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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

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

Twelve-month cumulated figures ending July 2005 (revised) August 2005
August 2004 August 2005
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 49.7 1,762.1 1,712.4 4.2 1,918.1 1,913.9 1.3 167.2 165.9 -2.9 160.0 163.0
Goods 117.3 1,097.1 979.7 70.3 1,178.3 1,108.1 9.9 103.5 93.7 1.1 97.3 96.1
Services 26.4 345.5 319.1 27.5 371.7 344.2 3.8 35.3 31.5 1.8 33.7 31.9
Income -38.9 238.6 277.5 -33.8 285.4 319.2 -6.8 23.3 30.0 -0.3 23.5 23.9
Current transfers -55.2 80.9 136.1 -59.8 82.6 142.4 -5.6 5.1 10.7 -5.6 5.6 11.1
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 18.0 24.3 6.2 13.8 22.6 8.8 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -3.3 57.6 -1.9 -1.4
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -54.3 -117.7 63.4 -169.3 -243.9 74.6 -81.2 -82.6 1.4 -15.7 -12.5 -3.2
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -25.8 -109.9 84.1 -150.0 -208.9 58.9 -71.2 -74.8 3.6 -7.7 -4.5 -3.2
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -28.4 -7.8 -20.7 -19.3 -35.0 15.7 -10.0 -7.8 -2.2 -8.0 -7.9 -0.0
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 24.9 -301.1 326.0 242.3 -349.9 592.2 75.3 -34.1 109.4 -16.1 -36.8 20.7
Equity 1.6 -96.8 98.4 200.2 -72.6 272.8 90.3 -14.7 105.0 20.2 -2.8 23.0
Debt instruments 23.3 -204.3 227.6 42.1 -277.3 319.4 -15.0 -19.4 4.4 -36.3 -34.0 -2.3
Bonds and notes 50.3 -132.4 182.7 20.3 -244.5 264.8 -16.5 -19.1 2.6 -31.6 -21.7 -9.9
Money market instruments -27.0 -71.9 44.9 21.7 -32.8 54.5 1.5 -0.3 1.8 -4.7 -12.4 7.7
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -29.4 -418.8 389.4 73.0 -593.8 666.8 -5.8 -116.7 110.8 -31.8 -49.3 17.5
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -2.6 -11.7 0.7 -6.2
OTHER INVESTMENT 4.7 -284.6 289.3 -15.8 -459.1 443.2 0.8 -40.4 41.2 36.6 29.0 7.5
Eurosystem 1.8 -1.1 3.0 10.1 -0.2 10.3 -1.1 -0.0 -1.1 1.3 0.2 1.0
General government -6.7 -1.1 -5.6 7.3 6.5 0.9 0.2 -0.6 0.8 6.9 6.3 0.6
of which: currency and deposits 2.9 2.9 -4.3 -4.3 8.6 8.6
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 15.0 -243.2 258.3 -3.6 -346.8 343.2 7.6 -34.4 42.0 25.2 24.8 0.4
long-term -12.1 -35.9 23.8 -19.9 -58.9 39.0 -6.9 -10.3 3.4 0.3 -3.8 4.1
short-term 27.1 -207.3 234.5 16.3 -287.9 304.2 14.5 -24.1 38.6 25.0 28.6 -3.6
Other sectors -5.5 -39.1 33.6 -29.6 -118.5 88.8 -6.0 -5.4 -0.5 3.2 -2.2 5.5
of which: currency and deposits -14.1 -14.1 -5.5 -5.5 -1.8 -1.8
RESERVE ASSETS 24.1 24.1 12.1 12.1 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -0.1
Errors and omissions -64.4 -75.6 -0.3 3.5