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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2016 | Mar. 2017 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 347.2 | 363.6 | 30.8 | 37.3 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 28.1 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 37.8 | 34.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,607.3 | 3,673.3 | 294.6 | 298.4 | 298.7 | 297.9 | 297.0 | 301.9 | 303.5 | 307.4 | 315.6 | 312.2 | 313.2 | 313.8 | 313.6 |
| Debit | 3,260.1 | 3,309.8 | 263.7 | 261.1 | 265.5 | 266.9 | 268.9 | 272.1 | 271.9 | 284.9 | 288.4 | 287.8 | 286.9 | 276.0 | 279.5 |
| Goods | 353.8 | 364.7 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 25.5 | 29.4 | 29.0 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,096.0 | 2,142.4 | 173.5 | 173.2 | 172.4 | 174.3 | 172.7 | 175.2 | 176.4 | 176.9 | 181.8 | 183.7 | 182.8 | 186.3 | 186.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,742.2 | 1,777.7 | 140.5 | 139.8 | 140.2 | 141.1 | 143.2 | 144.7 | 143.6 | 149.1 | 151.6 | 152.6 | 157.3 | 156.9 | 157.7 |
| Services | 72.3 | 54.8 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -1.3 | -2.4 | -1.4 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 781.5 | 794.3 | 64.9 | 63.8 | 65.0 | 64.2 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 67.0 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 67.4 | 69.1 | 68.0 |
| Debit (imports) | 709.3 | 739.5 | 57.9 | 59.2 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 59.8 | 68.3 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 59.0 | 56.5 |
| Primary income | 48.5 | 79.3 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Credit | 625.5 | 628.4 | 47.5 | 52.6 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 58.4 | 52.3 | 53.9 | 49.7 | 49.4 |
| Debit | 577.0 | 549.0 | 44.6 | 44.5 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 45.1 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 |
| Secondary income | -127.3 | -135.3 | -12.1 | -8.7 | -10.0 | -10.0 | -12.9 | -14.1 | -13.6 | -12.9 | -13.1 | -10.5 | -14.0 | -5.5 | -9.8 |
| Credit | 104.3 | 108.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Debit | 231.7 | 243.6 | 20.7 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 14.2 | 19.4 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2016 | Mar. 2017 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 347.2 | 363.6 | 30.8 | 37.3 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 28.1 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 37.8 | 34.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,607.3 | 3,673.3 | 294.6 | 298.4 | 298.7 | 297.9 | 297.0 | 301.9 | 303.5 | 307.4 | 315.6 | 312.2 | 313.2 | 313.8 | 313.6 |
| Debit | 3,260.1 | 3,309.8 | 263.7 | 261.1 | 265.5 | 266.9 | 268.9 | 272.1 | 271.9 | 284.9 | 288.4 | 287.8 | 286.9 | 276.0 | 279.5 |
| Goods | 353.8 | 364.7 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 25.5 | 29.4 | 29.0 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,096.0 | 2,142.4 | 173.5 | 173.2 | 172.4 | 174.3 | 172.7 | 175.2 | 176.4 | 176.9 | 181.8 | 183.7 | 182.8 | 186.3 | 186.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,742.2 | 1,777.7 | 140.5 | 139.8 | 140.2 | 141.1 | 143.2 | 144.7 | 143.6 | 149.1 | 151.6 | 152.6 | 157.3 | 156.9 | 157.7 |
| Services | 72.3 | 54.8 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -1.3 | -2.4 | -1.4 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 781.5 | 794.3 | 64.9 | 63.8 | 65.0 | 64.2 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 67.0 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 67.4 | 69.1 | 68.0 |
| Debit (imports) | 709.3 | 739.5 | 57.9 | 59.2 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 59.8 | 68.3 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 59.0 | 56.5 |
| Primary income | 48.5 | 79.3 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Credit | 625.5 | 628.4 | 47.5 | 52.6 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 58.4 | 52.3 | 53.9 | 49.7 | 49.4 |
| Debit | 577.0 | 549.0 | 44.6 | 44.5 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 45.1 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 |
| Secondary income | -127.3 | -135.3 | -12.1 | -8.7 | -10.0 | -10.0 | -12.9 | -14.1 | -13.6 | -12.9 | -13.1 | -10.5 | -14.0 | -5.5 | -9.8 |
| Credit | 104.3 | 108.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Debit | 231.7 | 243.6 | 20.7 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 14.2 | 19.4 |