Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
| Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending |
2010 |
2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2010 | Aug. 2011 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-24.2 |
-54.9 |
-2.2 |
-3.1 |
-6.8 |
-7.6 |
-3.5 |
-5.1 |
-1.6 |
-5.6 |
-4.3 |
-3.2 |
-6.8 |
-5.0 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.3 |
-0.6 |
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Credit |
2,467.7 |
2,785.9 |
219.6 |
223.9 |
225.7 |
223.5 |
233.7 |
235.6 |
238.0 |
236.7 |
238.4 |
237.1 |
235.7 |
238.0 |
|
Debit |
2,491.8 |
2,840.8 |
221.8 |
227.0 |
232.5 |
231.1 |
237.2 |
240.7 |
239.6 |
242.3 |
242.7 |
240.2 |
242.5 |
243.0 |
|
Goods |
26.7 |
-2.2 |
5.3 |
2.1 |
-1.3 |
-1.7 |
-0.8 |
-1.3 |
0.7 |
-5.2 |
1.3 |
-0.6 |
-1.1 |
0.4 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,459.1 |
1,706.3 |
133.7 |
136.4 |
136.9 |
135.3 |
143.1 |
145.0 |
146.3 |
145.7 |
146.3 |
144.3 |
145.9 |
147.4 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,432.5 |
1,708.5 |
128.4 |
134.3 |
138.2 |
137.1 |
143.8 |
146.3 |
145.6 |
150.9 |
145.0 |
144.9 |
147.1 |
147.0 |
|
Services |
39.5 |
49.0 |
4.1 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
2.9 |
5.0 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
|
Credit (exports) |
498.7 |
529.4 |
43.6 |
43.1 |
45.2 |
43.5 |
45.1 |
44.2 |
44.3 |
43.8 |
44.1 |
44.9 |
43.7 |
43.9 |
|
Debit (imports) |
459.2 |
480.4 |
39.6 |
40.1 |
40.4 |
40.7 |
40.1 |
40.3 |
40.3 |
39.7 |
39.6 |
39.1 |
40.1 |
40.5 |
|
Income |
6.9 |
-2.2 |
-3.1 |
-0.7 |
-2.4 |
-0.4 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
-1.6 |
0.4 |
-0.9 |
-1.2 |
|
Credit |
421.0 |
458.1 |
34.6 |
36.3 |
36.0 |
37.0 |
38.0 |
38.7 |
40.0 |
39.4 |
40.6 |
40.5 |
38.4 |
38.6 |
|
Debit |
414.1 |
460.3 |
37.7 |
37.0 |
38.4 |
37.4 |
37.3 |
37.6 |
37.6 |
35.8 |
42.2 |
40.1 |
39.3 |
39.8 |
|
Current transfers |
-97.3 |
-99.5 |
-8.5 |
-7.5 |
-8.0 |
-8.3 |
-8.4 |
-8.8 |
-8.6 |
-8.2 |
-8.5 |
-8.7 |
-8.3 |
-7.6 |
|
Credit |
88.8 |
92.0 |
7.6 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
7.8 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
|
Debit |
186.1 |
191.5 |
16.1 |
15.5 |
15.6 |
15.9 |
16.0 |
16.5 |
16.1 |
15.9 |
16.0 |
16.1 |
16.0 |
15.7 |
|