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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending May 2010 (revised) June 2010
June 2009 June 2010
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 -131.2 2,473.2 2,604.4 -46.6 2,355.0 2,401.6 -17.9 203.7 221.6 1.0 223.7 222.7
Goods -9.6 1,401.3 1,410.9 46.0 1,407.8 1,361.8 0.4 124.6 124.1 5.6 140.3 134.7
Services 29.9 494.5 464.6 35.5 476.4 441.0 3.9 40.0 36.2 3.8 43.4 39.6
Income -54.7 489.8 544.5 -33.0 386.6 419.6 -16.9 31.5 48.4 -3.9 34.6 38.5
Current transfers -96.7 87.6 184.3 -95.0 84.1 179.2 -5.4 7.6 13.0 -4.6 5.4 9.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 6.9 19.3 12.4 6.9 19.2 12.3 2.0 2.7 0.8 -0.0 0.8 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 157.3 29.6 16.3 -1.0
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -158.5 -339.1 180.6 -80.6 -179.0 98.4 -12.4 -13.9 1.6 -7.2 -8.7 1.5
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -51.0 -225.4 174.9 67.5 -100.6 168.1 -1.6 -3.3 1.7 3.3 1.5 1.8
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -108.4 -113.7 5.7 -148.1 -78.4 -69.7 -10.7 -10.6 -0.2 -10.5 -10.2 -0.3
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 443.1 245.2 197.9 254.3 -135.8 390.1 64.4 12.3 52.1 3.2 11.7 -8.5
Equity -43.7 129.5 -173.2 45.4 -102.3 147.7 19.7 15.6 4.1 15.9 -3.0 18.9
Debt instruments 486.8 115.6 371.2 208.9 -33.4 242.3 44.7 -3.2 47.9 -12.7 14.7 -27.4
Bonds and notes 195.5 68.6 126.9 61.7 -107.2 168.9 40.5 1.1 39.4 4.7 5.2 -0.5
Money market instruments 291.3 47.0 244.3 147.2 73.8 73.4 4.3 -4.3 8.6 -17.4 9.5 -26.9
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 284.6 -93.9 378.6 173.7 -314.8 488.5 52.1 -1.6 53.6 -4.0 2.9 -7.0
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 18.9 4.4 -2.5 1.3
OTHER INVESTMENT -152.1 506.7 -658.8 -145.1 -13.1 -132.0 -33.1 -92.7 59.5 0.6 147.8 -147.2
Eurosystem 57.9 10.0 47.8 -51.1 11.5 -62.6 13.4 3.9 9.6 -11.6 0.5 -12.1
General government 12.2 4.5 7.6 5.6 -5.3 10.9 6.4 -0.5 7.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.3
of which: currency and deposits 5.7 5.7 0.9 0.9 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -139.0 488.4 -627.4 -49.7 32.3 -82.0 -36.0 -74.4 38.4 -5.7 142.2 -147.9
Long-term -173.7 -93.0 -80.7 56.1 32.1 24.0 -12.8 -14.2 1.4 30.0 20.9 9.1
Short-term 34.7 581.4 -546.7 -105.8 0.2 -106.1 -23.2 -60.1 36.9 -35.7 121.3 -157.0
Other sectors -83.2 3.7 -86.9 -49.8 -51.5 1.7 -17.0 -21.6 4.6 18.0 5.6 12.4
of which: currency and deposits 15.0 15.0 -2.6 -2.6 -12.1 -12.1 8.9 8.9
RESERVE ASSETS 5.9 5.9 -3.4 -3.4 -0.1 -0.1 1.2 1.2
Errors and omissions -33.1 10.1 -0.3 -0.0