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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2011 | Aug. 2012 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -21.6 | 72.4 | -0.0 | -2.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -0.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,845.1 | 3,088.8 | 246.7 | 249.1 | 254.5 | 253.3 | 255.3 | 255.5 | 260.5 | 261.0 | 264.8 | 265.7 | 255.7 | 266.7 | |
| Debit | 2,866.7 | 3,016.4 | 246.7 | 251.6 | 249.8 | 249.8 | 251.9 | 253.9 | 247.0 | 253.8 | 255.9 | 250.5 | 247.6 | 257.9 | |
| Goods | -2.4 | 65.2 | 0.3 | -2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 12.8 | 6.2 | 10.2 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,712.8 | 1,871.1 | 148.6 | 147.5 | 152.1 | 152.6 | 154.8 | 156.2 | 159.0 | 159.2 | 161.9 | 160.5 | 154.9 | 163.7 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,715.2 | 1,805.8 | 148.4 | 150.2 | 149.4 | 150.1 | 149.9 | 154.0 | 148.5 | 152.5 | 153.1 | 147.7 | 148.7 | 153.5 | |
| Services | 54.4 | 82.7 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.0 | |
| Credit (exports) | 540.2 | 600.6 | 46.7 | 49.4 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 48.7 | 49.9 | 50.6 | 51.2 | 51.7 | 53.0 | 50.0 | 51.8 | |
| Debit (imports) | 485.9 | 517.8 | 41.0 | 42.9 | 42.3 | 42.2 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 41.1 | 43.9 | 44.5 | 45.1 | 44.0 | 44.8 | |
| Income | 27.0 | 32.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.2 | |
| Credit | 500.7 | 519.2 | 43.4 | 44.2 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.6 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 41.6 | 42.9 | 43.9 | 42.3 | 43.6 | |
| Debit | 473.7 | 486.2 | 41.0 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 39.8 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.4 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 40.4 | |
| Current transfers | -100.6 | -108.5 | -8.5 | -8.8 | -8.9 | -9.1 | -9.2 | -9.8 | -9.0 | -9.4 | -9.6 | -8.7 | -5.7 | -11.7 | |
| Credit | 91.3 | 98.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.5 | |
| Debit | 191.9 | 206.5 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 19.1 | |