2 | 202.1 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.9 | |