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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

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

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending November 2006 (revised) December 2006
December 2005 December 2006
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 -8.2 2,048.4 2,056.7 -16.8 2,317.1 2,333.9 4.5 206.8 202.3 5.0 212.7 207.7
Goods 48.2 1,224.3 1,176.1 28.4 1,387.8 1,359.4 7.7 129.5 121.8 3.4 117.4 114.1
Services 36.0 400.3 364.3 36.3 427.5 391.2 2.3 34.5 32.3 2.7 37.7 35.0
Income -22.2 338.9 361.1 -7.7 418.9 426.6 1.9 37.5 35.6 3.0 47.2 44.2
Current transfers -70.2 85.1 155.2 -73.8 82.8 156.6 -7.3 5.2 12.5 -4.1 10.4 14.4
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 11.9 23.8 11.9 10.7 22.8 12.1 1.0 1.8 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.0
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 37.4 109.0 -18.7 -34.4
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -202.3 -294.0 91.7 -145.9 -297.9 152.0 -13.0 -12.1 -0.9 -28.3 -36.9 8.6
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -174.7 -234.5 59.8 -123.9 -243.5 119.5 -19.1 -14.1 -5.0 -19.9 -26.3 6.4
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -27.6 -59.5 31.9 -21.9 -54.4 32.5 6.2 2.0 4.1 -8.4 -10.5 2.2
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 156.9 -406.1 563.0 255.1 -470.3 725.4 45.5 -46.6 92.0 39.6 -17.0 56.6
Equity 148.2 -134.6 282.8 175.9 -127.7 303.6 21.2 -8.1 29.3 29.0 -3.9 32.9
Debt instruments 8.7 -271.4 280.2 79.2 -342.5 421.7 24.3 -38.5 62.8 10.7 -13.1 23.7
Bonds and notes -14.7 -257.2 242.5 134.8 -287.7 422.4 16.0 -35.1 51.0 46.9 -8.3 55.3
Money market instruments 23.5 -14.2 37.7 -55.5 -54.8 -0.7 8.3 -3.4 11.7 -36.3 -4.7 -31.6
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -45.4 -700.1 654.7 109.2 -768.1 877.4 32.5 -58.7 91.2 11.3 -53.8 65.2
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -10.7 -5.7 -4.1 -4.8
OTHER INVESTMENT 75.5 -569.6 645.1 9.2 -774.2 783.3 -46.2 -155.0 108.8 -36.4 -30.9 -5.5
Eurosystem 6.1 -0.6 6.7 16.5 -2.2 18.7 3.8 0.6 3.2 2.3 -0.2 2.5
General government 2.8 5.2 -2.4 3.3 3.4 -0.1 -2.4 -3.9 1.6 -1.9 0.7 -2.6
of which: currency and deposits -2.4 -2.4 -2.8 -2.8 -4.4 -4.4 5.4 5.4
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 81.6 -397.7 479.4 -50.2 -549.0 498.8 -42.0 -116.0 74.0 -71.5 -35.2 -36.3
long-term -46.9 -98.6 51.7 -101.2 -152.6 51.4 -2.2 -14.2 12.0 -43.2 -29.1 -14.1
short-term 128.6 -299.1 427.7 51.1 -396.4 447.5 -39.8 -101.7 61.9 -28.3 -6.2 -22.1
Other sectors -15.0 -176.5 161.5 39.6 -226.3 265.9 -5.6 -35.7 30.1 34.6 3.7 30.8
of which: currency and deposits -6.6 -6.6 21.2 21.2 -7.3 -7.3 13.7 13.7
RESERVE ASSETS 18.0 18.0 -3.7 -3.7 -0.8 -0.8 -4.4 -4.4
Errors and omissions -41.1 -103.0 13.1 25.3