Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | January – June | June | January – June | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) As from January 2001 the data refer to the Euro 12, i.e. they include Greece. Data for 2000 have been re-calculated to take into account the new composition of the euro area and are comparable with Euro 12 figures. | |||||||||||||
| ( 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 | 134.6 | 135.9 | −1.3 | 749.7 | 770.4 | −20.7 | 144.0 | 144.8 | −0.8 | 852.0 | 863.1 | −11.2 | |
| Goods | 81.1 | 77.1 | 4.0 | 454.7 | 442.8 | 11.9 | 89.1 | 80.8 | 8.3 | 515.3 | 489.0 | 26.3 | |
| Services | 24.8 | 23.5 | 1.3 | 131.5 | 134.2 | −2.6 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 0.5 | 145.2 | 147.5 | −2.3 | |
| Income | 24.2 | 25.7 | −1.5 | 121.5 | 134.5 | −13.0 | 24.9 | 28.1 | −3.2 | 147.2 | 164.6 | −17.3 | |
| Current transfers | 4.5 | 9.6 | −5.1 | 42.0 | 58.9 | −16.9 | 4.3 | 10.7 | −6.4 | 44.3 | 62.1 | −17.8 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 6.5 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −16.0 | 49.6 | −15.6 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −21.9 | 11.4 | −10.5 | −135.2 | 264.8 | 129.6 | −18.0 | 10.0 | −7.9 | −132.8 | 41.7 | −91.1 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −22.1 | 2.7 | −19.4 | −78.0 | 210.4 | 132.4 | −9.3 | 4.7 | −4.6 | −89.7 | 42.5 | −47.2 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | 0.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | −57.2 | 54.4 | −2.8 | −8.7 | 5.4 | −3.3 | −43.0 | −0.8 | −43.9 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −27.8 | 85.2 | 57.4 | −232.3 | 94.8 | −137.5 | −27.7 | 55.4 | 27.7 | −140.9 | 134.5 | −6.5 | |
| Equity | −18.3 | 46.9 | 28.6 | −171.6 | −54.4 | −226.0 | −11.0 | 36.5 | 25.5 | −60.5 | 124.3 | 63.8 | |
| Debt instruments | −9.4 | 38.2 | 28.8 | −60.7 | 149.3 | 88.5 | −16.7 | 18.9 | 2.2 | −80.4 | 10.1 | −70.3 | |
| Bonds and notes | −8.2 | 19.8 | 11.6 | −57.6 | 96.3 | 38.7 | −17.7 | 17.7 | 0.1 | −72.7 | 15.7 | −57.0 | |
| Money market instruments | −1.3 | 18.5 | 17.2 | −3.1 | 52.9 | 49.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | −7.7 | −5.6 | −13.3 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | 2.3 | 7.6 | −5.0 | −3.3 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 17.8 | −86.2 | −68.4 | −105.6 | 151.7 | 46.1 | −0.5 | −29.1 | −29.5 | −139.4 | 232.7 | 93.2 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | −1.8 | −1.8 | −0.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | −0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |
| General government | 0.2 | −0.6 | −0.4 | −5.0 | −3.3 | −8.4 | −1.5 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | −6.4 | −4.5 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 17.4 | −86.0 | −68.6 | −48.5 | 140.3 | 91.8 | −2.4 | −33.8 | −36.2 | −127.1 | 243.6 | 116.5 | |
| Long-term | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | −15.3 | 28.5 | 13.2 | −3.3 | 5.9 | 2.6 | −20.8 | 16.1 | −4.7 | |
| Short-term | 16.7 | −88.5 | −71.8 | −33.2 | 111.8 | 78.6 | 1.0 | −39.7 | −38.7 | −106.3 | 227.5 | 121.2 | |
| Other sectors | 0.2 | −2.1 | −1.9 | −52.1 | 16.5 | −35.6 | 3.6 | −1.0 | 2.6 | −13.4 | −5.8 | −19.1 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 3.2 | 3.7 | −0.8 | 12.1 | |||||||||
| Errors and omissions | 17.0 | −36.0 | 15.5 | 0.2 | |||||||||