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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2011 | Apr. 2012 | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-18.6 |
18.8 |
-1.4 |
-1.3 |
-1.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
-3.0 |
4.2 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
-1.2 |
10.3 |
4.6 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.2 |
0.2 |
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Credit |
2,768.4 |
2,983.7 |
242.2 |
240.4 |
242.9 |
245.6 |
246.7 |
245.9 |
250.8 |
250.4 |
253.2 |
251.5 |
258.1 |
256.0 |
|
Debit |
2,787.0 |
2,964.9 |
243.6 |
241.6 |
244.3 |
244.7 |
246.3 |
248.9 |
246.5 |
247.4 |
249.5 |
252.6 |
247.8 |
251.4 |
|
Goods |
-1.4 |
26.5 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
-0.0 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
-2.9 |
2.9 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
8.7 |
7.5 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,654.8 |
1,816.5 |
146.3 |
144.7 |
146.4 |
148.7 |
148.6 |
147.7 |
152.0 |
152.7 |
154.7 |
156.3 |
158.8 |
159.6 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,656.1 |
1,790.0 |
144.3 |
144.5 |
146.4 |
147.8 |
148.4 |
150.5 |
149.1 |
150.5 |
151.4 |
155.0 |
150.1 |
152.1 |
|
Services |
51.1 |
65.3 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
7.4 |
5.9 |
|
Credit (exports) |
533.8 |
555.3 |
45.1 |
45.0 |
46.1 |
45.7 |
46.7 |
47.2 |
46.4 |
46.4 |
44.6 |
46.7 |
47.2 |
48.2 |
|
Debit (imports) |
482.6 |
490.0 |
39.9 |
40.3 |
41.1 |
40.8 |
41.0 |
41.3 |
40.7 |
41.0 |
40.5 |
41.6 |
39.7 |
42.3 |
|
Income |
32.6 |
29.6 |
-0.1 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
1.6 |
|
Credit |
489.6 |
516.7 |
43.4 |
43.3 |
42.7 |
43.2 |
43.4 |
43.2 |
44.3 |
43.5 |
45.7 |
40.7 |
42.9 |
40.3 |
|
Debit |
456.9 |
487.1 |
43.4 |
40.7 |
40.7 |
40.2 |
41.0 |
41.0 |
40.4 |
39.8 |
41.5 |
39.7 |
40.1 |
38.7 |
|
Current transfers |
-101.0 |
-102.6 |
-8.6 |
-8.9 |
-8.5 |
-7.9 |
-8.1 |
-8.3 |
-8.2 |
-8.4 |
-7.9 |
-8.7 |
-8.7 |
-10.4 |
|
Credit |
90.3 |
95.2 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
9.2 |
7.9 |
|
Debit |
191.3 |
197.8 |
16.0 |
16.2 |
16.2 |
15.9 |
16.0 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
16.2 |
16.4 |
17.9 |
18.3 |
|