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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending September 2009 (revised) October 2009
October 2008 October 2009
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 -118.7 2,777.4 2,896.1 -82.9 2,315.6 2,398.5 -4.7 191.9 196.6 -3.9 195.2 199.1
Goods -4.5 1,600.0 1,604.5 20.8 1,298.2 1,277.4 1.9 111.9 110.0 7.5 118.4 110.9
Services 41.6 511.6 470.0 27.7 470.1 442.4 3.8 41.4 37.7 2.8 40.0 37.1
Income -59.9 576.8 636.7 -37.1 461.2 498.3 -3.1 34.2 37.2 0.4 32.8 32.4
Current transfers -95.9 88.9 184.8 -94.3 86.0 180.3 -7.3 4.4 11.8 -14.6 4.0 18.6
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 2.5 26.6 24.1 6.9 18.0 11.0 0.1 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.1 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 154.0 104.3 10.4 14.4
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -137.4 -384.6 247.2 -132.1 -319.3 187.2 -26.2 -31.7 5.5 -1.5 -27.3 25.7
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -104.0 -248.4 145.1 -14.0 -189.4 175.7 -2.3 -7.3 5.0 -7.9 -24.3 16.4
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -34.2 -136.2 102.1 -118.5 -130.0 11.5 -23.9 -24.4 0.5 6.4 -2.9 9.3
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 311.0 -48.5 359.5 395.4 23.9 371.5 53.5 9.5 44.0 19.2 -15.1 34.3
Equity -16.7 86.0 -102.7 57.1 20.6 36.5 -4.3 -0.2 -4.1 -29.3 -8.2 -21.2
Debt instruments 327.8 -134.5 462.2 338.3 3.3 335.0 57.8 9.7 48.1 48.5 -6.9 55.5
Bonds and notes 133.8 -156.2 290.0 220.9 60.5 160.3 33.2 6.6 26.6 27.6 -5.9 33.5
Money market instruments 193.9 21.7 172.3 117.4 -57.3 174.7 24.7 3.1 21.6 20.9 -1.0 22.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 173.6 -433.1 606.7 263.3 -295.5 558.8 27.3 -22.2 49.5 17.7 -42.3 60.0
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -71.3 1.9 -1.6 0.8
OTHER INVESTMENT 58.4 -341.3 399.7 -170.7 725.1 -895.8 -17.9 26.9 -44.8 -3.5 -40.0 36.4
Eurosystem 337.6 8.7 328.9 -241.4 4.5 -245.9 -19.2 1.8 -21.0 -10.2 -1.9 -8.3
General government -0.1 0.9 -1.0 5.7 2.5 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.4 6.2 0.3 5.9
of which: currency and deposits -1.1 -1.1 3.1 3.1 1.8 1.8 0.5 0.5
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -159.6 -160.3 0.7 167.7 644.2 -476.6 17.2 23.2 -6.0 4.2 -13.6 17.8
Long-term -234.8 -213.7 -21.1 -36.5 44.3 -80.8 16.3 11.7 4.5 13.3 22.8 -9.5
Short-term 75.1 53.4 21.7 204.2 599.9 -395.7 0.9 11.4 -10.6 -9.1 -36.4 27.3
Other sectors -119.5 -190.6 71.1 -102.7 73.9 -176.5 -19.0 0.1 -19.1 -3.8 -24.8 21.0
of which: currency and deposits 29.8 29.8 26.3 26.3 6.2 6.2 -3.7 -3.7
RESERVE ASSETS -6.7 -6.7 9.8 9.8 2.6 2.6 -0.6 -0.6
Errors and omissions -37.8 -28.3 -5.8 -10.8