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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 2016 | Oct. 2017 | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 363.4 | 349.6 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 30.9 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 30.2 | 34.5 | 39.2 | 30.8 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,657.9 | 3,840.5 | 312.5 | 319.4 | 314.1 | 316.4 | 316.6 | 322.2 | 318.9 | 326.3 | 319.2 | 319.6 | 323.3 | 326.4 | 318.1 |
| Debit | 3,294.5 | 3,490.9 | 283.8 | 288.6 | 288.4 | 295.9 | 285.7 | 289.5 | 297.3 | 297.9 | 295.0 | 289.4 | 288.8 | 287.2 | 287.3 |
| Goods | 373.7 | 340.4 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 29.4 | 36.2 | 26.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,110.1 | 2,240.6 | 178.9 | 183.8 | 185.7 | 183.9 | 186.5 | 188.5 | 184.2 | 188.9 | 186.0 | 184.7 | 187.4 | 193.3 | 187.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,736.3 | 1,900.2 | 150.5 | 153.1 | 154.4 | 160.1 | 159.7 | 160.0 | 158.4 | 162.2 | 156.9 | 158.8 | 158.1 | 157.1 | 161.5 |
| Services | 48.4 | 66.2 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 785.8 | 826.7 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.6 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 71.0 | 69.5 |
| Debit (imports) | 737.3 | 760.6 | 64.0 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 62.5 | 62.9 | 63.7 | 62.2 |
| Primary income | 79.1 | 93.6 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Credit | 652.7 | 665.2 | 57.3 | 60.3 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 54.2 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 53.7 | 52.1 |
| Debit | 573.7 | 571.5 | 47.3 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 49.6 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 44.7 | 46.5 | 43.6 | 42.2 |
| Secondary income | -137.9 | -150.6 | -13.0 | -13.1 | -10.3 | -13.7 | -5.2 | -10.4 | -17.7 | -11.9 | -14.1 | -14.9 | -12.5 | -14.4 | -12.5 |
| Credit | 109.3 | 107.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Debit | 247.2 | 258.6 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 21.3 |
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 2016 | Oct. 2017 | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 363.4 | 349.6 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 30.9 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 30.2 | 34.5 | 39.2 | 30.8 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,657.9 | 3,840.5 | 312.5 | 319.4 | 314.1 | 316.4 | 316.6 | 322.2 | 318.9 | 326.3 | 319.2 | 319.6 | 323.3 | 326.4 | 318.1 |
| Debit | 3,294.5 | 3,490.9 | 283.8 | 288.6 | 288.4 | 295.9 | 285.7 | 289.5 | 297.3 | 297.9 | 295.0 | 289.4 | 288.8 | 287.2 | 287.3 |
| Goods | 373.7 | 340.4 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 29.4 | 36.2 | 26.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,110.1 | 2,240.6 | 178.9 | 183.8 | 185.7 | 183.9 | 186.5 | 188.5 | 184.2 | 188.9 | 186.0 | 184.7 | 187.4 | 193.3 | 187.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,736.3 | 1,900.2 | 150.5 | 153.1 | 154.4 | 160.1 | 159.7 | 160.0 | 158.4 | 162.2 | 156.9 | 158.8 | 158.1 | 157.1 | 161.5 |
| Services | 48.4 | 66.2 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 785.8 | 826.7 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.6 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 71.0 | 69.5 |
| Debit (imports) | 737.3 | 760.6 | 64.0 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 62.5 | 62.9 | 63.7 | 62.2 |
| Primary income | 79.1 | 93.6 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Credit | 652.7 | 665.2 | 57.3 | 60.3 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 54.2 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 53.7 | 52.1 |
| Debit | 573.7 | 571.5 | 47.3 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 49.6 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 44.7 | 46.5 | 43.6 | 42.2 |
| Secondary income | -137.9 | -150.6 | -13.0 | -13.1 | -10.3 | -13.7 | -5.2 | -10.4 | -17.7 | -11.9 | -14.1 | -14.9 | -12.5 | -14.4 | -12.5 |
| Credit | 109.3 | 107.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Debit | 247.2 | 258.6 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 21.3 |