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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 June 2009 (revised) July 2009
July 2008 July 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 -42.2 2,779.7 2,821.9 -102.5 2,450.0 2,552.6 0.8 193.3 192.5 8.8 198.0 189.2
Goods 19.8 1,584.6 1,564.8 3.5 1,373.4 1,370.0 5.1 107.6 102.5 12.6 116.8 104.2
Services 49.8 505.4 455.6 29.4 482.0 452.6 3.4 39.3 36.0 4.0 42.3 38.4
Income -17.8 599.3 617.1 -39.4 511.3 550.7 -4.9 40.0 44.9 -1.1 34.6 35.7
Current transfers -93.9 90.5 184.4 -96.0 83.4 179.3 -2.9 6.3 9.2 -6.6 4.3 10.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 15.9 29.4 13.5 6.6 18.1 11.5 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.4 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 135.1 269.9 -7.4 -34.1
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -144.2 -440.0 295.9 -154.2 -290.9 136.8 -9.2 -15.4 6.2 5.3 -11.6 17.0
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -133.1 -298.3 164.5 -40.9 -177.7 137.4 0.8 -8.7 9.6 7.8 -2.2 10.0
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -10.4 -141.8 131.4 -113.8 -113.2 -0.6 -10.0 -6.7 -3.4 -2.4 -9.4 6.9
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 101.0 -295.2 396.2 547.0 284.8 262.2 44.9 -2.2 47.1 -23.0 -5.5 -17.5
Equity -16.1 -6.9 -9.2 2.9 119.0 -116.1 0.4 -4.8 5.3 18.9 -3.6 22.5
Debt instruments 117.0 -288.3 405.3 544.0 165.8 378.3 44.5 2.6 41.9 -41.9 -1.9 -40.0
Bonds and notes 146.3 -203.0 349.3 245.5 88.7 156.9 53.8 -1.3 55.1 -66.6 -6.2 -60.4
Money market instruments -29.3 -85.3 56.0 298.5 77.1 221.4 -9.4 3.9 -13.2 24.8 4.3 20.4
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -43.2 -735.2 692.0 392.8 -6.2 399.0 35.7 -17.6 53.3 -17.6 -17.1 -0.5
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -66.2 24.0 10.1 6.4
OTHER INVESTMENT 248.4 -495.2 743.6 -150.1 620.6 -770.7 -52.8 29.5 -82.3 -19.4 46.9 -66.3
Eurosystem 106.0 -6.3 112.3 43.8 11.4 32.3 -45.6 -5.3 -40.2 -13.5 2.2 -15.7
General government 5.6 6.3 -0.6 5.4 1.5 3.9 -4.4 -1.8 -2.6 4.3 4.5 -0.2
of which: currency and deposits 4.9 4.9 1.6 1.6 -1.2 -1.2 4.4 4.4
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 195.2 -220.3 415.4 -172.5 509.4 -681.9 4.4 56.9 -52.5 6.4 37.2 -30.8
Long-term -207.4 -216.1 8.7 -171.8 -79.5 -92.3 -21.5 -17.1 -4.4 -5.9 1.5 -7.4
Short-term 402.6 -4.2 406.8 -0.7 588.9 -589.6 25.9 74.0 -48.1 12.3 35.7 -23.4
Other sectors -58.4 -274.9 216.6 -26.7 98.3 -125.0 -7.2 -20.3 13.0 -16.6 3.1 -19.7
of which: currency and deposits 30.6 30.6 42.6 42.6 -4.9 -4.9 7.5 7.5
RESERVE ASSETS -4.0 -4.0 3.2 3.2 -0.3 -0.3 -3.5 -3.5
Errors and omissions -108.8 -174.0 6.4 24.7