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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 March 2014 (revised) April 2014
April 2013 April 2014
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 173.5 3,241.3 3,067.9 244.5 3,251.5 3,007.0 21.6 272.5 250.9 18.7 266.8 248.1
Goods 125.5 1,935.9 1,810.4 171.2 1,937.6 1,766.4 19.3 167.1 147.8 15.7 161.6 146.0
Services 97.3 641.5 544.2 120.6 672.6 552.0 7.4 53.0 45.5 9.4 53.4 44.0
Income 62.7 564.7 502.0 72.2 541.0 468.8 7.6 45.9 38.4 4.4 45.9 41.4
Current transfers -112.1 99.3 211.3 -119.4 100.4 219.8 -12.6 6.5 19.2 -10.8 5.9 16.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 16.9 32.9 16.0 23.0 33.7 10.7 1.9 3.0 1.1 1.2 2.1 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -220.6 -262.5 -23.2 -20.8
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -96.7 -342.3 245.6 -11.7 -242.2 230.5 -22.7 -0.3 -22.4 -18.6 -15.3 -3.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -22.9 -235.3 212.6 19.2 -210.5 230.1 -15.7 6.9 -22.6 -5.6 -7.3 1.8
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -74.2 -106.9 32.9 -31.3 -31.7 0.4 -7.0 -7.2 0.2 -13.0 -8.0 -5.0
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 161.4 -242.1 403.5 66.8 -219.1 285.9 -0.5 -13.6 13.1 -88.4 -74.9 -13.5
Equity 99.4 -120.1 219.5 117.0 -122.5 239.5 31.5 -6.1 37.6 -10.3 -33.1 22.8
Debt instruments 61.9 -122.1 184.0 -50.2 -96.5 46.4 -32.0 -7.5 -24.5 -78.1 -41.8 -36.2
Bonds and notes 20.8 -142.8 163.6 3.7 -80.0 83.7 -30.6 -13.6 -17.0 -31.3 -29.8 -1.5
Money market instruments 41.1 20.7 20.4 -53.9 -16.5 -37.3 -1.4 6.0 -7.5 -46.7 -12.0 -34.7
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 64.6 -584.4 649.1 55.1 -461.3 516.4 -23.2 -13.9 -9.3 -107.0 -90.2 -16.8
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 14.1 19.8 -1.3 2.9
OTHER INVESTMENT -289.7 7.5 -297.2 -330.5 -15.8 -314.7 1.7 23.0 -21.4 83.5 -44.6 128.1
Eurosystem 64.6 6.1 58.5 -66.3 10.9 -77.1 -6.9 3.5 -10.4 -3.9 -5.6 1.8
General government -21.6 -7.7 -13.9 3.5 3.5 0.0 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 1.6 2.1 -0.4
of which: currency and deposits -0.8 -0.8 -4.6 -4.6 -1.3 -1.3 1.6 1.6
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -286.1 84.6 -370.7 -269.6 -65.7 -203.9 3.0 20.5 -17.6 44.9 -48.8 93.7
Long-term 19.9 38.8 -18.9 28.1 109.2 -81.1 -11.5 -7.0 -4.4 0.3 0.9 -0.6
Short-term -306.0 45.8 -351.8 -297.7 -174.9 -122.8 14.4 27.6 -13.1 44.6 -49.7 94.3
Other sectors -46.7 -75.6 28.9 1.8 35.6 -33.7 6.6 0.1 6.5 40.9 7.8 33.1
of which: currency and deposits -24.8 -24.8 11.6 11.6 -10.5 -10.5 4.6 4.6
RESERVE ASSETS -9.6 -9.6 -6.9 -6.9 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3
Errors and omissions 30.2 -5.0 -0.3 0.9