Table 3: Balance of payments of the euro area ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2001 Q2 | 2002 Q1 | 2002 Q2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | |||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (-). Reserve assets: increase (-); decrease (+). | |||||||||||
| ( 3 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 432.9 | 449.1 | −16.2 | 415.2 | 403.5 | 11.7 | 429.7 | 424.6 | 5.2 | ||
| Goods | 260.4 | 245.2 | 15.2 | 254.3 | 228.0 | 26.3 | 267.6 | 234.9 | 32.7 | ||
| Services | 82.8 | 78.9 | 3.9 | 71.6 | 76.1 | −4.5 | 83.8 | 77.5 | 6.3 | ||
| Income | 74.7 | 91.9 | −17.2 | 58.3 | 65.7 | −7.4 | 62.9 | 78.3 | −15.4 | ||
| Compensation of employees | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | ||
| Investment income | 71.2 | 90.1 | −19.0 | 54.8 | 64.5 | −9.7 | 59.4 | 76.8 | −17.4 | ||
| Direct investment | 19.4 | 16.5 | 2.8 | 11.6 | 12.7 | −1.0 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 1.4 | ||
| Income on equity | 16.9 | 14.0 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 11.4 | −1.8 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 0.7 | ||
| Income on debt | 2.5 | 2.5 | −0.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | ||
| Portfolio investment | 21.5 | 40.7 | −19.2 | 20.1 | 26.6 | −6.5 | 22.6 | 38.9 | −16.3 | ||
| Income on equity | 5.6 | 22.6 | −17.0 | 4.5 | 8.4 | −3.9 | 6.3 | 23.5 | −17.2 | ||
| Income on debt | 15.8 | 18.1 | −2.2 | 15.7 | 18.2 | −2.6 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 0.9 | ||
| Other investment | 30.3 | 32.9 | −2.6 | 23.0 | 25.2 | −2.2 | 19.8 | 22.3 | −2.5 | ||
| Current transfers | 14.9 | 33.1 | −18.2 | 31.0 | 33.8 | −2.7 | 15.4 | 33.8 | −18.5 | ||
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | |||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 6.2 | −26.5 | −22.3 | ||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −96.6 | 42.1 | −54.4 | −56.0 | 41.0 | −15.0 | −41.2 | 36.8 | −4.4 | ||
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −71.5 | 26.4 | −45.1 | −42.2 | 26.1 | −16.1 | −27.3 | 22.4 | −4.9 | ||
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −25.1 | 15.7 | −9.3 | −13.8 | 15.0 | 1.1 | −13.9 | 14.4 | 0.6 | ||
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −83.5 | 113.9 | 30.4 | −73.0 | 21.2 | −51.8 | −49.5 | 116.6 | 67.1 | ||
| Equity | −46.5 | 100.4 | 54.0 | −33.6 | 30.4 | −3.2 | −12.9 | 34.2 | 21.2 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.7 | −1.4 | −2.0 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 5.2 | −4.9 | −3.6 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −50.9 | −27.3 | −7.3 | ||||||||
| Debt instruments | −37.0 | 13.5 | −23.6 | −39.4 | −9.2 | −48.6 | −36.5 | 82.4 | 45.9 | ||
| Bonds and notes | −49.2 | 8.5 | −40.6 | −20.8 | 1.0 | −19.8 | −22.9 | 55.2 | 32.3 | ||
| Eurosystem | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.4 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.2 | −0.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −19.4 | −4.5 | −2.1 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | −30.2 | −16.2 | −23.5 | ||||||||
| Money market instruments | 12.1 | 5.0 | 17.1 | −18.6 | −10.2 | −28.8 | −13.6 | 27.2 | 13.6 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.7 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| General government | −0.5 | −1.2 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 1.5 | −13.6 | −2.4 | ||||||||
| Other sectors | 11.8 | −4.6 | −11.0 | ||||||||
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | 11.9 | 1.6 | −2.8 | ||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 9.6 | 6.1 | 15.8 | 19.1 | 22.8 | 41.8 | −80.8 | −8.2 | −89.0 | ||
| Eurosystem | −0.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | −0.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | −0.6 | −3.5 | −4.1 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | −0.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | −0.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | −0.6 | −3.5 | −4.1 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | ||
| General government | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | −0.7 | −8.4 | −9.0 | −0.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| Trade credits | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | −0.0 | 1.4 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | −0.4 | −8.1 | −8.5 | −1.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −0.4 | 0.1 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.3 | 0.2 | −0.1 | ||
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 9.7 | −7.8 | 1.9 | 18.4 | 25.8 | 44.2 | −63.0 | −10.6 | −73.6 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | 13.3 | −10.6 | 2.7 | 23.9 | 19.8 | 43.7 | −62.1 | −9.3 | −71.4 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | −3.6 | 2.8 | −0.8 | −5.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | −0.9 | −1.3 | −2.2 | ||
| Other sectors | 0.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 | −17.2 | 2.2 | −15.0 | ||
| Trade credits | −2.0 | 0.5 | −1.4 | −0.6 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −5.0 | −0.7 | −5.7 | ||
| Loans/currency and deposits | −0.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 7.3 | −12.1 | 2.0 | −10.1 | ||
| Other assets/liabilities | 2.5 | −1.0 | 1.5 | −1.5 | 1.2 | −0.3 | −0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| RESERVE ASSETS | 2.5 | 2.5 | −3.1 | −3.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |||||
| Monetary gold | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| Special drawing rights | −0.6 | −0.6 | −0.0 | −0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| Reserve position in the IMF | −0.7 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.4 | −2.1 | −2.1 | |||||
| Foreign exchange | 4.0 | 4.0 | −2.4 | −2.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | |||||
| Currency and deposits | −1.6 | −1.6 | −14.1 | −14.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||
| with monetary authorities and the BIS | 0.2 | 0.2 | −1.7 | −1.7 | −0.6 | −0.6 | |||||
| with banks | −1.8 | −1.8 | −12.4 | −12.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |||||
| Securities | 5.5 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | |||||
| Equity | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |||||
| Money market instruments | −0.0 | −0.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.2 | −0.2 | |||||
| Other claims | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| ERRORS AND OMISSIONS | 6.6 | 11.6 | 13.7 | ||||||||