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 | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 2011 | Dec. 2012 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 8.9 | 116.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 15.9 | 13.9 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 0.1 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,971.1 | 3,130.0 | 255.9 | 255.3 | 258.4 | 260.0 | 262.5 | 264.5 | 259.5 | 266.3 | 267.4 | 258.1 | 259.1 | 263.0 | |
| Debit | 2,962.2 | 3,013.9 | 249.9 | 248.8 | 249.3 | 252.8 | 252.7 | 254.9 | 249.6 | 255.4 | 257.9 | 250.1 | 243.2 | 249.2 | |
| Goods | 5.1 | 107.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 13.0 | 13.7 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,772.5 | 1,913.2 | 155.1 | 155.6 | 156.4 | 159.0 | 160.8 | 160.5 | 156.5 | 164.5 | 162.9 | 158.8 | 160.6 | 162.4 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,767.4 | 1,805.8 | 148.7 | 148.9 | 149.7 | 151.4 | 152.0 | 152.0 | 149.7 | 154.6 | 153.9 | 148.7 | 147.6 | 148.7 | |
| Services | 67.0 | 89.2 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.9 | |
| Credit (exports) | 575.9 | 614.7 | 48.7 | 49.9 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 51.2 | 52.5 | 51.0 | 52.4 | 52.2 | 51.2 | 52.0 | 52.4 | |
| Debit (imports) | 508.9 | 525.4 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 41.4 | 43.6 | 43.8 | 44.8 | 44.0 | 44.2 | 45.0 | 43.8 | 44.7 | 44.5 | |
| Income | 43.6 | 28.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | |
| Credit | 528.2 | 506.6 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 42.7 | 43.4 | 43.9 | 41.5 | 44.1 | 40.7 | 39.0 | 40.3 | |
| Debit | 484.6 | 478.4 | 41.0 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 40.3 | 39.6 | 41.0 | 38.8 | 39.6 | 41.3 | 41.0 | 35.9 | 39.6 | |
| Current transfers | -106.8 | -108.7 | -9.2 | -9.9 | -9.1 | -9.2 | -9.5 | -9.0 | -8.9 | -9.1 | -9.6 | -9.2 | -7.5 | -8.4 | |
| Credit | 94.6 | 95.5 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.9 | |
| Debit | 201.3 | 204.3 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 16.3 | |