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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 May 2012 (revised) June 2012
June 2011 June 2012
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 -23.0 2,818.9 2,842.0 45.3 3,047.3 3,002.0 -3.2 266.7 270.0 15.7 270.2 254.5
Goods -0.3 1,693.9 1,694.2 47.9 1,850.1 1,802.2 5.5 161.5 156.0 14.2 164.7 150.4
Services 52.4 536.8 484.4 74.0 582.6 508.6 7.2 49.8 42.6 6.9 52.7 45.7
Income 27.8 498.1 470.3 34.9 520.1 485.3 -8.0 48.5 56.4 2.3 46.9 44.6
Current transfers -102.9 90.1 193.0 -111.5 94.5 206.0 -8.0 7.0 15.0 -7.7 6.0 13.7
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 5.7 20.8 15.1 11.8 27.1 15.3 1.5 2.4 0.9 0.4 1.5 1.1
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -1.5 -52.9 -0.2 -17.5
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -98.9 -290.2 191.3 -109.7 -312.8 203.2 9.9 -6.7 16.7 -30.6 -39.9 9.3
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -65.9 -233.2 168.0 -30.2 -246.5 216.3 8.3 -7.8 16.1 -11.5 -24.8 13.4
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -33.3 -57.0 23.3 -79.5 -66.3 -13.2 1.7 1.1 0.6 -19.2 -15.1 -4.1
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 319.5 -151.5 471.0 41.0 8.4 32.6 26.7 -5.6 32.3 59.7 28.8 30.8
Equity 155.9 -65.0 220.8 156.8 82.2 74.7 6.0 6.1 -0.2 34.2 11.5 22.8
Debt instruments 163.6 -86.6 250.2 -115.8 -73.7 -42.1 20.7 -11.8 32.5 25.4 17.4 8.0
Bonds and notes 123.4 -89.3 212.7 -0.3 -28.2 27.9 13.7 -13.1 26.7 30.8 -0.2 31.1
Money market instruments 40.2 2.8 37.5 -115.5 -45.5 -69.9 7.0 1.3 5.7 -5.4 17.6 -23.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 220.6 -441.8 662.3 -68.6 -304.4 235.8 36.6 -12.4 49.0 29.0 -11.0 40.1
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 19.6 -35.5 -6.2 -1.4
OTHER INVESTMENT -227.6 -221.5 -6.1 64.8 -77.8 142.6 -29.1 -85.2 56.1 -40.6 47.6 -88.2
Eurosystem 15.8 -15.8 31.6 138.4 18.0 120.4 42.2 1.7 40.5 39.2 6.6 32.7
General government 68.9 -23.3 92.2 40.5 -6.9 47.3 -2.2 -5.0 2.9 -2.8 -0.8 -1.9
of which: currency and deposits -0.6 -0.6 -11.5 -11.5 -3.8 -3.8 -1.0 -1.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -271.7 -82.8 -188.9 -93.3 47.8 -141.1 -48.4 -49.8 1.4 -66.2 61.5 -127.7
Long-term 65.8 38.8 26.9 -34.3 7.1 -41.4 9.9 4.7 5.1 -9.3 7.7 -17.0
Short-term -337.4 -121.6 -215.8 -59.0 40.7 -99.7 -58.3 -54.6 -3.8 -56.9 53.8 -110.7
Other sectors -40.5 -99.6 59.0 -20.8 -136.7 116.0 -20.7 -32.0 11.4 -10.9 -19.7 8.7
of which: currency and deposits -74.1 -74.1 -64.2 -64.2 -26.7 -26.7 -16.0 -16.0
RESERVE ASSETS -14.0 -14.0 -13.6 -13.6 -1.5 -1.5 -4.5 -4.5
Errors and omissions 18.8 -4.2 1.9 1.4