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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2017 | Apr. 2018 | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 361.3 | 413.7 | 22.9 | 30.2 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 35.1 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 39.6 | 36.6 | 32.8 | 28.4 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,732.4 | 3,946.0 | 318.6 | 325.3 | 321.2 | 324.6 | 333.2 | 330.9 | 327.3 | 331.8 | 337.7 | 331.0 | 324.8 | 330.0 | 328.4 |
| Debit | 3,371.1 | 3,532.3 | 295.7 | 295.1 | 296.7 | 289.9 | 291.5 | 291.7 | 292.2 | 295.2 | 303.4 | 291.4 | 288.2 | 297.2 | 300.0 |
| Goods | 347.2 | 353.9 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 21.0 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,173.5 | 2,317.3 | 183.9 | 189.7 | 187.3 | 188.5 | 192.2 | 194.8 | 192.3 | 197.0 | 201.2 | 197.0 | 192.9 | 194.1 | 190.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,826.3 | 1,963.5 | 158.5 | 161.9 | 157.3 | 160.1 | 161.3 | 161.5 | 163.0 | 165.7 | 167.6 | 167.7 | 164.1 | 163.7 | 169.5 |
| Services | 46.1 | 106.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 800.8 | 860.4 | 69.6 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 71.1 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 73.3 | 71.9 | 71.7 | 73.6 | 71.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 754.7 | 754.3 | 62.8 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 63.2 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 62.5 | 64.2 | 62.4 |
| Primary income | 115.2 | 92.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 8.5 |
| Credit | 653.1 | 659.1 | 56.5 | 57.4 | 54.5 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 55.5 | 54.2 | 53.8 | 53.1 | 53.1 | 51.9 | 52.2 | 56.9 |
| Debit | 537.9 | 567.1 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 52.8 | 44.7 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 52.0 | 42.3 | 45.1 | 47.5 | 48.4 |
| Secondary income | -147.2 | -138.3 | -17.5 | -11.6 | -13.8 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -12.0 | -11.8 | -10.8 | -9.4 | -8.0 | -11.7 | -10.7 |
| Credit | 104.9 | 109.1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| Debit | 252.1 | 247.4 | 26.1 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 18.4 | 16.4 | 21.7 | 19.7 |
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 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2017 | Apr. 2018 | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 361.3 | 413.7 | 22.9 | 30.2 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 35.1 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 39.6 | 36.6 | 32.8 | 28.4 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.3 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,732.4 | 3,946.0 | 318.6 | 325.3 | 321.2 | 324.6 | 333.2 | 330.9 | 327.3 | 331.8 | 337.7 | 331.0 | 324.8 | 330.0 | 328.4 |
| Debit | 3,371.1 | 3,532.3 | 295.7 | 295.1 | 296.7 | 289.9 | 291.5 | 291.7 | 292.2 | 295.2 | 303.4 | 291.4 | 288.2 | 297.2 | 300.0 |
| Goods | 347.2 | 353.9 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 21.0 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,173.5 | 2,317.3 | 183.9 | 189.7 | 187.3 | 188.5 | 192.2 | 194.8 | 192.3 | 197.0 | 201.2 | 197.0 | 192.9 | 194.1 | 190.4 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,826.3 | 1,963.5 | 158.5 | 161.9 | 157.3 | 160.1 | 161.3 | 161.5 | 163.0 | 165.7 | 167.6 | 167.7 | 164.1 | 163.7 | 169.5 |
| Services | 46.1 | 106.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| Credit (exports) | 800.8 | 860.4 | 69.6 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 71.1 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 73.3 | 71.9 | 71.7 | 73.6 | 71.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 754.7 | 754.3 | 62.8 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 63.2 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 62.5 | 64.2 | 62.4 |
| Primary income | 115.2 | 92.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 8.5 |
| Credit | 653.1 | 659.1 | 56.5 | 57.4 | 54.5 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 55.5 | 54.2 | 53.8 | 53.1 | 53.1 | 51.9 | 52.2 | 56.9 |
| Debit | 537.9 | 567.1 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 52.8 | 44.7 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 52.0 | 42.3 | 45.1 | 47.5 | 48.4 |
| Secondary income | -147.2 | -138.3 | -17.5 | -11.6 | -13.8 | -13.8 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -12.0 | -11.8 | -10.8 | -9.4 | -8.0 | -11.7 | -10.7 |
| Credit | 104.9 | 109.1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| Debit | 252.1 | 247.4 | 26.1 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 18.4 | 16.4 | 21.7 | 19.7 |