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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending February 2011 (revised) March 2011
March 2010 March 2011
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 -16.6 2,326.9 2,343.5 -52.2 2,680.0 2,732.2 -8.9 220.4 229.3 -3.8 245.7 249.5
Goods 48.3 1,344.0 1,295.7 6.7 1,638.1 1,631.4 -0.6 137.7 138.4 2.4 158.7 156.4
Services 35.0 477.2 442.2 42.1 522.3 480.2 2.3 37.4 35.1 1.6 42.3 40.7
Income -1.6 415.6 417.2 -4.5 427.1 431.7 2.9 32.9 30.0 1.8 39.3 37.5
Current transfers -98.3 90.1 188.4 -96.4 92.4 188.8 -13.5 12.4 25.9 -9.5 5.3 14.9
CAPITALACCOUNT 7.0 21.1 14.2 7.7 21.8 14.1 2.2 3.0 0.8 -0.0 0.9 0.9
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -14.6 46.6 7.4 2.6
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -94.8 -272.5 177.7 -55.6 -172.5 116.9 -22.0 -8.7 -13.4 -6.6 -18.6 12.0
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 41.2 -206.4 248.9 8.1 -77.5 86.2 1.1 -1.8 3.0 -1.4 -7.5 6.1
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -136.8 -66.0 -71.2 -64.1 -94.9 30.7 -23.1 -6.8 -16.3 -5.2 -11.1 5.9
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 227.9 -189.5 417.4 274.5 -105.6 380.2 97.3 1.9 95.4 77.0 8.4 68.6
Equity 58.9 -118.5 177.4 166.6 -44.5 211.1 32.2 -4.7 36.9 29.1 -0.7 29.8
Debt instruments 168.9 -71.0 240.0 107.9 -61.1 169.1 65.1 6.5 58.6 47.9 9.1 38.7
Bonds and notes 24.9 -109.3 134.1 44.6 -81.7 126.3 28.1 -2.7 30.9 41.1 12.5 28.6
Money market instruments 144.1 38.3 105.8 63.3 20.6 42.7 37.0 9.3 27.7 6.8 -3.4 10.2
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 133.1 -462.0 595.1 219.0 -278.1 497.1 75.3 -6.8 82.1 70.4 -10.2 80.6
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 27.8 1.3 -2.3 1.1
OTHER INVESTMENT -169.8 235.1 -404.9 -157.0 -85.5 -71.6 -66.6 -31.0 -35.6 -62.5 60.1 -122.6
Eurosystem -154.3 0.5 -154.8 17.0 -6.8 23.7 1.6 -3.0 4.6 -2.1 0.0 -2.1
General government -0.8 1.8 -2.6 49.5 -38.9 88.4 7.0 -0.3 7.2 8.9 1.2 7.7
of which: currency and deposits 11.5 11.5 -5.5 -5.5 -2.0 -2.0 0.8 0.8
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -11.7 124.4 -136.1 -199.6 -15.2 -184.4 -58.5 -41.4 -17.1 -86.3 38.3 -124.6
Long-term 2.5 23.7 -21.2 72.4 25.9 46.5 0.9 -8.7 9.6 6.4 5.7 0.7
Short-term -14.2 100.7 -114.9 -272.0 -41.1 -230.9 -59.5 -32.7 -26.7 -92.7 32.6 -125.2
Other sectors -3.1 108.4 -111.5 -23.9 -24.6 0.7 -16.7 13.7 -30.4 17.0 20.6 -3.6
of which: currency and deposits 59.0 59.0 -24.6 -24.6 5.7 5.7 9.7 9.7
RESERVE ASSETS -5.7 -5.7 -16.6 -16.6 1.0 1.0 -6.4 -6.4
Errors and omissions 24.3 -2.2 -0.7 1.2