Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2001 | 2002 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | January – July | July | January – July | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||||
| ( 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 | 153.2 | 153.4 | −0.2 | 1011.6 | 1032.2 | −20.6 | 148.6 | 146.0 | 2.6 | 980.3 | 968.4 | 11.9 | |
| Goods | 91.7 | 80.8 | 10.9 | 608.8 | 576.6 | 32.3 | 93.0 | 78.8 | 14.2 | 607.0 | 536.0 | 71.0 | |
| Services | 30.8 | 29.3 | 1.5 | 182.4 | 179.5 | 2.9 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 0.9 | 182.1 | 181.3 | 0.8 | |
| Income | 25.7 | 32.8 | −7.1 | 170.7 | 202.0 | −31.3 | 20.1 | 29.4 | −9.3 | 140.3 | 176.2 | −35.9 | |
| Current transfers | 5.1 | 10.5 | −5.4 | 49.7 | 74.2 | −24.5 | 5.8 | 9.0 | −3.2 | 50.9 | 74.9 | −24.0 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 7.1 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −20.3 | −1.7 | −11.2 | −72.6 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −15.8 | 14.2 | −1.5 | −161.7 | 67.9 | −93.9 | −9.3 | 5.7 | −3.6 | −88.3 | 65.2 | −23.1 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −16.3 | 10.7 | −5.6 | −102.0 | 55.9 | −46.1 | −12.2 | 2.2 | −10.0 | −63.4 | 33.0 | −30.4 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | 0.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | −59.8 | 12.0 | −47.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 6.4 | −24.9 | 32.2 | 7.3 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −14.9 | 18.2 | 3.2 | −173.4 | 163.8 | −9.5 | −15.9 | 30.1 | 14.2 | −129.9 | 147.0 | 17.1 | |
| Equity | −10.2 | 15.4 | 5.1 | −81.8 | 142.8 | 61.0 | −7.2 | 3.0 | −4.2 | −54.2 | 60.9 | 6.6 | |
| Debt instruments | −4.7 | 2.8 | −1.9 | −91.5 | 21.0 | −70.5 | −8.7 | 27.1 | 18.4 | −75.6 | 86.2 | 10.5 | |
| Bonds and notes | −9.1 | 2.4 | −6.6 | −92.9 | 25.4 | −67.5 | −3.0 | 17.8 | 14.8 | −42.1 | 66.7 | 24.5 | |
| Money market instruments | 4.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 1.4 | −4.4 | −3.0 | −5.7 | 9.3 | 3.6 | −33.5 | 19.5 | −14.0 | |
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −30.7 | 32.4 | 1.7 | −335.1 | 231.7 | −103.4 | −25.2 | 35.8 | 10.6 | −218.2 | 212.2 | −6.0 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −7.4 | −8.8 | −7.0 | −7.6 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 46.3 | −60.9 | −14.5 | −81.6 | 180.0 | 98.4 | −3.5 | −8.7 | −12.3 | −62.3 | 2.0 | −60.4 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.7 | −0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | −0.6 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
| General government | −1.6 | 0.8 | −0.8 | 0.4 | −4.6 | −4.2 | −0.4 | −1.2 | −1.6 | −2.6 | −8.0 | −10.6 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 46.0 | −67.3 | −21.3 | −77.0 | 185.3 | 108.3 | 11.1 | −3.8 | 7.3 | −30.1 | 10.7 | −19.4 | |
| Long-term | −2.0 | 1.9 | −0.2 | −19.7 | 20.7 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 10.0 | −2.1 | 37.8 | 35.7 | |
| Short-term | 48.0 | −69.2 | −21.1 | −57.3 | 164.6 | 107.3 | 6.5 | −9.2 | −2.8 | −28.0 | −27.1 | −55.1 | |
| Other sectors | 1.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 | −5.8 | −1.9 | −7.7 | −14.6 | −6.4 | −21.0 | −29.0 | −1.1 | −30.1 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | −2.5 | −2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||||
| Errors and omissions | 20.0 | 15.4 | 8.1 | 53.7 | |||||||||