Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| Jan. – Dec. 2000 | January 2000 | January 2001 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1564.2 | 1602.7 | −38.5 | 112.0 | 122.4 | −10.4 | 138.2 | 146.8 | −8.5 | ||
| Goods | 964.3 | 927.5 | 36.8 | 63.7 | 66.1 | −2.4 | 79.4 | 81.3 | −1.9 | ||
| Services | 279.9 | 282.9 | −3.0 | 18.9 | 20.7 | −1.8 | 21.2 | 23.7 | −2.5 | ||
| Income | 251.7 | 277.6 | −25.9 | 16.3 | 21.4 | −5.2 | 22.5 | 29.2 | −6.7 | ||
| Current transfers | 68.4 | 114.7 | −46.3 | 13.1 | 14.1 | −1.1 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 2.5 | ||
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 19.7 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | ||
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | |||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −4.7 | ||||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −328.6 | 303.0 | −25.6 | −7.3 | 7.8 | 0.5 | −13.0 | 8.5 | −4.5 | ||
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −261.5 | 187.8 | −73.7 | −6.7 | 7.4 | 0.7 | −9.0 | 6.2 | −2.9 | ||
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −67.1 | 115.2 | 48.1 | −0.6 | 0.4 | −0.2 | −4.0 | 2.3 | −1.6 | ||
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −400.3 | 288.6 | −111.7 | −22.4 | 18.2 | −4.2 | −34.3 | −11.2 | −45.5 | ||
| Equity | −288.3 | 23.3 | −265.1 | −21.8 | 6.7 | −15.1 | −17.8 | −2.1 | −19.9 | ||
| Debt instruments | −112.0 | 265.4 | 153.4 | −0.7 | 11.5 | 10.8 | −16.5 | −9.1 | −25.6 | ||
| Bonds and notes | −99.0 | 230.5 | 131.5 | −8.0 | 12.5 | 4.4 | −6.6 | −9.6 | −16.2 | ||
| Money market instruments | −13.0 | 34.8 | 21.8 | 7.4 | −1.0 | 6.4 | −10.0 | 0.5 | −9.4 | ||
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −3.3 | −0.8 | −5.1 | ||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −202.0 | 336.3 | 134.3 | −23.1 | 51.7 | 28.6 | −50.4 | 98.3 | 47.9 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.2 | −1.8 | −2.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | ||
| General government | −6.4 | 1.5 | −4.9 | −2.9 | −1.0 | −4.0 | 3.7 | −6.1 | −2.5 | ||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −128.7 | 275.6 | 147.0 | −1.3 | 44.4 | 43.1 | −53.7 | 103.1 | 49.4 | ||
| Long-term | −37.6 | 52.4 | 14.8 | −4.0 | 6.6 | 2.6 | −4.2 | −1.1 | −5.3 | ||
| Short-term | −91.1 | 223.3 | 132.2 | 2.7 | 37.8 | 40.5 | −49.5 | 104.2 | 54.7 | ||
| Other sectors | −57.5 | 51.7 | −5.8 | −15.9 | 5.0 | −10.9 | −1.0 | −0.1 | −1.1 | ||
| RESERVE ASSETS | 2.4 | ||||||||||
| Errors and omissions | 11.9 | ||||||||||