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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
July 2016 August 2016
August 2015 August 2016
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT ACCOUNT 315.4 3,569.9 3,254.5 345.4 3,560.3 3,214.9 33.8 294.7 260.9 23.6 279.5 255.9
Goods 328.4 2,079.6 1,751.2 373.5 2,092.8 1,719.4 32.9 173.3 140.5 24.0 162.2 138.2
Services 65.6 750.9 685.3 56.0 770.9 714.9 7.6 68.0 60.4 4.7 65.5 60.8
Primary income 57.1 638.7 581.6 43.1 596.4 553.3 4.1 45.6 41.5 6.8 44.5 37.7
Secondary income -135.7 100.7 236.4 -127.2 100.2 227.3 -10.8 7.8 18.5 -11.9 7.3 19.2
CAPITAL ACCOUNT -16.6 42.3 58.9 10.3 42.6 32.3 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.5 2.0 1.5
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 266.1 1,067.3 801.2 336.0 962.1 626.1 6.9 127.1 120.2 26.1 114.2 88.0
Direct investment 247.0 624.0 377.0 103.7 447.5 343.9 21.8 19.4 -2.4 45.8 55.9 10.1
Equity 145.7 424.0 278.2 194.8 449.5 254.8 6.8 9.4 2.6 41.1 36.2 -4.9
Debt instruments 101.3 200.1 98.8 -91.1 -2.0 89.1 15.1 10.1 -5.0 4.7 19.7 15.0
Portfolio investment 151.8 442.0 290.3 506.1 465.5 -40.6 59.1 42.0 -17.1 34.0 38.8 4.8
Equity -165.0 60.2 225.2 -174.3 -2.3 172.0 -13.9 11.3 25.2 7.1 6.3 -0.8
Debt securities 316.8 381.8 65.0 680.4 467.8 -212.6 73.0 30.7 -42.3 26.9 32.5 5.6
Short-term 84.1 26.2 -57.8 19.0 17.4 -1.7 9.0 -19.2 -28.3 2.4 4.9 2.6
Long-term 232.8 355.6 122.8 661.3 450.4 -210.9 64.0 49.9 -14.1 24.6 27.5 3.0
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 398.8 1,066.0 667.3 609.8 913.0 303.2 80.9 61.4 -19.5 79.8 94.7 14.9
Financial derivatives 55.1 33.7 6.0 -2.6
Other investment -186.4 -52.4 134.0 -324.4 -1.5 322.8 -79.1 60.5 139.7 -52.9 20.3 73.2
Eurosystem 2.9 0.8 -2.2 -58.7 -1.5 57.2 -3.1 -5.9 -2.8 -16.8 3.7 20.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -172.1 -67.3 104.7 -231.6 -47.5 184.1 -77.3 73.9 151.2 -20.4 10.9 31.3
General government 32.7 -8.1 -40.8 13.1 10.7 -2.3 -2.0 -2.0 -0.0 3.7 3.0 -0.7
Other sectors -49.9 22.2 72.2 -47.2 36.7 83.9 3.2 -5.5 -8.7 -19.4 2.7 22.0
Of which: currency and deposits -312.7 -172.3 140.4 -376.9 -123.9 252.9 -148.5 12.7 161.2 -55.4 -2.6 52.8
Reserve assets -1.4 16.9 -0.9 1.8
Errors and omissions -32.7 -19.6 -27.4 2.1

Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for
the 12-month period ending
July 2016 August 2016
August 2015 August 2016
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: increases in assets and liabilities (+) and decreases in assets and liabilities (-).
CURRENT ACCOUNT 315.4 3,569.9 3,254.5 345.4 3,560.3 3,214.9 33.8 294.7 260.9 23.6 279.5 255.9
Goods 328.4 2,079.6 1,751.2 373.5 2,092.8 1,719.4 32.9 173.3 140.5 24.0 162.2 138.2
Services 65.6 750.9 685.3 56.0 770.9 714.9 7.6 68.0 60.4 4.7 65.5 60.8
Primary income 57.1 638.7 581.6 43.1 596.4 553.3 4.1 45.6 41.5 6.8 44.5 37.7
Secondary income -135.7 100.7 236.4 -127.2 100.2 227.3 -10.8 7.8 18.5 -11.9 7.3 19.2
CAPITAL ACCOUNT -16.6 42.3 58.9 10.3 42.6 32.3 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.5 2.0 1.5
Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities Net Assets Liabilities
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1) 266.1 1,067.3 801.2 336.0 962.1 626.1 6.9 127.1 120.2 26.1 114.2 88.0
Direct investment 247.0 624.0 377.0 103.7 447.5 343.9 21.8 19.4 -2.4 45.8 55.9 10.1
Equity 145.7 424.0 278.2 194.8 449.5 254.8 6.8 9.4 2.6 41.1 36.2 -4.9
Debt instruments 101.3 200.1 98.8 -91.1 -2.0 89.1 15.1 10.1 -5.0 4.7 19.7 15.0
Portfolio investment 151.8 442.0 290.3 506.1 465.5 -40.6 59.1 42.0 -17.1 34.0 38.8 4.8
Equity -165.0 60.2 225.2 -174.3 -2.3 172.0 -13.9 11.3 25.2 7.1 6.3 -0.8
Debt securities 316.8 381.8 65.0 680.4 467.8 -212.6 73.0 30.7 -42.3 26.9 32.5 5.6
Short-term 84.1 26.2 -57.8 19.0 17.4 -1.7 9.0 -19.2 -28.3 2.4 4.9 2.6
Long-term 232.8 355.6 122.8 661.3 450.4 -210.9 64.0 49.9 -14.1 24.6 27.5 3.0
Memo: Direct and portfolio investment 398.8 1,066.0 667.3 609.8 913.0 303.2 80.9 61.4 -19.5 79.8 94.7 14.9
Financial derivatives 55.1 33.7 6.0 -2.6
Other investment -186.4 -52.4 134.0 -324.4 -1.5 322.8 -79.1 60.5 139.7 -52.9 20.3 73.2
Eurosystem 2.9 0.8 -2.2 -58.7 -1.5 57.2 -3.1 -5.9 -2.8 -16.8 3.7 20.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -172.1 -67.3 104.7 -231.6 -47.5 184.1 -77.3 73.9 151.2 -20.4 10.9 31.3
General government 32.7 -8.1 -40.8 13.1 10.7 -2.3 -2.0 -2.0 -0.0 3.7 3.0 -0.7
Other sectors -49.9 22.2 72.2 -47.2 36.7 83.9 3.2 -5.5 -8.7 -19.4 2.7 22.0
Of which: currency and deposits -312.7 -172.3 140.4 -376.9 -123.9 252.9 -148.5 12.7 161.2 -55.4 -2.6 52.8
Reserve assets -1.4 16.9 -0.9 1.8
Errors and omissions -32.7 -19.6 -27.4 2.1