Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | January – May | May | January – May | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) As from January 2001 the data refer to the Euro 12, i.e. they include Greece. Data for 2000 have been re-calculated to take into account the new composition of the euro area and are comparable with Euro 12 figures. | |||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (-). Reserve assets: increase (-); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||
| ( 3 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 138.4 | 139.4 | −1.0 | 615.2 | 634.5 | −19.4 | 146.2 | 147.0 | −0.8 | 708.0 | 718.4 | −10.3 | |
| Goods | 83.9 | 81.6 | 2.3 | 373.6 | 365.7 | 7.9 | 88.9 | 83.6 | 5.3 | 426.1 | 408.2 | 18.0 | |
| Services | 24.3 | 23.6 | 0.7 | 106.7 | 110.7 | −4.0 | 26.7 | 24.9 | 1.8 | 119.6 | 122.4 | −2.8 | |
| Income | 23.9 | 25.0 | −1.1 | 97.3 | 108.8 | −11.5 | 25.8 | 28.4 | −2.6 | 122.3 | 136.4 | −14.1 | |
| Current transfers | 6.4 | 9.2 | −2.9 | 37.5 | 49.4 | −11.8 | 4.8 | 10.1 | −5.3 | 40.0 | 51.4 | −11.4 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 5.6 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 10.9 | 65.6 | −4.6 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −33.7 | 25.2 | −8.5 | −113.3 | 253.4 | 140.1 | −48.4 | 8.0 | −40.4 | −114.8 | 31.6 | −83.2 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −15.1 | 11.4 | −3.7 | −55.9 | 207.7 | 151.8 | −41.6 | 7.7 | −33.9 | −80.4 | 37.8 | −42.6 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −18.6 | 13.8 | −4.8 | −57.4 | 45.7 | −11.7 | −6.7 | 0.3 | −6.4 | −34.4 | −6.2 | −40.5 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −27.4 | 28.5 | 1.1 | −204.5 | 9.7 | −194.9 | −21.8 | 46.7 | 24.9 | −113.3 | 79.0 | −34.2 | |
| Equity | −18.6 | 8.5 | −10.2 | −153.2 | −101.4 | −254.6 | −9.7 | 58.4 | 48.7 | −49.5 | 87.8 | 38.3 | |
| Debt instruments | −8.8 | 20.0 | 11.3 | −51.3 | 111.0 | 59.7 | −12.1 | −11.7 | −23.8 | −63.7 | −8.8 | −72.5 | |
| Bonds and notes | −5.5 | 17.2 | 11.7 | −49.4 | 76.5 | 27.1 | −13.5 | −6.7 | −20.2 | −55.0 | −2.0 | −57.0 | |
| Money market instruments | −3.2 | 2.8 | −0.4 | −1.9 | 34.5 | 32.6 | 1.4 | −5.0 | −3.6 | −8.7 | −6.7 | −15.5 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | 0.4 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −13.1 | 29.9 | 16.8 | −123.4 | 237.9 | 114.5 | −8.0 | 19.1 | 11.1 | −139.0 | 261.7 | 122.8 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | −2.6 | −2.6 | 0.0 | −4.3 | −4.3 | −0.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | −0.5 | −3.0 | −3.6 | |
| General government | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | −5.2 | −2.7 | −8.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | −7.9 | −4.6 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −8.4 | 28.4 | 20.0 | −65.9 | 226.3 | 160.4 | −5.3 | 10.1 | 4.8 | −124.7 | 277.4 | 152.7 | |
| Long-term | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.9 | −16.0 | 26.0 | 10.0 | −7.3 | 4.1 | −3.2 | −17.4 | 10.2 | −7.2 | |
| Short-term | −8.1 | 29.0 | 20.9 | −49.9 | 200.3 | 150.4 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | −107.3 | 267.2 | 159.9 | |
| Other sectors | −5.2 | 3.6 | −1.6 | −52.3 | 18.6 | −33.6 | −3.6 | 5.7 | 2.1 | −17.0 | −4.7 | −21.7 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 1.1 | 0.6 | −3.6 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| Errors and omissions | −10.5 | −53.0 | 4.9 | −15.3 | |||||||||