Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | January – March | February | January – March | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) As from January 2001 the data refer to the Euro 12, i.e. they include Greece. Data for 2000 have been re-calculated to take into account the new composition of the euro area and are comparable with Euro 12 figures. | |||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (-). Reserve assets: increase (-); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||
| ( 3 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 132.3 | 132.4 | −0.0 | 360.5 | 372.0 | −11.5 | 142.8 | 145.5 | −2.8 | 413.9 | 423.2 | −9.2 | |
| Goods | 82.7 | 79.4 | 3.3 | 218.4 | 215.2 | 3.1 | 91.6 | 86.3 | 5.3 | 252.6 | 245.9 | 6.7 | |
| Services | 22.9 | 23.2 | −0.3 | 61.2 | 65.1 | −3.9 | 21.6 | 24.4 | −2.8 | 63.7 | 70.1 | −6.3 | |
| Income | 20.9 | 21.3 | −0.4 | 54.6 | 61.1 | −6.6 | 24.0 | 24.7 | −0.7 | 69.5 | 76.4 | −6.9 | |
| Current transfers | 5.8 | 8.5 | −2.7 | 26.4 | 30.6 | −4.2 | 5.6 | 10.1 | −4.6 | 28.1 | 30.8 | −2.7 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 3.5 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 20.6 | 18.0 | |||||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −36.2 | 37.3 | 1.1 | −63.6 | 211.1 | 147.5 | −29.5 | −12.8 | −42.3 | −59.6 | 12.1 | −47.5 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −13.1 | 24.7 | 11.6 | −33.5 | 191.2 | 157.7 | −11.3 | 6.6 | −4.7 | −28.0 | 26.7 | −1.4 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −23.1 | 12.6 | −10.5 | −30.1 | 19.9 | −10.2 | −18.1 | −19.4 | −37.5 | −31.6 | −14.5 | −46.1 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −42.2 | 7.7 | −34.4 | −150.3 | −40.1 | −190.4 | −14.8 | 20.8 | 6.1 | −78.4 | 39.9 | −38.5 | |
| Equity | −26.6 | −20.6 | −47.2 | −117.0 | −106.6 | −223.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 10.9 | −23.1 | 16.6 | −6.5 | |
| Debt instruments | −15.6 | 28.4 | 12.8 | −33.3 | 66.5 | 33.2 | −20.5 | 15.6 | −4.8 | −55.3 | 23.3 | −32.0 | |
| Bonds and notes | −13.1 | 21.3 | 8.2 | −35.5 | 46.5 | 11.0 | −15.5 | 16.7 | 1.2 | −38.8 | 24.3 | −14.5 | |
| Money market instruments | −2.5 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 20.0 | 22.2 | −4.9 | −1.1 | −6.0 | −16.5 | −1.0 | −17.5 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 | −2.2 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −26.1 | 87.7 | 61.6 | −77.0 | 168.6 | 91.6 | −87.8 | 138.1 | 50.3 | −145.0 | 240.1 | 95.1 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | −3.5 | −3.5 | 0.0 | −4.9 | −4.9 | 0.2 | −1.4 | −1.2 | 1.2 | −2.1 | −1.0 | |
| General government | −0.4 | −1.4 | −1.8 | −6.0 | −2.9 | −8.9 | −1.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | −8.8 | −5.9 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −9.0 | 91.6 | 82.6 | −28.0 | 161.8 | 133.8 | −82.5 | 142.2 | 59.8 | −136.9 | 255.1 | 118.1 | |
| Long-term | −1.6 | 6.1 | 4.5 | −10.5 | 21.1 | 10.7 | −2.3 | −0.9 | −3.3 | −10.0 | 2.6 | −7.4 | |
| Short-term | −7.4 | 85.5 | 78.0 | −17.5 | 140.6 | 123.1 | −80.1 | 143.1 | 63.0 | −126.9 | 252.4 | 125.5 | |
| Other sectors | −16.6 | 1.0 | −15.6 | −43.0 | 14.7 | −28.3 | −4.4 | −4.2 | −8.6 | −12.1 | −4.1 | −16.2 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 2.6 | 11.1 | |||||||||||
| Errors and omissions | −18.3 | −12.2 | |||||||||||