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 | 2010 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2010 | Feb. 2011 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | -15.9 | -49.6 | -1.4 | -3.2 | -4.8 | -3.1 | -3.0 | -3.1 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -5.6 | -8.0 | -5.6 | -7.2 | |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | -0.2 | -0.5 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 2,305.0 | 2,643.8 | 209.6 | 208.8 | 216.8 | 217.7 | 219.5 | 218.8 | 218.7 | 222.6 | 224.8 | 222.2 | 231.6 | 232.7 | |
| Debit | 2,320.9 | 2,693.4 | 211.0 | 212.0 | 221.7 | 220.8 | 222.5 | 222.0 | 220.8 | 225.0 | 230.4 | 230.1 | 237.2 | 239.9 | |
| Goods | 44.4 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.8 | -2.3 | |
| Credit (exports) | 1,321.6 | 1,608.0 | 125.8 | 124.9 | 131.2 | 132.0 | 131.0 | 132.1 | 132.5 | 135.9 | 137.0 | 136.0 | 143.5 | 146.3 | |
| Debit (imports) | 1,277.2 | 1,600.2 | 122.4 | 124.2 | 130.4 | 130.2 | 130.9 | 131.4 | 128.0 | 133.8 | 138.0 | 137.0 | 145.3 | 148.5 | |
| Services | 33.8 | 42.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | |
| Credit (exports) | 474.2 | 519.4 | 42.3 | 42.2 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 45.1 | 42.9 | 44.8 | 43.0 | |
| Debit (imports) | 440.4 | 477.3 | 38.7 | 38.9 | 39.9 | 40.3 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 40.0 | 40.2 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 39.7 | |
| Income | 1.0 | -3.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | -0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -2.6 | -0.4 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -0.6 | -0.2 | |
| Credit | 417.8 | 425.2 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 37.2 | 36.1 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 35.4 | |
| Debit | 416.8 | 428.8 | 34.5 | 33.6 | 35.8 | 35.3 | 36.0 | 35.3 | 37.3 | 35.8 | 36.8 | 37.1 | 35.7 | 35.6 | |
| Current transfers | -95.1 | -95.9 | -9.3 | -8.8 | -7.9 | -8.4 | -7.8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | -6.9 | -7.6 | -7.8 | -7.4 | -8.0 | |
| Credit | 91.4 | 91.1 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | |
| Debit | 186.5 | 187.0 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |