Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | January – November | November | January – November | ||||||||||
| 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 | 145.7 | 152.2 | −6.5 | 1458.1 | 1520.0 | −61.9 | 138.1 | 135.3 | 2.8 | 1563.7 | 1575.9 | −12.2 | |
| Goods | 93.0 | 93.5 | −0.5 | 890.6 | 880.3 | 10.3 | 90.2 | 80.9 | 9.3 | 955.1 | 891.3 | 63.7 | |
| Services | 25.5 | 25.6 | −0.1 | 267.4 | 270.0 | −2.5 | 22.3 | 24.2 | −1.9 | 285.3 | 282.7 | 2.6 | |
| Income | 22.0 | 22.8 | −0.8 | 236.0 | 262.4 | −26.4 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 0.4 | 255.1 | 291.6 | −36.5 | |
| Current transfers | 5.3 | 10.3 | −5.0 | 64.1 | 107.3 | −43.3 | 4.9 | 9.8 | −4.9 | 68.2 | 110.2 | −42.0 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 6.1 | 8.2 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 3.9 | 77.9 | −15.4 | −78.5 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −35.6 | 37.1 | 1.5 | −362.5 | 374.9 | 12.4 | −13.8 | 21.6 | 7.8 | −199.6 | 105.1 | −94.5 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −25.7 | 24.5 | −1.2 | −275.2 | 299.3 | 24.0 | −6.5 | 11.7 | 5.2 | −122.7 | 78.4 | −44.3 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −9.9 | 12.7 | 2.8 | −87.3 | 75.6 | −11.6 | −7.3 | 9.9 | 2.6 | −76.9 | 26.7 | −50.2 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −23.8 | 27.1 | 3.3 | −366.5 | 254.2 | −112.4 | −38.0 | 49.5 | 11.5 | −241.2 | 293.8 | 52.6 | |
| Equity | −16.6 | 7.4 | −9.2 | −254.7 | 18.4 | −236.3 | −12.4 | 22.3 | 9.9 | −89.1 | 223.7 | 134.7 | |
| Debt instruments | −7.2 | 19.7 | 12.6 | −111.9 | 235.8 | 123.9 | −25.6 | 27.1 | 1.6 | −152.1 | 70.1 | −82.0 | |
| Bonds and notes | −5.2 | 23.0 | 17.8 | −93.4 | 215.4 | 122.0 | −14.4 | 32.0 | 17.6 | −131.2 | 94.4 | −36.8 | |
| Money market instruments | −2.0 | −3.3 | −5.3 | −18.5 | 20.4 | 1.9 | −11.2 | −4.9 | −16.0 | −21.0 | −24.2 | −45.2 | |
| MEMO ITEM:COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −59.4 | 64.2 | 4.9 | −729.1 | 629.1 | −100.0 | −51.8 | 71.1 | 19.3 | −440.8 | 398.9 | −41.9 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −2.4 | 2.6 | −4.0 | −21.6 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −50.7 | 44.4 | −6.3 | −186.1 | 345.9 | 159.8 | −58.8 | 28.2 | −30.7 | −284.8 | 257.8 | −27.0 | |
| Eurosystem | −0.3 | −0.7 | −1.0 | −0.9 | −0.9 | −1.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 7.7 | |
| General government | −2.9 | −0.2 | −3.1 | −3.0 | −3.0 | −6.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | −1.0 | 3.7 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −50.5 | 48.8 | −1.7 | −133.8 | 301.3 | 167.5 | −54.0 | 25.1 | −28.9 | −260.9 | 255.7 | −5.2 | |
| Long-term | −6.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | −34.9 | 56.2 | 21.2 | −10.0 | −14.6 | −24.6 | −38.6 | 18.4 | −20.2 | |
| Short-term | −44.5 | 41.0 | −3.5 | −98.8 | 245.2 | 146.3 | −44.0 | 39.7 | −4.3 | −222.3 | 237.3 | 15.0 | |
| Other sectors | 3.1 | −3.5 | −0.5 | −48.4 | 48.5 | 0.1 | −7.3 | −1.2 | −8.6 | −29.1 | −4.1 | −33.2 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 7.8 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |||||||||
| Errors and omissions | 1.1 | −26.0 | 12.1 | 82.4 | |||||||||