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
	May 2016	May 2017	May	June	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT	371.0	348.7	35.9	33.2	29.6	31.3	34.1	23.5	28.0	24.5	22.8	34.3	33.8	23.5	30.1
Memo: as a percentage of GDP	3.5	3.2
Credit	3,604.6	3,738.3	302.4	300.4	298.3	303.1	305.7	308.8	316.4	314.9	317.9	319.2	321.2	312.1	320.2
Debit	3,233.6	3,389.7	266.4	267.3	268.7	271.8	271.7	285.4	288.4	290.4	295.1	284.9	287.4	288.6	290.0
Goods	364.9	348.0	32.4	33.3	29.5	30.5	33.0	27.8	30.1	30.7	23.8	28.0	29.0	25.2	26.9
Credit (exports)	2,091.8	2,177.3	173.2	175.1	173.5	175.9	177.2	177.7	182.8	184.5	183.2	187.2	188.6	181.9	189.6
Debit (imports)	1,726.9	1,829.4	140.8	141.8	143.9	145.4	144.3	150.0	152.7	153.8	159.4	159.1	159.6	156.7	162.6
Services	65.4	49.1	4.7	4.9	6.1	6.4	7.2	-1.2	-2.4	-1.9	2.5	8.2	9.6	7.1	2.6
Credit (exports)	779.5	804.4	64.7	64.1	65.0	65.4	67.2	67.0	66.5	66.0	68.7	69.9	69.4	68.1	67.0
Debit (imports)	714.1	755.4	60.0	59.3	58.9	59.0	59.9	68.3	68.9	67.9	66.2	61.7	59.8	61.0	64.5
Primary income	62.1	93.6	9.1	4.6	7.0	8.5	7.0	9.8	13.2	5.7	9.2	2.8	4.6	9.8	11.4
Credit	626.8	646.7	55.3	51.8	51.1	53.0	51.7	55.1	58.2	53.9	57.4	53.2	52.9	53.9	54.5
Debit	564.6	553.0	46.2	47.2	44.1	44.5	44.7	45.3	45.0	48.2	48.2	50.4	48.3	44.1	43.2
Secondary income	-121.4	-142.0	-10.2	-9.6	-13.0	-14.2	-13.2	-12.8	-13.0	-10.0	-12.7	-4.8	-9.4	-18.6	-10.7
Credit	106.6	109.9	9.1	9.4	8.8	8.8	9.6	8.9	8.8	10.5	8.6	8.9	10.3	8.2	9.0
Debit	228.0	251.9	19.3	19.0	21.8	22.9	22.8	21.8	21.8	20.5	21.3	13.7	19.7	26.8	19.8