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 |
2010 |
2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2010 | Feb. 2011 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-15.9 |
-49.6 |
-1.4 |
-3.2 |
-4.8 |
-3.1 |
-3.0 |
-3.1 |
-2.1 |
-2.4 |
-5.6 |
-8.0 |
-5.6 |
-7.2 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
-0.5 |
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Credit |
2,305.0 |
2,643.8 |
209.6 |
208.8 |
216.8 |
217.7 |
219.5 |
218.8 |
218.7 |
222.6 |
224.8 |
222.2 |
231.6 |
232.7 |
|
Debit |
2,320.9 |
2,693.4 |
211.0 |
212.0 |
221.7 |
220.8 |
222.5 |
222.0 |
220.8 |
225.0 |
230.4 |
230.1 |
237.2 |
239.9 |
|
Goods |
44.4 |
7.8 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
4.5 |
2.0 |
-1.0 |
-1.0 |
-1.8 |
-2.3 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,321.6 |
1,608.0 |
125.8 |
124.9 |
131.2 |
132.0 |
131.0 |
132.1 |
132.5 |
135.9 |
137.0 |
136.0 |
143.5 |
146.3 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,277.2 |
1,600.2 |
122.4 |
124.2 |
130.4 |
130.2 |
130.9 |
131.4 |
128.0 |
133.8 |
138.0 |
137.0 |
145.3 |
148.5 |
|
Services |
33.8 |
42.1 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
3.3 |
|
Credit (exports) |
474.2 |
519.4 |
42.3 |
42.2 |
42.9 |
43.7 |
43.2 |
42.9 |
43.6 |
42.9 |
45.1 |
42.9 |
44.8 |
43.0 |
|
Debit (imports) |
440.4 |
477.3 |
38.7 |
38.9 |
39.9 |
40.3 |
39.7 |
39.5 |
39.5 |
40.0 |
40.2 |
40.3 |
40.6 |
39.7 |
|
Income |
1.0 |
-3.6 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
-0.7 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
-2.6 |
-0.4 |
-1.9 |
-1.7 |
-0.6 |
-0.2 |
|
Credit |
417.8 |
425.2 |
35.3 |
35.3 |
35.1 |
35.4 |
37.2 |
36.1 |
34.7 |
35.4 |
34.8 |
35.4 |
35.1 |
35.4 |
|
Debit |
416.8 |
428.8 |
34.5 |
33.6 |
35.8 |
35.3 |
36.0 |
35.3 |
37.3 |
35.8 |
36.8 |
37.1 |
35.7 |
35.6 |
|
Current transfers |
-95.1 |
-95.9 |
-9.3 |
-8.8 |
-7.9 |
-8.4 |
-7.8 |
-8.0 |
-8.0 |
-6.9 |
-7.6 |
-7.8 |
-7.4 |
-8.0 |
|
Credit |
91.4 |
91.1 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
7.7 |
6.6 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
|
Debit |
186.5 |
187.0 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
15.5 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
15.7 |
16.0 |
15.4 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
16.0 |
|