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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 December 2012 (revised) January 2013
January 2012 January 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 16.5 2,993.6 2,977.1 119.9 3,137.1 3,017.2 29.0 267.7 238.7 -4.5 246.6 251.1
Goods 15.4 1,790.9 1,775.5 111.5 1,919.9 1,808.4 14.9 148.5 133.6 -2.2 150.7 152.9
Services 66.6 577.6 511.0 91.4 617.9 526.5 9.6 55.5 45.9 4.9 47.6 42.8
Income 41.9 529.9 488.0 30.7 502.9 472.3 5.7 47.5 41.8 5.0 37.3 32.4
Current transfers -107.4 95.3 202.7 -113.7 96.4 210.1 -1.3 16.1 17.4 -12.1 11.0 23.1
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 11.3 24.8 13.5 11.5 26.0 14.5 1.2 3.1 1.9 0.7 1.5 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -40.6 -168.7 -39.4 -3.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -190.2 -437.7 247.5 -58.5 -188.5 130.0 -6.7 5.1 -11.8 -9.1 -12.1 2.9
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -68.3 -379.4 311.1 -32.3 -154.6 122.3 10.6 7.0 3.5 -11.7 -16.7 5.0
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -121.9 -58.3 -63.5 -26.2 -33.9 7.7 -17.3 -2.0 -15.3 2.5 4.6 -2.1
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 279.2 70.7 208.5 141.2 -190.6 331.8 -5.4 -45.6 40.1 31.0 -24.4 55.4
Equity 178.1 70.2 107.9 88.6 -65.9 154.5 -3.4 -39.5 36.1 5.7 -19.5 25.2
Debt instruments 101.1 0.5 100.6 52.6 -124.7 177.2 -2.0 -6.0 4.0 25.3 -5.0 30.3
Bonds and notes 160.6 26.7 133.9 76.3 -115.3 191.6 -3.0 -6.2 3.2 12.7 -3.8 16.5
Money market instruments -59.6 -26.3 -33.3 -23.7 -9.3 -14.4 0.9 0.1 0.8 12.6 -1.2 13.8
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 89.0 -367.0 456.0 82.7 -379.1 461.8 -12.2 -40.5 28.3 21.8 -36.5 58.4
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -11.7 12.6 1.9 6.4
OTHER INVESTMENT -112.5 -108.1 -4.4 -246.5 -33.1 -213.4 -29.9 131.3 -161.3 -27.1 -57.0 29.9
Eurosystem 92.7 1.0 91.6 29.5 -7.1 36.6 7.2 -3.1 10.3 -20.7 1.4 -22.1
General government 61.2 -6.2 67.4 3.4 3.3 0.1 -13.6 -1.8 -11.8 10.7 8.7 2.0
of which: currency and deposits -15.0 -15.0 8.0 8.0 -0.5 -0.5 5.9 5.9
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -243.4 4.9 -248.3 -232.7 64.6 -297.3 -24.9 102.4 -127.3 -26.8 -61.3 34.6
Long-term -23.2 -8.9 -14.3 -7.8 28.0 -35.8 12.2 11.5 0.7 -3.9 -2.4 -1.5
Short-term -220.2 13.8 -234.0 -224.9 36.5 -261.4 -37.1 90.9 -128.0 -22.9 -58.9 36.0
Other sectors -22.9 -107.8 84.9 -46.7 -93.8 47.1 1.4 33.9 -32.5 9.7 -5.7 15.4
of which: currency and deposits -48.3 -48.3 -49.7 -49.7 14.9 14.9 -3.8 -3.8
RESERVE ASSETS -5.4 -5.4 -17.4 -17.4 0.7 0.7 -4.7 -4.7
Errors and omissions 12.8 37.2 9.3 7.3