Table 2: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 11) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 1999 Q4 | 2000 Q3 | 2000 Q4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | |||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (-). Reserve assets: increase (-); decrease (+). | |||||||||||
| ( 3 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 357.7 | 364.1 | −6.5 | 391.5 | 397.6 | −6.1 | 435.2 | 449.1 | −13.8 | ||
| Goods | 227.1 | 206.2 | 20.9 | 244.6 | 226.7 | 17.9 | 273.4 | 262.1 | 11.2 | ||
| Services | 63.0 | 67.3 | −4.2 | 70.7 | 73.2 | −2.5 | 73.4 | 80.1 | −6.7 | ||
| Income | 52.5 | 61.9 | −9.4 | 64.2 | 71.3 | −7.1 | 74.0 | 74.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Compensation of employees | 3.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | ||
| Investment income | 49.1 | 60.5 | −11.4 | 61.1 | 69.9 | −8.7 | 70.6 | 72.7 | −2.2 | ||
| Direct investment | 11.7 | 13.0 | −1.4 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 15.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Income on equity | 9.7 | 11.9 | −2.3 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 2.0 | ||
| Income on debt | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | ||
| Portfolio investment | 15.1 | 23.8 | −8.7 | 17.7 | 26.6 | −8.9 | 19.1 | 24.1 | −5.0 | ||
| Income on equity | 2.3 | 5.9 | −3.6 | 3.1 | 7.9 | −4.8 | 3.1 | 6.8 | −3.7 | ||
| Income on debt | 12.8 | 17.9 | −5.1 | 14.6 | 18.7 | −4.1 | 16.0 | 17.3 | −1.3 | ||
| Bonds and notes | 12.1 | 17.9 | −5.8 | −5.8 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Money market instruments | 0.7 | −0.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Other investment | 22.4 | 23.7 | −1.3 | 28.1 | 28.3 | −0.1 | 33.5 | 33.4 | 0.1 | ||
| Current transfers | 15.0 | 28.8 | −13.8 | 11.9 | 26.4 | −14.4 | 14.5 | 32.8 | −18.3 | ||
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 7.8 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | |||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 2.6 | −14.0 | −29.5 | ||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −139.6 | 93.0 | −46.6 | −117.9 | 23.7 | −94.3 | −82.7 | 25.6 | −57.0 | ||
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −124.7 | 90.1 | −34.6 | −111.7 | 15.5 | −96.2 | −77.2 | −33.3 | −110.5 | ||
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −14.9 | 2.9 | −12.0 | −6.2 | 8.2 | 2.0 | −5.5 | 59.0 | 53.5 | ||
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −86.4 | 83.7 | −2.7 | −91.8 | 95.3 | 3.5 | −73.1 | 74.0 | 0.9 | ||
| Equity | −55.4 | 44.3 | −11.1 | −56.1 | 29.7 | −26.4 | −57.8 | 28.5 | −29.3 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.0 | −0.1 | −0.0 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.9 | −0.4 | −0.6 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −1.0 | −2.8 | −5.0 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −53.5 | −52.8 | −52.2 | ||||||||
| Debt instruments | −31.0 | 39.5 | 8.5 | −35.7 | 65.6 | 29.9 | −15.3 | 45.5 | 30.2 | ||
| Bonds and notes | −15.4 | 17.4 | 2.0 | −30.8 | 73.6 | 42.8 | −17.6 | 56.6 | 39.0 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.4 | −2.3 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.0 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −4.3 | −19.4 | −3.2 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −10.4 | −8.8 | −15.3 | ||||||||
| Money market instruments | −15.5 | 22.1 | 6.5 | −4.9 | −8.1 | −13.0 | 2.3 | −11.1 | −8.8 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| General government | 0.1 | −1.3 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −4.7 | −1.0 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −10.6 | −3.1 | 1.1 | ||||||||
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −0.4 | 0.4 | −9.7 | ||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 11.5 | 41.4 | 52.8 | −29.2 | 101.1 | 71.9 | −47.5 | 73.1 | 25.6 | ||
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | −1.7 | −1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | −1.8 | −1.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | ||
| General government | 0.5 | −3.9 | −3.5 | −4.0 | 1.4 | −2.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 9.1 | ||
| Trade credits | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | −0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 0.0 | −3.9 | −3.9 | −4.0 | 0.6 | −3.4 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 5.5 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | 0.4 | −0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | −0.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −0.2 | 39.0 | 38.7 | −14.3 | 72.3 | 58.1 | −63.3 | 61.6 | −1.7 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 0.5 | 37.5 | 37.9 | −12.8 | 72.2 | 59.4 | −61.1 | 53.9 | −7.2 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −0.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | −1.4 | 0.1 | −1.3 | −2.2 | 7.7 | 5.5 | ||
| Other sectors | 11.2 | 4.0 | 15.2 | −11.0 | 29.0 | 18.1 | 10.7 | 5.5 | 16.2 | ||
| Trade credits | −1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | −2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | −3.3 | 1.2 | −2.1 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 16.6 | 0.2 | 16.8 | −8.0 | 27.1 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 22.1 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −4.0 | 1.7 | −2.3 | −0.9 | −0.2 | −1.1 | −2.9 | −1.0 | −3.8 | ||
| RESERVE ASSETS | −0.5 | −0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | |||||
| Monetary gold | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.0 | −0.0 | |||||
| Special drawing rights | −0.7 | −0.7 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| Reserve position in the IMF | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.6 | −0.6 | |||||
| Foreign exchange | −0.3 | −0.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | |||||
| Currency and deposits | 3.9 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | |||||
| with monetary authorities and the BIS | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |||||
| with banks | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |||||
| Securities | −4.2 | −4.2 | −1.9 | −1.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |||||
| Equity | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | −1.9 | −1.9 | −5.4 | −5.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |||||
| Money market instruments | −2.3 | −2.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Other claims | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| ERRORS AND OMISSIONS | −1.9 | 18.5 | 40.0 | ||||||||