Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | January – October | October | January – October | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) From January 2001 onwards 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. 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 | 146.5 | 152.9 | −6.4 | 1312.4 | 1367.8 | −55.4 | 146.6 | 146.5 | 0.1 | 1416.8 | 1439.8 | −23.0 | |
| Goods | 93.3 | 90.9 | 2.3 | 797.6 | 786.8 | 10.8 | 95.1 | 85.5 | 9.6 | 864.5 | 814.9 | 49.6 | |
| Services | 26.6 | 27.2 | −0.6 | 241.9 | 244.3 | −2.4 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 0.2 | 257.4 | 255.2 | 2.2 | |
| Income | 22.9 | 24.9 | −2.1 | 214.0 | 239.6 | −25.6 | 21.1 | 25.4 | −4.3 | 232.2 | 269.7 | −37.4 | |
| Current transfers | 3.7 | 9.8 | −6.0 | 58.8 | 97.0 | −38.2 | 4.4 | 9.8 | −5.4 | 62.6 | 100.0 | −37.3 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 7.9 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 2.4 | 74.0 | −14.6 | −35.5 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −35.9 | 17.5 | −18.4 | −326.9 | 337.8 | 10.9 | −2.0 | 7.3 | 5.3 | −182.9 | 85.2 | −97.7 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −31.8 | 11.1 | −20.7 | −249.5 | 274.8 | 25.3 | −4.6 | 3.0 | −1.6 | −113.5 | 62.6 | −50.8 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −4.1 | 6.4 | 2.3 | −77.4 | 63.0 | −14.4 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | −69.5 | 22.5 | −46.9 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −18.1 | 19.1 | 1.0 | −342.8 | 227.1 | −115.7 | −36.4 | 36.7 | 0.3 | −194.2 | 246.2 | 52.0 | |
| Equity | −9.1 | 2.6 | −6.4 | −238.1 | 11.0 | −227.1 | −5.8 | 25.6 | 19.8 | −68.9 | 195.9 | 127.0 | |
| Debt instruments | −9.0 | 16.5 | 7.5 | −104.7 | 216.1 | 111.4 | −30.6 | 11.1 | −19.5 | −125.3 | 50.4 | −75.0 | |
| Bonds and notes | −9.3 | 24.5 | 15.2 | −88.2 | 192.4 | 104.2 | −20.6 | 9.0 | −11.6 | −117.1 | 62.6 | −54.5 | |
| Money market instruments | 0.2 | −8.0 | −7.7 | −16.5 | 23.7 | 7.2 | −10.1 | 2.1 | −7.9 | −8.3 | −12.2 | −20.5 | |
| MEMO ITEM:COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −54.0 | 36.6 | −17.4 | −669.7 | 564.9 | −104.8 | −38.5 | 44.1 | 5.6 | −377.2 | 331.4 | −45.7 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −2.1 | 5.1 | −3.8 | −14.8 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −8.2 | 29.4 | 21.2 | −135.4 | 301.5 | 166.1 | −26.5 | 12.7 | −13.8 | −221.9 | 235.0 | 13.1 | |
| Eurosystem | −0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | −0.6 | −0.2 | −0.8 | −0.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | |
| General government | 8.1 | 1.2 | 9.3 | −0.1 | −2.9 | −3.0 | −0.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | −3.1 | −2.5 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −18.0 | 25.6 | 7.6 | −83.3 | 252.5 | 169.3 | −22.4 | 7.1 | −15.3 | −204.0 | 236.1 | 32.1 | |
| Long-term | −2.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | −28.9 | 48.4 | 19.5 | −4.4 | 2.9 | −1.5 | −29.7 | 27.7 | −2.0 | |
| Short-term | −15.5 | 19.1 | 3.6 | −54.4 | 204.2 | 149.8 | −18.0 | 4.2 | −13.8 | −174.3 | 208.4 | 34.1 | |
| Other sectors | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | −51.5 | 52.1 | 0.6 | −3.3 | −1.1 | −4.5 | −19.0 | −3.2 | −22.2 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 0.7 | 7.7 | −2.6 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| Errors and omissions | 3.6 | −27.1 | 14.2 | 50.6 | |||||||||