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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 July 2013 (revised) August 2013
August 2012 August 2013
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 85.0 3,150.2 3,065.3 189.6 3,178.8 2,989.2 26.1 276.9 250.7 12.0 247.2 235.2
Goods 65.8 1,893.9 1,828.1 155.7 1,924.3 1,768.6 19.7 168.1 148.4 8.3 147.5 139.3
Services 87.6 617.6 530.1 95.7 638.0 542.3 11.4 58.5 47.1 7.5 54.3 46.8
Income 44.2 542.6 498.4 57.8 517.2 459.4 4.5 42.5 38.0 7.6 40.4 32.8
Current transfers -112.6 96.1 208.7 -119.5 99.3 218.9 -9.5 7.8 17.3 -11.4 4.9 16.3
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 3.1 27.6 24.5 18.7 31.9 13.3 2.3 3.1 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.7
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -57.4 -246.4 -29.6 -15.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) 26.6 -429.5 456.2 -117.9 -262.7 144.8 -2.9 -9.3 6.4 -7.8 -22.7 14.9
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -14.6 -329.8 315.3 35.5 -109.7 145.2 10.7 -3.5 14.3 -5.1 -11.6 6.5
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) 41.2 -99.7 140.9 -153.4 -153.0 -0.4 -13.6 -5.8 -7.9 -2.7 -11.1 8.4
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -44.8 -7.2 -37.6 135.4 -254.1 389.5 -41.5 -26.7 -14.8 20.1 6.5 13.6
Equity 83.4 62.5 20.9 126.9 -149.8 276.7 -2.9 -11.3 8.4 28.8 5.7 23.1
Debt instruments -128.2 -69.7 -58.5 8.5 -104.3 112.9 -38.6 -15.4 -23.2 -8.7 0.8 -9.5
Bonds and notes -22.9 -33.6 10.7 -47.3 -105.8 58.5 -53.5 -14.3 -39.3 -10.7 3.1 -13.9
Money market instruments -105.2 -36.1 -69.1 55.8 1.5 54.3 15.0 -1.1 16.1 2.1 -2.3 4.4
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -18.1 -436.7 418.6 17.5 -516.8 534.3 -44.4 -36.0 -8.4 12.3 -16.2 28.5
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -34.7 38.4 -0.7 6.9
OTHER INVESTMENT 12.6 -8.6 21.2 -297.6 192.6 -490.2 15.1 36.0 -20.8 -32.8 6.4 -39.2
Eurosystem 141.0 13.4 127.5 -58.0 9.4 -67.4 -8.6 -3.4 -5.2 0.1 2.3 -2.2
General government 25.3 -16.9 42.3 -2.4 8.5 -10.9 6.1 5.2 0.9 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1
of which: currency and deposits -16.9 -16.9 8.6 8.6 2.7 2.7 -0.9 -0.9
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -111.4 129.0 -240.4 -236.3 146.6 -382.9 9.5 34.1 -24.6 -35.2 -8.8 -26.4
Long-term -34.4 15.3 -49.8 40.7 105.3 -64.6 -3.4 22.2 -25.5 4.8 9.8 -5.0
Short-term -76.9 113.7 -190.6 -277.0 41.3 -318.3 12.9 11.9 0.9 -40.0 -18.6 -21.4
Other sectors -42.3 -134.2 91.8 -0.9 28.1 -29.0 8.1 0.1 8.0 3.0 13.4 -10.4
of which: currency and deposits -45.9 -45.9 -21.4 -21.4 -0.4 -0.4 -4.2 -4.2
RESERVE ASSETS -17.2 -17.2 -4.7 -4.7 0.3 0.3 -2.0 -2.0
Errors and omissions -30.7 38.1 1.2 2.2