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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2017 | Jan. 2018 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 356.5 | 406.1 | 23.1 | 33.8 | 34.1 | 23.4 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 38.0 | 43.5 | 42.7 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 37.6 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,697.5 | 3,906.2 | 318.1 | 318.2 | 322.9 | 318.3 | 326.5 | 320.3 | 326.1 | 333.0 | 331.9 | 317.2 | 327.1 | 333.9 | 330.8 |
| Debit | 3,341.0 | 3,500.0 | 295.0 | 284.4 | 288.8 | 294.9 | 295.9 | 293.3 | 288.1 | 289.5 | 289.3 | 286.4 | 293.4 | 302.9 | 293.2 |
| Goods | 365.8 | 351.9 | 23.9 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 37.4 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 31.1 | 27.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,134.6 | 2,290.2 | 183.8 | 186.4 | 188.3 | 184.2 | 189.2 | 186.6 | 188.0 | 191.6 | 196.0 | 187.8 | 195.7 | 198.4 | 197.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,768.8 | 1,938.3 | 159.9 | 159.5 | 159.9 | 158.2 | 162.0 | 157.2 | 159.0 | 159.5 | 158.7 | 161.4 | 165.1 | 167.2 | 170.8 |
| Services | 36.6 | 87.5 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 9.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 786.9 | 839.0 | 68.2 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 69.8 | 70.2 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 71.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 750.3 | 751.5 | 65.2 | 62.0 | 61.2 | 62.5 | 64.1 | 63.8 | 61.5 | 61.2 | 61.9 | 62.3 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 62.1 |
| Primary income | 99.4 | 113.3 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 10.7 |
| Credit | 666.6 | 669.7 | 57.6 | 54.2 | 55.7 | 55.8 | 59.7 | 55.3 | 59.4 | 62.1 | 56.4 | 51.5 | 52.8 | 53.8 | 53.0 |
| Debit | 567.3 | 556.5 | 47.7 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 47.7 | 49.0 | 49.4 | 44.9 | 48.3 | 46.1 | 41.4 | 41.8 | 49.5 | 42.3 |
| Secondary income | -145.2 | -146.5 | -13.6 | -5.1 | -10.8 | -17.5 | -11.8 | -14.5 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.9 | -12.5 | -13.3 | -11.9 | -9.8 |
| Credit | 109.3 | 107.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 8.2 |
| Debit | 254.5 | 253.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 18.0 |
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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2017 | Jan. 2018 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 356.5 | 406.1 | 23.1 | 33.8 | 34.1 | 23.4 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 38.0 | 43.5 | 42.7 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 37.6 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,697.5 | 3,906.2 | 318.1 | 318.2 | 322.9 | 318.3 | 326.5 | 320.3 | 326.1 | 333.0 | 331.9 | 317.2 | 327.1 | 333.9 | 330.8 |
| Debit | 3,341.0 | 3,500.0 | 295.0 | 284.4 | 288.8 | 294.9 | 295.9 | 293.3 | 288.1 | 289.5 | 289.3 | 286.4 | 293.4 | 302.9 | 293.2 |
| Goods | 365.8 | 351.9 | 23.9 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 37.4 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 31.1 | 27.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,134.6 | 2,290.2 | 183.8 | 186.4 | 188.3 | 184.2 | 189.2 | 186.6 | 188.0 | 191.6 | 196.0 | 187.8 | 195.7 | 198.4 | 197.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,768.8 | 1,938.3 | 159.9 | 159.5 | 159.9 | 158.2 | 162.0 | 157.2 | 159.0 | 159.5 | 158.7 | 161.4 | 165.1 | 167.2 | 170.8 |
| Services | 36.6 | 87.5 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 9.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 786.9 | 839.0 | 68.2 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 69.8 | 70.2 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 71.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 750.3 | 751.5 | 65.2 | 62.0 | 61.2 | 62.5 | 64.1 | 63.8 | 61.5 | 61.2 | 61.9 | 62.3 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 62.1 |
| Primary income | 99.4 | 113.3 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 10.7 |
| Credit | 666.6 | 669.7 | 57.6 | 54.2 | 55.7 | 55.8 | 59.7 | 55.3 | 59.4 | 62.1 | 56.4 | 51.5 | 52.8 | 53.8 | 53.0 |
| Debit | 567.3 | 556.5 | 47.7 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 47.7 | 49.0 | 49.4 | 44.9 | 48.3 | 46.1 | 41.4 | 41.8 | 49.5 | 42.3 |
| Secondary income | -145.2 | -146.5 | -13.6 | -5.1 | -10.8 | -17.5 | -11.8 | -14.5 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.9 | -12.5 | -13.3 | -11.9 | -9.8 |
| Credit | 109.3 | 107.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 8.2 |
| Debit | 254.5 | 253.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 18.0 |