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 |
2011 |
2012 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2011 | Aug. 2012 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-21.6 |
72.4 |
-0.0 |
-2.5 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
1.6 |
13.5 |
7.2 |
8.9 |
15.2 |
8.1 |
8.8 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
0.8 |
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Credit |
2,845.1 |
3,088.8 |
246.7 |
249.1 |
254.5 |
253.3 |
255.3 |
255.5 |
260.5 |
261.0 |
264.8 |
265.7 |
255.7 |
266.7 |
|
Debit |
2,866.7 |
3,016.4 |
246.7 |
251.6 |
249.8 |
249.8 |
251.9 |
253.9 |
247.0 |
253.8 |
255.9 |
250.5 |
247.6 |
257.9 |
|
Goods |
-2.4 |
65.2 |
0.3 |
-2.6 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
4.9 |
2.3 |
10.5 |
6.7 |
8.8 |
12.8 |
6.2 |
10.2 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,712.8 |
1,871.1 |
148.6 |
147.5 |
152.1 |
152.6 |
154.8 |
156.2 |
159.0 |
159.2 |
161.9 |
160.5 |
154.9 |
163.7 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,715.2 |
1,805.8 |
148.4 |
150.2 |
149.4 |
150.1 |
149.9 |
154.0 |
148.5 |
152.5 |
153.1 |
147.7 |
148.7 |
153.5 |
|
Services |
54.4 |
82.7 |
5.7 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
6.3 |
5.4 |
7.3 |
9.6 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.9 |
5.9 |
7.0 |
|
Credit (exports) |
540.2 |
600.6 |
46.7 |
49.4 |
49.0 |
48.5 |
48.7 |
49.9 |
50.6 |
51.2 |
51.7 |
53.0 |
50.0 |
51.8 |
|
Debit (imports) |
485.9 |
517.8 |
41.0 |
42.9 |
42.3 |
42.2 |
43.3 |
42.7 |
41.1 |
43.9 |
44.5 |
45.1 |
44.0 |
44.8 |
|
Income |
27.0 |
32.9 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
1.7 |
3.2 |
|
Credit |
500.7 |
519.2 |
43.4 |
44.2 |
45.2 |
44.3 |
43.6 |
41.6 |
42.4 |
41.6 |
42.9 |
43.9 |
42.3 |
43.6 |
|
Debit |
473.7 |
486.2 |
41.0 |
41.8 |
40.9 |
40.4 |
41.3 |
39.8 |
40.0 |
39.0 |
40.4 |
40.7 |
40.6 |
40.4 |
|
Current transfers |
-100.6 |
-108.5 |
-8.5 |
-8.8 |
-8.9 |
-9.1 |
-9.2 |
-9.8 |
-9.0 |
-9.4 |
-9.6 |
-8.7 |
-5.7 |
-11.7 |
|
Credit |
91.3 |
98.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.2 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
|
Debit |
191.9 |
206.5 |
16.5 |
16.8 |
17.1 |
17.0 |
17.4 |
17.5 |
17.5 |
18.4 |
18.0 |
17.0 |
14.3 |
19.1 |
|