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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions, non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending August 2007 (revised) September 2007
September 2006 September 2007
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
( 2 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area.
CURRENTACCOUNT -26.7 2,288.6 2,315.3 25.5 2,549.1 2,523.6 1.5 210.5 209.0 4.4 215.8 211.5
Goods 9.2 1,344.1 1,334.9 65.3 1,485.1 1,419.8 4.5 120.0 115.5 5.6 126.0 120.4
Services 36.1 422.5 386.4 42.7 456.6 413.9 3.5 42.2 38.7 4.8 40.4 35.6
Income 7.9 440.9 433.0 -5.8 517.8 523.6 1.3 42.2 40.9 2.2 44.6 42.4
Current transfers -79.9 81.1 161.1 -76.6 89.7 166.3 -7.8 6.2 14.0 -8.2 4.9 13.1
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 8.7 23.3 14.6 13.3 25.3 12.0 0.2 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 116.6 93.0 63.8 -3.7
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -127.3 -333.8 206.5 -165.9 -353.3 187.4 -7.2 -26.1 18.9 -22.6 -38.9 16.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -100.6 -277.6 177.0 -109.8 -242.2 132.4 -12.7 -19.3 6.6 -6.2 -20.3 14.2
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -26.7 -56.2 29.4 -56.0 -111.0 54.9 5.5 -6.8 12.4 -16.5 -18.5 2.1
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 111.2 -496.8 608.1 414.5 -447.0 861.5 21.9 19.4 2.5 46.2 11.4 34.8
Equity 107.7 -181.8 289.4 263.7 -50.6 314.2 -13.9 7.1 -21.0 21.2 4.7 16.5
Debt instruments 3.6 -315.1 318.6 150.8 -396.4 547.3 35.8 12.3 23.5 25.0 6.7 18.3
Bonds and notes 55.5 -271.2 326.8 131.2 -351.2 482.4 10.6 -10.9 21.5 2.3 -5.2 7.5
Money market instruments -52.0 -43.8 -8.1 19.7 -45.2 64.9 25.2 23.2 2.0 22.7 11.9 10.8
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -16.1 -830.6 814.5 248.6 -800.3 1,048.9 14.7 -6.7 21.4 23.6 -27.5 51.1
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -4.4 -65.2 -11.9 -9.4
OTHER INVESTMENT 127.6 -579.9 707.5 -78.0 -1,061.7 983.8 59.6 -26.1 85.7 -15.6 -196.7 181.1
Eurosystem 10.0 -3.0 12.9 8.3 -11.4 19.7 1.7 -2.6 4.3 1.6 0.5 1.2
General government 7.2 4.7 2.5 3.9 2.4 1.4 4.5 0.6 4.0 0.7 -0.4 1.1
of which: currency and deposits -1.1 -1.1 -1.3 -1.3 0.9 0.9 -0.8 -0.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 116.5 -400.4 516.9 -36.3 -714.7 678.4 45.9 -10.9 56.9 -4.1 -32.9 28.9
long-term -37.7 -98.7 61.0 -137.7 -250.6 112.9 -22.7 -23.3 0.5 -26.9 -24.7 -2.2
short-term 154.3 -301.7 455.9 101.4 -464.1 565.5 68.7 12.3 56.3 22.8 -8.2 31.1
Other sectors -6.1 -181.2 175.1 -53.8 -338.0 284.2 7.4 -13.2 20.6 -13.8 -163.8 150.0
of which: currency and deposits -17.8 -17.8 -51.1 -51.1 -5.0 -5.0 -22.2 -22.2
RESERVE ASSETS 9.5 9.5 -12.4 -12.4 1.3 1.3 -2.3 -2.3
Errors and omissions -98.6 -131.8 -65.5 -0.8