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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 December 2008 (revised) January 2009
January 2008 January 2009
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 17.3 2,710.3 2,693.1 -70.4 2,737.9 2,808.2 0.7 221.8 221.2 -18.2 180.0 198.2
Goods 48.9 1,523.8 1,475.0 -5.2 1,556.1 1,561.3 0.6 115.1 114.5 -9.1 99.5 108.6
Services 55.8 493.6 437.8 50.2 498.1 447.9 3.4 41.5 38.1 2.6 35.1 32.5
Income 6.3 606.0 599.7 -23.9 595.9 619.8 0.6 49.5 48.9 -2.0 39.7 41.7
Current transfers -93.6 86.9 180.6 -91.4 87.9 179.3 -3.8 15.8 19.6 -9.8 5.7 15.5
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 14.3 26.1 11.8 11.6 24.7 13.1 0.9 2.4 1.4 0.5 1.7 1.2
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 8.8 258.7 6.9 54.2
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -148.1 -515.6 367.6 -236.7 -272.6 35.9 -15.9 -11.6 -4.3 -19.5 -31.1 11.6
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -141.8 -401.3 260.0 -128.8 -170.0 42.0 -2.3 -6.5 4.4 -16.4 -23.1 6.7
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -6.7 -114.3 107.6 -108.1 -102.6 -6.1 -13.9 -5.1 -8.8 -3.0 -8.0 5.0
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 167.9 -408.8 576.6 347.1 44.4 302.7 11.1 36.7 -25.6 -3.3 -19.5 16.1
Equity 28.8 -56.0 84.8 -28.5 104.4 -132.9 23.3 15.0 8.3 -51.7 -8.0 -43.8
Debt instruments 139.0 -352.8 491.8 375.6 -60.0 435.6 -12.2 21.7 -33.9 48.4 -11.5 59.9
Bonds and notes 198.1 -255.5 453.6 168.4 -91.2 259.5 -13.3 21.7 -35.0 20.8 -9.7 30.5
Money market instruments -59.1 -97.3 38.1 207.3 31.2 176.1 1.1 -0.0 1.1 27.6 -1.8 29.4
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 19.8 -924.4 944.2 110.5 -228.1 338.6 -4.8 25.1 -29.9 -22.8 -50.5 27.8
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -76.6 20.6 2.5 5.9
OTHER INVESTMENT 74.1 -958.4 1,032.5 120.8 210.3 -89.5 1.4 207.3 -205.9 65.7 52.2 13.5
Eurosystem 70.1 -23.6 93.7 227.0 15.7 211.3 14.6 3.2 11.4 -56.7 2.4 -59.2
General government 14.9 6.9 8.1 -4.2 -10.9 6.6 6.7 7.3 -0.6 -11.3 -13.4 2.1
of which: currency and deposits 4.7 4.7 -9.4 -9.4 7.2 7.2 -11.3 -11.3
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 39.4 -637.9 677.4 -16.8 275.0 -291.8 -19.5 169.8 -189.3 152.3 51.3 101.0
long-term -105.2 -192.8 87.6 -217.5 -180.4 -37.1 -12.5 1.9 -14.4 3.6 13.8 -10.3
short-term 144.6 -445.1 589.7 200.7 455.4 -254.8 -7.0 167.9 -174.9 148.7 37.5 111.2
Other sectors -50.4 -303.7 253.3 -85.2 -69.6 -15.6 -0.4 27.0 -27.4 -18.5 11.9 -30.4
of which: currency and deposits -3.6 -3.6 55.3 55.3 20.8 20.8 5.8 5.8
RESERVE ASSETS -8.5 -8.5 6.9 6.9 7.8 7.8 5.4 5.4
Errors and omissions -40.3 -199.9 -8.5 -36.4