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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2016 | Jan. 2017 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 321.6 | 357.9 | 30.1 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 36.1 | 30.8 | 24.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,604.6 | 3,597.6 | 293.7 | 293.0 | 292.0 | 295.9 | 295.9 | 295.5 | 294.6 | 300.7 | 301.1 | 298.2 | 311.7 | 306.9 | 312.2 |
| Debit | 3,283.0 | 3,239.7 | 263.6 | 267.4 | 262.7 | 261.7 | 265.1 | 265.5 | 264.5 | 271.2 | 271.8 | 270.1 | 275.5 | 276.1 | 288.1 |
| Goods | 346.8 | 366.3 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 33.0 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 26.0 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 24.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,101.7 | 2,109.0 | 171.7 | 170.2 | 173.5 | 172.5 | 172.2 | 174.1 | 171.8 | 176.4 | 176.3 | 174.9 | 182.2 | 183.7 | 181.3 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,754.8 | 1,742.7 | 142.2 | 142.8 | 141.0 | 140.0 | 140.3 | 141.1 | 142.2 | 143.7 | 141.7 | 149.0 | 151.6 | 152.1 | 157.3 |
| Services | 58.6 | 68.5 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.5 |
| Credit (exports) | 769.6 | 782.4 | 64.5 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 67.3 | 66.5 | 66.2 | 65.8 | 66.8 |
| Debit (imports) | 711.0 | 713.9 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 59.1 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 63.3 |
| Primary income | 42.5 | 59.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 12.1 |
| Credit | 629.0 | 604.5 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 49.3 | 48.7 | 55.3 | 48.6 | 54.9 |
| Debit | 586.6 | 545.2 | 44.8 | 46.3 | 44.5 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 46.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 42.8 | 43.3 | 43.5 | 42.8 |
| Secondary income | -126.3 | -136.3 | -8.5 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -8.0 | -9.3 | -9.9 | -9.7 | -12.8 | -14.4 | -12.9 | -12.0 | -10.9 | -15.5 |
| Credit | 104.3 | 101.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| Debit | 230.6 | 237.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 24.8 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2016 | Jan. 2017 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 321.6 | 357.9 | 30.1 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 36.1 | 30.8 | 24.1 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,604.6 | 3,597.6 | 293.7 | 293.0 | 292.0 | 295.9 | 295.9 | 295.5 | 294.6 | 300.7 | 301.1 | 298.2 | 311.7 | 306.9 | 312.2 |
| Debit | 3,283.0 | 3,239.7 | 263.6 | 267.4 | 262.7 | 261.7 | 265.1 | 265.5 | 264.5 | 271.2 | 271.8 | 270.1 | 275.5 | 276.1 | 288.1 |
| Goods | 346.8 | 366.3 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 33.0 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 26.0 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 24.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,101.7 | 2,109.0 | 171.7 | 170.2 | 173.5 | 172.5 | 172.2 | 174.1 | 171.8 | 176.4 | 176.3 | 174.9 | 182.2 | 183.7 | 181.3 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,754.8 | 1,742.7 | 142.2 | 142.8 | 141.0 | 140.0 | 140.3 | 141.1 | 142.2 | 143.7 | 141.7 | 149.0 | 151.6 | 152.1 | 157.3 |
| Services | 58.6 | 68.5 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.5 |
| Credit (exports) | 769.6 | 782.4 | 64.5 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 67.3 | 66.5 | 66.2 | 65.8 | 66.8 |
| Debit (imports) | 711.0 | 713.9 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 59.1 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 63.3 |
| Primary income | 42.5 | 59.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 12.1 |
| Credit | 629.0 | 604.5 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 49.3 | 48.7 | 55.3 | 48.6 | 54.9 |
| Debit | 586.6 | 545.2 | 44.8 | 46.3 | 44.5 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 46.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 42.8 | 43.3 | 43.5 | 42.8 |
| Secondary income | -126.3 | -136.3 | -8.5 | -10.3 | -10.6 | -8.0 | -9.3 | -9.9 | -9.7 | -12.8 | -14.4 | -12.9 | -12.0 | -10.9 | -15.5 |
| Credit | 104.3 | 101.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| Debit | 230.6 | 237.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 24.8 |