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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending May 2011 (revised) June 2011
June 2010 June 2011
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 -16.7 2,408.9 2,425.5 -63.4 2,750.9 2,814.3 -18.7 243.8 262.5 -3.3 240.0 243.3
Goods 37.6 1,416.2 1,378.6 0.5 1,688.0 1,687.4 1.0 151.4 150.3 0.9 145.9 145.0
Services 38.1 490.4 452.3 45.7 529.1 483.4 4.7 44.8 40.1 6.0 46.5 40.5
Income 3.1 414.5 411.4 -7.7 443.9 451.6 -18.2 40.6 58.8 -2.3 42.1 44.5
Current transfers -95.5 87.7 183.2 -102.0 89.9 191.9 -6.2 7.1 13.3 -8.0 5.4 13.4
CAPITALACCOUNT 6.7 20.9 14.2 6.4 21.5 15.1 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.0
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 9.0 48.9 18.6 10.3
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -105.3 -276.8 171.5 -9.0 -118.4 109.4 -3.8 -8.1 4.3 5.6 6.7 -1.1
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 70.9 -155.2 227.2 -14.3 -92.5 78.9 0.8 -2.9 3.6 -4.9 -5.3 0.3
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -177.2 -121.6 -55.6 5.0 -25.9 30.5 -4.6 -5.2 0.6 10.5 12.0 -1.4
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 212.4 -137.9 350.3 341.6 -100.8 442.4 55.8 -11.9 67.6 88.3 23.3 65.0
Equity 45.4 -104.3 149.7 88.0 -58.9 147.0 -21.7 -8.0 -13.7 13.1 8.5 4.5
Debt instruments 167.0 -33.6 200.6 253.6 -41.8 295.4 77.4 -3.9 81.4 75.2 14.8 60.5
Bonds and notes 51.4 -98.8 150.2 139.4 -64.9 204.3 40.1 -9.4 49.5 63.9 3.1 60.8
Money market instruments 115.6 65.3 50.4 114.2 23.1 91.2 37.4 5.5 31.9 11.3 11.7 -0.3
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 107.1 -414.7 521.8 332.6 -219.1 551.8 51.9 -20.0 71.9 93.9 30.0 63.9
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 7.7 5.2 1.7 2.8
OTHER INVESTMENT -102.5 17.0 -119.5 -275.7 -222.0 -53.7 -31.8 -111.3 79.5 -87.9 85.9 -173.9
Eurosystem -52.4 11.7 -64.1 15.7 -15.8 31.6 6.9 1.5 5.3 0.7 -0.6 1.3
General government -7.6 -17.0 9.4 68.2 -24.2 92.4 12.9 2.1 10.8 1.5 -1.7 3.2
of which: currency and deposits 0.5 0.5 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.4 -2.5 -2.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -23.3 35.0 -58.2 -288.3 -107.2 -181.0 -30.3 -86.5 56.2 -78.8 91.9 -170.7
Long-term 27.9 9.0 18.9 79.5 43.2 36.3 -5.0 -7.6 2.6 -7.7 -2.6 -5.1
Short-term -51.2 26.0 -77.2 -367.8 -150.5 -217.3 -25.4 -78.9 53.5 -71.1 94.5 -165.6
Other sectors -19.2 -12.6 -6.6 -71.5 -74.8 3.4 -21.3 -28.4 7.2 -11.3 -3.7 -7.7
of which: currency and deposits 19.4 19.4 -10.2 -10.2 -3.5 -3.5 -0.8 -0.8
RESERVE ASSETS -3.3 -3.3 -13.2 -13.2 -3.1 -3.1 1.5 1.5
Errors and omissions 1.0 8.1 -0.4 -7.3