Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area – non-seasonally adjusted data ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| August 2003 | July 2003 (revised) | Monthly average, previous six months | 12-month cumulated figures ending | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February – July 2003 | August 2003 | August 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) 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 | 126.7 | 121.7 | 5.0 | 147.9 | 145.9 | 2.0 | 137.7 | 137.3 | 0.4 | 1682.6 | 1648.7 | 33.9 | 1714.4 | 1667.0 | 47.3 |
| Goods | 77.1 | 66.5 | 10.6 | 91.7 | 76.4 | 15.3 | 85.9 | 76.7 | 9.3 | 1036.7 | 923.7 | 113.0 | 1043.9 | 922.4 | 121.5 |
| Services | 26.8 | 25.8 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 27.9 | 2.8 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 325.4 | 308.6 | 16.7 | 328.3 | 323.5 | 4.8 |
| Income | 17.4 | 18.4 | −1.0 | 19.6 | 29.6 | −10.1 | 19.3 | 24.4 | −5.1 | 235.0 | 278.0 | −43.0 | 260.6 | 290.3 | −29.7 |
| Current transfers | 5.4 | 11.1 | −5.7 | 5.9 | 12.0 | −6.1 | 6.0 | 11.2 | −5.3 | 85.6 | 138.5 | −52.8 | 81.5 | 130.8 | −49.3 |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 19.9 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 17.2 | 11.3 | 5.9 |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | |
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 3.3 | −6.1 | −10.1 | −124.2 | −90.9 | ||||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −5.8 | 4.1 | −1.7 | −7.6 | 4.4 | −3.2 | −9.9 | 10.5 | 0.6 | −138.9 | 126.1 | −12.8 | −227.4 | 203.2 | −24.2 |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −9.8 | 0.2 | −9.6 | −6.2 | 3.9 | −2.3 | −6.3 | 8.0 | 1.7 | −106.6 | 99.8 | −6.8 | −194.9 | 129.2 | −65.7 |
| Other capital (mostly inter−company loans) | 4.0 | 3.9 | 7.9 | −1.4 | 0.5 | −0.9 | −3.6 | 2.5 | −1.1 | −32.3 | 26.4 | −6.0 | −32.6 | 74.1 | 41.5 |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −12.0 | −25.9 | −37.9 | −29.5 | −6.1 | −35.6 | −25.7 | 28.1 | 2.4 | −217.5 | 256.0 | 38.4 | −215.6 | 317.0 | 101.5 |
| Equity | −0.3 | −6.0 | −6.3 | −8.1 | 13.1 | 5.0 | −5.3 | 5.6 | 0.3 | −24.7 | 56.4 | 31.6 | −58.3 | 161.8 | 103.5 |
| Debt instruments | −11.7 | −19.8 | −31.5 | −21.4 | −19.2 | −40.6 | −20.4 | 22.5 | 2.1 | −192.8 | 199.6 | 6.8 | −157.3 | 155.3 | −2.0 |
| Bonds and notes | −12.4 | −7.0 | −19.5 | −27.2 | −17.4 | −44.7 | −19.3 | 20.4 | 1.1 | −169.3 | 176.0 | 6.7 | −105.5 | 119.2 | 13.7 |
| Money market instruments | 0.7 | −12.8 | −12.0 | 5.8 | −1.8 | 4.0 | −1.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | −23.5 | 23.6 | 0.1 | −51.7 | 36.1 | −15.7 |
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −17.8 | −21.7 | −39.6 | −37.1 | −1.7 | −38.9 | −35.6 | 38.6 | 2.9 | −356.4 | 382.1 | 25.7 | −443.0 | 520.3 | 77.3 |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −2.3 | −2.7 | −1.1 | −12.2 | −14.0 | ||||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 75.7 | −30.9 | 44.8 | 34.8 | −0.9 | 33.8 | −31.7 | 17.5 | −14.3 | −289.9 | 141.5 | −148.4 | −183.8 | 25.2 | −158.6 |
| Eurosystem | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | −0.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | −0.7 | 15.4 | 14.6 |
| General government | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | −2.7 | 1.8 | −0.9 | −0.6 | 0.6 | −0.0 | −5.1 | −2.6 | −7.7 | 1.0 | −1.3 | −0.3 |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 72.0 | −32.2 | 39.8 | 43.7 | 2.7 | 46.4 | −21.3 | 14.7 | −6.6 | −200.7 | 99.8 | −100.9 | −130.9 | 3.1 | −127.8 |
| long−term | −2.8 | 1.8 | −1.1 | −5.1 | 7.5 | 2.4 | −4.7 | 4.7 | 0.1 | −61.3 | 50.5 | −10.8 | −24.3 | 33.1 | 8.8 |
| short−term | 74.8 | −34.0 | 40.9 | 48.8 | −4.8 | 43.9 | −16.7 | 10.0 | −6.7 | −139.3 | 49.3 | −90.1 | −106.7 | −30.0 | −136.6 |
| Other sectors | 3.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | −6.3 | −7.0 | −13.3 | −9.6 | 1.9 | −7.8 | −83.5 | 34.9 | −48.6 | −53.1 | 8.0 | −45.2 |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||||
| Errors and omissions | −10.0 | 3.4 | 9.2 | 80.5 | 37.7 | ||||||||||