Table 3: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 Q3 | 2001 Q2 | 2001 Q3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 403.3 | 418.5 | −15.2 | 435.1 | 444.9 | −9.9 | 420.6 | 415.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Goods | 244.1 | 238.0 | 6.2 | 262.7 | 246.8 | 15.9 | 252.6 | 229.2 | 23.4 | ||
| Services | 80.3 | 78.0 | 2.2 | 83.0 | 76.5 | 6.5 | 85.3 | 82.5 | 2.9 | ||
| Income | 65.8 | 75.6 | −9.8 | 74.4 | 89.5 | −15.1 | 68.3 | 76.7 | −8.4 | ||
| Compensation of employees | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| Investment income | 62.4 | 74.0 | −11.6 | 71.0 | 88.0 | −17.0 | 65.0 | 75.1 | −10.1 | ||
| Direct investment | 14.2 | 15.3 | −1.1 | 18.8 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 14.7 | 15.9 | −1.2 | ||
| Income on equity | 11.8 | 13.3 | −1.4 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 12.4 | 14.1 | −1.7 | ||
| Income on debt | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | ||
| Portfolio investment | 18.8 | 28.5 | −9.7 | 21.5 | 39.4 | −17.8 | 22.0 | 28.2 | −6.1 | ||
| Income on equity | 3.4 | 7.6 | −4.2 | 5.3 | 17.1 | −11.8 | 3.6 | 8.3 | −4.7 | ||
| Income on debt | 15.4 | 20.9 | −5.5 | 16.2 | 22.3 | −6.1 | 18.5 | 19.9 | −1.4 | ||
| Other investment | 29.4 | 30.2 | −0.8 | 30.7 | 33.3 | −2.6 | 28.3 | 31.1 | −2.8 | ||
| Current transfers | 13.2 | 26.9 | −13.7 | 15.0 | 32.2 | −17.2 | 14.3 | 27.0 | −12.7 | ||
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | ||
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | |||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −6.2 | −12.0 | −67.1 | ||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −126.6 | 37.8 | −88.8 | −80.6 | 28.9 | −51.7 | −37.8 | 22.6 | −15.3 | ||
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −119.6 | 28.7 | −90.9 | −59.2 | 16.4 | −42.8 | −25.9 | 18.5 | −7.3 | ||
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −7.0 | 9.1 | 2.1 | −21.4 | 12.4 | −8.9 | −12.0 | 4.0 | −7.9 | ||
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −95.5 | 99.9 | 4.5 | −75.5 | 101.3 | 25.7 | −8.4 | 62.0 | 53.6 | ||
| Equity | −57.0 | 40.3 | −16.7 | −42.5 | 108.7 | 66.2 | 0.7 | 48.3 | 49.1 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.1 | −0.0 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.4 | −0.7 | −0.4 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −2.4 | 6.3 | −1.1 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −54.1 | −48.0 | 2.3 | ||||||||
| Debt instruments | −38.4 | 59.6 | 21.2 | −33.0 | −7.5 | −40.5 | −9.1 | 13.6 | 4.5 | ||
| Bonds and notes | −32.2 | 70.8 | 38.5 | −46.6 | −1.6 | −48.2 | −12.3 | 30.4 | 18.1 | ||
| Eurosystem | −2.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.4 | 0.0 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −11.6 | −22.3 | 2.1 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −18.0 | −25.0 | −15.2 | ||||||||
| Money market instruments | −6.2 | −11.1 | −17.3 | 13.6 | −5.9 | 7.7 | 3.2 | −16.7 | −13.5 | ||
| Eurosystem | 0.5 | −0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| General government | −1.4 | −0.1 | −0.6 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −7.5 | 2.1 | −12.2 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | 2.2 | 12.3 | 15.9 | ||||||||
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −0.3 | 0.7 | −12.3 | ||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −32.1 | 107.1 | 75.0 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 10.8 | −71.6 | −24.0 | −95.6 | ||
| Eurosystem | 0.2 | −1.8 | −1.6 | −0.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | −0.9 | 0.0 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 0.2 | −1.8 | −1.6 | −0.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | −0.9 | 0.0 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | ||
| General government | −5.4 | 1.3 | −4.1 | −0.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | −0.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Trade credits | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | −5.1 | 1.2 | −3.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.6 | −0.0 | 0.6 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −0.3 | 0.1 | −0.2 | −0.4 | 0.1 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.0 | −0.3 | ||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −17.6 | 73.8 | 56.2 | 12.0 | −9.1 | 2.9 | −61.5 | −29.2 | −90.6 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | −16.2 | 73.8 | 57.6 | 15.4 | −11.9 | 3.5 | −60.6 | −31.0 | −91.6 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −1.4 | 0.0 | −1.4 | −3.4 | 2.8 | −0.6 | −0.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | ||
| Other sectors | −9.3 | 33.8 | 24.5 | −2.7 | 4.7 | 1.9 | −11.4 | 6.2 | −5.3 | ||
| Trade credits | −4.3 | 3.0 | −1.3 | −3.7 | 1.8 | −1.9 | −1.3 | −2.2 | −3.6 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | −4.0 | 30.7 | 26.7 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | −8.4 | 7.3 | −1.1 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −0.9 | 0.0 | −0.9 | −1.2 | −1.0 | −2.1 | −1.7 | 1.1 | −0.6 | ||
| RESERVE ASSETS | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||
| Monetary gold | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Special drawing rights | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.6 | −0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Reserve position in the IMF | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −4.5 | −4.5 | |||||
| Foreign exchange | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |||||
| Currency and deposits | 4.8 | 4.8 | −0.5 | −0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| with monetary authorities and the BIS | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.9 | −0.9 | |||||
| with banks | 2.3 | 2.3 | −0.8 | −0.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| Securities | −2.2 | −2.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||||
| Equity | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | −5.7 | −5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 3.5 | 3.5 | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.4 | −0.4 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | −0.1 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Other claims | 0.8 | 0.8 | −1.1 | −1.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |||||
| ERRORS AND OMISSIONS | 19.8 | 18.4 | 60.8 | ||||||||