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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2015 | Aug. 2016 | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 317.0 | 350.0 | 24.3 | 29.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 24.9 | 27.9 | 27.0 | 32.5 | 34.8 | 33.1 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 29.7 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,568.5 | 3,550.1 | 297.0 | 299.6 | 305.0 | 301.8 | 296.3 | 292.8 | 292.2 | 292.5 | 294.7 | 295.0 | 292.4 | 293.0 | 294.8 |
| Debit | 3,251.5 | 3,200.2 | 272.6 | 270.1 | 277.0 | 273.9 | 271.4 | 264.9 | 265.2 | 260.0 | 259.9 | 261.9 | 265.5 | 265.3 | 265.0 |
| Goods | 327.7 | 372.7 | 26.2 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 33.2 | 34.1 | 32.2 | 34.1 | 28.8 | 30.9 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,078.7 | 2,081.6 | 171.4 | 175.0 | 176.0 | 175.4 | 173.9 | 172.0 | 170.5 | 173.5 | 173.6 | 171.9 | 174.2 | 172.4 | 173.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,751.0 | 1,708.9 | 145.2 | 144.5 | 145.6 | 145.3 | 143.3 | 142.0 | 142.5 | 140.3 | 139.5 | 139.7 | 140.1 | 143.6 | 142.5 |
| Services | 65.4 | 56.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Credit (exports) | 750.5 | 769.8 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 64.4 | 65.4 | 64.2 | 63.4 | 64.0 | 62.7 | 63.5 | 63.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 685.1 | 713.3 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 61.7 | 60.1 | 60.4 | 59.7 | 59.0 | 57.5 | 59.6 | 60.1 | 59.3 | 58.4 | 58.6 |
| Primary income | 58.3 | 44.4 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.2 | -0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | -1.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| Credit | 638.8 | 597.6 | 52.6 | 53.0 | 55.2 | 52.2 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 46.5 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 47.4 | 48.6 | 49.4 |
| Debit | 580.6 | 553.2 | 49.2 | 47.7 | 50.1 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 45.0 | 44.6 | 43.4 | 43.8 | 45.7 | 48.9 | 43.1 | 42.8 |
| Secondary income | -134.4 | -123.6 | -10.6 | -10.8 | -10.7 | -10.4 | -10.0 | -10.1 | -11.1 | -10.6 | -8.7 | -7.9 | -9.0 | -11.6 | -12.6 |
| Credit | 100.5 | 101.0 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Debit | 234.9 | 224.7 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 20.2 | 21.1 |
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 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 2015 | Aug. 2016 | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 317.0 | 350.0 | 24.3 | 29.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 24.9 | 27.9 | 27.0 | 32.5 | 34.8 | 33.1 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 29.7 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.1 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,568.5 | 3,550.1 | 297.0 | 299.6 | 305.0 | 301.8 | 296.3 | 292.8 | 292.2 | 292.5 | 294.7 | 295.0 | 292.4 | 293.0 | 294.8 |
| Debit | 3,251.5 | 3,200.2 | 272.6 | 270.1 | 277.0 | 273.9 | 271.4 | 264.9 | 265.2 | 260.0 | 259.9 | 261.9 | 265.5 | 265.3 | 265.0 |
| Goods | 327.7 | 372.7 | 26.2 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 33.2 | 34.1 | 32.2 | 34.1 | 28.8 | 30.9 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,078.7 | 2,081.6 | 171.4 | 175.0 | 176.0 | 175.4 | 173.9 | 172.0 | 170.5 | 173.5 | 173.6 | 171.9 | 174.2 | 172.4 | 173.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,751.0 | 1,708.9 | 145.2 | 144.5 | 145.6 | 145.3 | 143.3 | 142.0 | 142.5 | 140.3 | 139.5 | 139.7 | 140.1 | 143.6 | 142.5 |
| Services | 65.4 | 56.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Credit (exports) | 750.5 | 769.8 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 64.4 | 65.4 | 64.2 | 63.4 | 64.0 | 62.7 | 63.5 | 63.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 685.1 | 713.3 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 61.7 | 60.1 | 60.4 | 59.7 | 59.0 | 57.5 | 59.6 | 60.1 | 59.3 | 58.4 | 58.6 |
| Primary income | 58.3 | 44.4 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.2 | -0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | -1.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| Credit | 638.8 | 597.6 | 52.6 | 53.0 | 55.2 | 52.2 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 46.5 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 47.4 | 48.6 | 49.4 |
| Debit | 580.6 | 553.2 | 49.2 | 47.7 | 50.1 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 45.0 | 44.6 | 43.4 | 43.8 | 45.7 | 48.9 | 43.1 | 42.8 |
| Secondary income | -134.4 | -123.6 | -10.6 | -10.8 | -10.7 | -10.4 | -10.0 | -10.1 | -11.1 | -10.6 | -8.7 | -7.9 | -9.0 | -11.6 | -12.6 |
| Credit | 100.5 | 101.0 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Debit | 234.9 | 224.7 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 20.2 | 21.1 |