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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions, non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending September 2008 (revised) October 2008
October 2007 October 2008
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
( 2 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area.
CURRENTACCOUNT 50.1 2,663.7 2,613.6 -40.7 2,792.6 2,833.3 -4.2 238.7 242.9 -4.8 239.2 244.0
Goods 66.3 1,500.3 1,434.0 4.0 1,588.1 1,584.1 -2.9 138.1 141.0 2.3 143.1 140.8
Services 51.8 480.3 428.5 52.7 504.0 451.3 4.6 44.6 40.0 2.7 43.9 41.1
Income 14.4 593.0 578.7 -9.6 611.6 621.2 2.1 50.6 48.5 1.2 47.5 46.3
Current transfers -82.4 90.0 172.4 -87.8 89.0 176.8 -7.9 5.4 13.3 -11.1 4.7 15.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 14.1 26.7 12.5 15.1 28.5 13.4 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.9 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 19.5 90.5 -5.8 75.3
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -127.6 -451.7 324.1 -217.5 -337.6 120.1 -18.5 -35.2 16.7 -14.1 -18.0 3.9
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -106.3 -345.4 238.5 -174.0 -243.6 69.8 -11.7 -21.7 10.0 -9.5 -13.5 3.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -19.6 -106.3 85.6 -43.5 -93.9 50.3 -6.8 -13.5 6.7 -4.5 -4.5 -0.0
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 250.8 -502.8 753.6 222.3 -49.3 271.6 44.5 86.9 -42.4 121.7 131.0 -9.3
Equity 89.8 -94.4 184.2 -59.7 82.1 -141.8 -62.9 26.4 -89.3 5.3 48.7 -43.4
Debt instruments 161.0 -408.4 569.4 281.9 -131.4 413.4 107.4 60.5 46.9 116.4 82.3 34.1
Bonds and notes 223.8 -310.5 534.3 199.3 -137.0 336.3 36.7 7.1 29.5 7.4 30.3 -22.9
Money market instruments -62.7 -97.8 35.1 82.6 5.6 77.0 70.8 53.4 17.4 109.0 52.0 57.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 123.2 -954.5 1,077.7 4.7 -386.9 391.6 26.0 51.7 -25.7 107.6 113.0 -5.4
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -46.2 -23.5 2.8 24.0
OTHER INVESTMENT -45.3 -1,115.0 1,069.6 116.0 -267.4 383.4 -36.1 -73.3 37.2 -47.8 -40.2 -7.6
Eurosystem 48.1 -20.6 68.7 337.4 8.1 329.3 105.6 0.1 105.5 138.0 6.4 131.6
General government 17.1 10.7 6.4 0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.4 -1.6 2.0 6.5 -0.3 6.8
of which: currency and deposits 7.1 7.1 2.8 2.8 -1.0 -1.0 2.8 2.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -22.6 -730.9 708.3 -168.3 -178.9 10.6 -120.3 -73.4 -46.9 -205.9 -25.1 -180.8
long-term -105.5 -221.2 115.8 -220.1 -214.4 -5.7 -28.1 -30.7 2.6 -39.0 -32.5 -6.5
short-term 82.9 -509.7 592.5 51.7 35.4 16.3 -92.2 -42.7 -49.5 -167.0 7.4 -174.3
Other sectors -87.9 -374.2 286.3 -53.9 -97.6 43.7 -21.7 1.7 -23.4 13.6 -21.2 34.9
of which: currency and deposits -52.5 -52.5 44.9 44.9 3.3 3.3 -14.9 -14.9
RESERVE ASSETS -12.2 -12.2 -6.8 -6.8 1.4 1.4 -8.6 -8.6
Errors and omissions -83.7 -64.9 9.5 -70.4