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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 2015 | Dec. 2016 | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 319.3 | 364.7 | 24.9 | 30.1 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 28.4 | 36.4 | 31.0 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,606.1 | 3,576.3 | 296.1 | 293.7 | 293.0 | 292.0 | 295.9 | 295.9 | 295.5 | 294.6 | 300.7 | 301.1 | 297.2 | 311.1 | 305.6 |
| Debit | 3,286.8 | 3,211.7 | 271.2 | 263.6 | 267.4 | 262.7 | 261.7 | 265.1 | 265.5 | 264.5 | 271.2 | 271.8 | 268.8 | 274.7 | 274.6 |
| Goods | 348.2 | 372.2 | 29.8 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 33.0 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 26.0 | 30.8 | 31.7 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,101.7 | 2,100.1 | 173.4 | 171.7 | 170.2 | 173.5 | 172.5 | 172.2 | 174.1 | 171.8 | 176.4 | 176.3 | 174.9 | 182.5 | 184.1 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,753.5 | 1,727.9 | 143.7 | 142.2 | 142.8 | 141.0 | 140.0 | 140.3 | 141.1 | 142.2 | 143.7 | 141.7 | 148.9 | 151.7 | 152.3 |
| Services | 58.9 | 69.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 767.3 | 779.0 | 65.0 | 64.5 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 67.3 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 64.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 708.4 | 709.9 | 60.6 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 59.1 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 57.5 | 60.7 | 60.3 |
| Primary income | 42.1 | 52.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 5.3 |
| Credit | 632.6 | 598.1 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 49.3 | 48.5 | 55.1 | 48.3 |
| Debit | 590.5 | 545.7 | 49.0 | 44.8 | 46.3 | 44.5 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 46.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 42.1 | 42.9 | 43.0 |
| Secondary income | -129.9 | -129.0 | -9.4 | -8.5 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -8.0 | -9.3 | -9.9 | -9.7 | -12.8 | -14.4 | -12.9 | -11.9 | -10.6 |
| Credit | 104.4 | 99.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| Debit | 234.3 | 228.1 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 |
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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 2015 | Dec. 2016 | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 319.3 | 364.7 | 24.9 | 30.1 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 28.4 | 36.4 | 31.0 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,606.1 | 3,576.3 | 296.1 | 293.7 | 293.0 | 292.0 | 295.9 | 295.9 | 295.5 | 294.6 | 300.7 | 301.1 | 297.2 | 311.1 | 305.6 |
| Debit | 3,286.8 | 3,211.7 | 271.2 | 263.6 | 267.4 | 262.7 | 261.7 | 265.1 | 265.5 | 264.5 | 271.2 | 271.8 | 268.8 | 274.7 | 274.6 |
| Goods | 348.2 | 372.2 | 29.8 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 33.0 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 26.0 | 30.8 | 31.7 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,101.7 | 2,100.1 | 173.4 | 171.7 | 170.2 | 173.5 | 172.5 | 172.2 | 174.1 | 171.8 | 176.4 | 176.3 | 174.9 | 182.5 | 184.1 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,753.5 | 1,727.9 | 143.7 | 142.2 | 142.8 | 141.0 | 140.0 | 140.3 | 141.1 | 142.2 | 143.7 | 141.7 | 148.9 | 151.7 | 152.3 |
| Services | 58.9 | 69.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 767.3 | 779.0 | 65.0 | 64.5 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 67.3 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 64.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 708.4 | 709.9 | 60.6 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 59.1 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 57.5 | 60.7 | 60.3 |
| Primary income | 42.1 | 52.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 5.3 |
| Credit | 632.6 | 598.1 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 49.3 | 48.5 | 55.1 | 48.3 |
| Debit | 590.5 | 545.7 | 49.0 | 44.8 | 46.3 | 44.5 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 46.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 42.1 | 42.9 | 43.0 |
| Secondary income | -129.9 | -129.0 | -9.4 | -8.5 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -8.0 | -9.3 | -9.9 | -9.7 | -12.8 | -14.4 | -12.9 | -11.9 | -10.6 |
| Credit | 104.4 | 99.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| Debit | 234.3 | 228.1 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 |