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Table 4: Revisions of the euro area balance of payments and international investment position (difference vis-à-vis previously published data)

(EUR billions)

2007 2008 2009
Transactions
Source: ECB.
Current account -2.8 19.9 6.2
credit 5.1 -3.9 -10.8
debit 8.0 -23.8 -16.9
Goods -2.4 0.8 -1.3
credit (exports) 0.7 0.5 0.1
debit (imports) 3.1 -0.3 1.4
Services -2.7 0.7 2.3
credit (exports) -0.7 -4.6 -0.8
debit (imports) 2.0 -5.2 -3.1
Income 3.4 18.3 9.5
credit 5.3 -0.0 -10.1
debit 1.9 -18.3 -19.7
Current transfers -1.1 0.1 -4.3
credit -0.1 0.2 0.1
debit 1.0 0.1 4.5
Capital account -0.4 -0.0 -0.1
credit -0.1 0.2 0.7
debit 0.3 0.2 0.8
Financial account balance 8.0 -46.4 -11.9
Direct investment -16.4 -41.6 4.5
Abroad -35.0 -9.9 1.6
In the euro area 18.5 -31.7 2.9
Portfolio investment -24.4 -40.3 -43.9
Assets -0.5 4.8 -10.4
Liabilities -23.9 -45.0 -33.5
Financial derivatives -3.1 -12.5 9.4
Other investment 52.0 48.0 18.0
Assets 42.6 74.6 33.2
Liabilities 9.4 -26.6 -15.3
Reserve assets 0.0 0.1
Errors and omissions -4.8 26.5 5.9
Outstanding amounts
Net international investment position -26.9 -6.7 -59.3
Direct investment 67.7 47.2 37.6
Portfolio investment 13.9 100.4 49.8
Financial derivatives -2.9 6.4 0.2
Other investment -105.5 -160.8 -146.9
Reserve assets 0.0 0.0 0.0