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Table 1: Current account of the euro area

(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; transactions during the period; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted)

Cumulated figures for the
four-quarter period ending in
Q3 2016 Q3 2017
Q3 2016 Q3 2017
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Current account 371.1 3,671.9 3,300.8 386.9 3,862.3 3,475.4 94.7 914.4 819.7 129.0 974.6 845.5
Percentage of GDP1 3.5 34.2 30.8 3.5 34.9 31.4 - - - - - -
Goods 380.1 2,122.5 1,742.4 350.9 2,243.2 1,892.3 92.7 526.8 434.2 95.3 563.0 467.7
of which: General merchandise 349.2 2,052.4 1,703.2 328.5 2,176.5 1,847.9 83.5 508.1 424.6 91.3 547.5 456.2
Services 48.6 783.0 734.4 66.7 823.2 756.6 14.3 206.9 192.7 31.6 220.2 188.7
Transport 7.1 126.2 119.2 9.8 134.8 125.0 3.0 33.0 29.9 4.0 35.9 31.8
Travel 22.8 124.9 102.1 31.9 136.2 104.3 10.8 44.2 33.4 14.9 49.3 34.4
Insurance, pension and financial services 20.2 89.9 69.7 21.0 94.4 73.4 4.9 22.1 17.3 5.1 23.0 17.9
Telecommunication, computer and information services 62.7 111.9 49.2 71.1 121.8 50.7 15.6 27.6 12.0 17.3 29.9 12.6
Other business services -31.1 206.5 237.6 -37.4 209.4 246.9 -11.5 50.1 61.6 -3.4 50.0 53.5
Other -33.0 123.6 156.6 -29.6 126.6 156.3 -8.5 30.0 38.5 -6.3 32.2 38.4
Primary income 78.5 657.4 578.9 114.0 687.4 573.4 22.3 154.7 132.4 35.4 166.2 130.7
Compensation of employees 20.6 37.5 17.0 20.6 38.2 17.6 4.6 9.3 4.8 4.3 9.2 4.9
Investment income 51.4 588.4 537.0 77.5 607.4 529.9 17.9 141.1 123.1 27.7 148.3 120.6
Direct investment 132.1 365.4 233.3 147.3 372.6 225.3 29.7 85.0 55.3 33.6 87.4 53.8
of which: Reinvested earnings 3.6 34.1 30.5 16.3 65.2 48.9 4.9 10.4 5.5 9.2 26.5 17.2
Portfolio investment -80.1 179.4 259.5 -72.2 187.4 259.6 -11.7 45.2 56.9 -6.2 48.8 55.0
Dividends -4.0 62.0 66.1 -6.3 65.7 71.9 5.5 15.7 10.3 7.1 17.9 10.8
Income on investment fund shares -76.3 5.1 81.3 -78.8 5.2 84.0 -17.7 1.2 18.9 -18.8 1.5 20.4
Interest 0.2 112.3 112.1 13.0 116.6 103.6 0.5 28.2 27.7 5.6 29.4 23.8
Other investment -3.5 40.7 44.2 -1.2 43.8 45.0 -0.8 10.2 11.0 -0.6 11.2 11.8
of which: interest -1.7 36.7 38.5 -0.3 39.4 39.7 -0.4 9.3 9.6 -0.5 10.1 10.6
Reserve assets   2.8     3.5     0.7     0.9  
Other primary income 6.4 31.4 25.0 15.9 41.8 25.9 -0.2 4.4 4.5 3.5 8.7 5.2
Secondary income -136.1 109.0 245.1 -144.7 108.5 253.2 -34.6 26.0 60.5 -33.3 25.1 58.4
1)Four-quarter cumulated sums of non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted GDP.
Source: ECB.

Table 1: Current account of the euro area

(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; transactions during the period; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted)

Cumulated figures for the
four-quarter period ending in
Q3 2016 Q3 2017
Q3 2016 Q3 2017
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Current account 371.1 3,671.9 3,300.8 386.9 3,862.3 3,475.4 94.7 914.4 819.7 129.0 974.6 845.5
Percentage of GDP1 3.5 34.2 30.8 3.5 34.9 31.4 - - - - - -
Goods 380.1 2,122.5 1,742.4 350.9 2,243.2 1,892.3 92.7 526.8 434.2 95.3 563.0 467.7
of which: General merchandise 349.2 2,052.4 1,703.2 328.5 2,176.5 1,847.9 83.5 508.1 424.6 91.3 547.5 456.2
Services 48.6 783.0 734.4 66.7 823.2 756.6 14.3 206.9 192.7 31.6 220.2 188.7
Transport 7.1 126.2 119.2 9.8 134.8 125.0 3.0 33.0 29.9 4.0 35.9 31.8
Travel 22.8 124.9 102.1 31.9 136.2 104.3 10.8 44.2 33.4 14.9 49.3 34.4
Insurance, pension and financial services 20.2 89.9 69.7 21.0 94.4 73.4 4.9 22.1 17.3 5.1 23.0 17.9
Telecommunication, computer and information services 62.7 111.9 49.2 71.1 121.8 50.7 15.6 27.6 12.0 17.3 29.9 12.6
Other business services -31.1 206.5 237.6 -37.4 209.4 246.9 -11.5 50.1 61.6 -3.4 50.0 53.5
Other -33.0 123.6 156.6 -29.6 126.6 156.3 -8.5 30.0 38.5 -6.3 32.2 38.4
Primary income 78.5 657.4 578.9 114.0 687.4 573.4 22.3 154.7 132.4 35.4 166.2 130.7
Compensation of employees 20.6 37.5 17.0 20.6 38.2 17.6 4.6 9.3 4.8 4.3 9.2 4.9
Investment income 51.4 588.4 537.0 77.5 607.4 529.9 17.9 141.1 123.1 27.7 148.3 120.6
Direct investment 132.1 365.4 233.3 147.3 372.6 225.3 29.7 85.0 55.3 33.6 87.4 53.8
of which: Reinvested earnings 3.6 34.1 30.5 16.3 65.2 48.9 4.9 10.4 5.5 9.2 26.5 17.2
Portfolio investment -80.1 179.4 259.5 -72.2 187.4 259.6 -11.7 45.2 56.9 -6.2 48.8 55.0
Dividends -4.0 62.0 66.1 -6.3 65.7 71.9 5.5 15.7 10.3 7.1 17.9 10.8
Income on investment fund shares -76.3 5.1 81.3 -78.8 5.2 84.0 -17.7 1.2 18.9 -18.8 1.5 20.4
Interest 0.2 112.3 112.1 13.0 116.6 103.6 0.5 28.2 27.7 5.6 29.4 23.8
Other investment -3.5 40.7 44.2 -1.2 43.8 45.0 -0.8 10.2 11.0 -0.6 11.2 11.8
of which: interest -1.7 36.7 38.5 -0.3 39.4 39.7 -0.4 9.3 9.6 -0.5 10.1 10.6
Reserve assets   2.8     3.5     0.7     0.9  
Other primary income 6.4 31.4 25.0 15.9 41.8 25.9 -0.2 4.4 4.5 3.5 8.7 5.2
Secondary income -136.1 109.0 245.1 -144.7 108.5 253.2 -34.6 26.0 60.5 -33.3 25.1 58.4
1)Four-quarter cumulated sums of non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted GDP.
Source: ECB.