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  |  
     2012  |  
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 2011 | Dec. 2012 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT  |  
     8.9  |  
     116.1  |  
     6.0  |  
     6.5  |  
     9.1  |  
     7.2  |  
     9.8  |  
     9.6  |  
     9.9  |  
     10.9  |  
     9.4  |  
     8.0  |  
     15.9  |  
     13.9  |  
    |
Memo: as a percentage of GDP  |  
     0.1  |  
     1.2  |  
     |||||||||||||
Credit  |  
     2,971.1  |  
     3,130.0  |  
     255.9  |  
     255.3  |  
     258.4  |  
     260.0  |  
     262.5  |  
     264.5  |  
     259.5  |  
     266.3  |  
     267.4  |  
     258.1  |  
     259.1  |  
     263.0  |  
    |
Debit  |  
     2,962.2  |  
     3,013.9  |  
     249.9  |  
     248.8  |  
     249.3  |  
     252.8  |  
     252.7  |  
     254.9  |  
     249.6  |  
     255.4  |  
     257.9  |  
     250.1  |  
     243.2  |  
     249.2  |  
    |
Goods  |  
     5.1  |  
     107.4  |  
     6.4  |  
     6.7  |  
     6.7  |  
     7.7  |  
     8.8  |  
     8.5  |  
     6.8  |  
     10.0  |  
     9.0  |  
     10.2  |  
     13.0  |  
     13.7  |  
    |
Credit (exports)  |  
     1,772.5  |  
     1,913.2  |  
     155.1  |  
     155.6  |  
     156.4  |  
     159.0  |  
     160.8  |  
     160.5  |  
     156.5  |  
     164.5  |  
     162.9  |  
     158.8  |  
     160.6  |  
     162.4  |  
    |
Debit (imports)  |  
     1,767.4  |  
     1,805.8  |  
     148.7  |  
     148.9  |  
     149.7  |  
     151.4  |  
     152.0  |  
     152.0  |  
     149.7  |  
     154.6  |  
     153.9  |  
     148.7  |  
     147.6  |  
     148.7  |  
    |
Services  |  
     67.0  |  
     89.2  |  
     5.9  |  
     7.0  |  
     8.9  |  
     7.5  |  
     7.5  |  
     7.7  |  
     6.9  |  
     8.1  |  
     7.2  |  
     7.4  |  
     7.2  |  
     7.9  |  
    |
Credit (exports)  |  
     575.9  |  
     614.7  |  
     48.7  |  
     49.9  |  
     50.3  |  
     51.1  |  
     51.2  |  
     52.5  |  
     51.0  |  
     52.4  |  
     52.2  |  
     51.2  |  
     52.0  |  
     52.4  |  
    |
Debit (imports)  |  
     508.9  |  
     525.4  |  
     42.8  |  
     42.8  |  
     41.4  |  
     43.6  |  
     43.8  |  
     44.8  |  
     44.0  |  
     44.2  |  
     45.0  |  
     43.8  |  
     44.7  |  
     44.5  |  
    |
Income  |  
     43.6  |  
     28.2  |  
     3.0  |  
     2.7  |  
     2.6  |  
     1.3  |  
     3.0  |  
     2.4  |  
     5.1  |  
     1.9  |  
     2.9  |  
     -0.3  |  
     3.1  |  
     0.6  |  
    |
Credit  |  
     528.2  |  
     506.6  |  
     44.0  |  
     42.1  |  
     43.3  |  
     41.6  |  
     42.7  |  
     43.4  |  
     43.9  |  
     41.5  |  
     44.1  |  
     40.7  |  
     39.0  |  
     40.3  |  
    |
Debit  |  
     484.6  |  
     478.4  |  
     41.0  |  
     39.4  |  
     40.7  |  
     40.3  |  
     39.6  |  
     41.0  |  
     38.8  |  
     39.6  |  
     41.3  |  
     41.0  |  
     35.9  |  
     39.6  |  
    |
Current transfers  |  
     -106.8  |  
     -108.7  |  
     -9.2  |  
     -9.9  |  
     -9.1  |  
     -9.2  |  
     -9.5  |  
     -9.0  |  
     -8.9  |  
     -9.1  |  
     -9.6  |  
     -9.2  |  
     -7.5  |  
     -8.4  |  
    |
Credit  |  
     94.6  |  
     95.5  |  
     8.2  |  
     7.8  |  
     8.4  |  
     8.3  |  
     7.8  |  
     8.1  |  
     8.1  |  
     7.9  |  
     8.1  |  
     7.4  |  
     7.5  |  
     7.9  |  
    |
Debit  |  
     201.3  |  
     204.3  |  
     17.4  |  
     17.6  |  
     17.5  |  
     17.5  |  
     17.4  |  
     17.1  |  
     17.0  |  
     17.0  |  
     17.8  |  
     16.6  |  
     15.0  |  
     16.3  |  
    |