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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2016 | Apr. 2017 | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 358.6 | 349.9 | 37.3 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 28.1 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 24.4 | 26.0 | 37.9 | 35.7 | 22.2 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,601.5 | 3,688.5 | 298.4 | 298.7 | 297.9 | 297.0 | 301.9 | 303.5 | 307.4 | 315.6 | 312.2 | 313.3 | 313.9 | 313.9 | 313.0 |
| Debit | 3,242.9 | 3,338.7 | 261.1 | 265.5 | 266.9 | 268.9 | 272.1 | 271.9 | 284.9 | 288.4 | 287.8 | 287.3 | 276.0 | 278.2 | 290.8 |
| Goods | 359.5 | 357.2 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 25.3 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 25.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,092.5 | 2,151.3 | 173.2 | 172.4 | 174.3 | 172.7 | 175.2 | 176.4 | 176.9 | 181.8 | 183.7 | 182.8 | 186.4 | 186.0 | 182.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,733.0 | 1,794.1 | 139.8 | 140.2 | 141.1 | 143.2 | 144.7 | 143.6 | 149.1 | 151.6 | 152.6 | 157.6 | 156.9 | 155.9 | 157.6 |
| Services | 70.4 | 57.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -1.3 | -2.4 | -1.4 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 7.4 |
| Credit (exports) | 781.2 | 799.9 | 63.8 | 65.0 | 64.2 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 67.0 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 67.4 | 69.2 | 68.7 | 68.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 710.8 | 742.2 | 59.2 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 59.8 | 68.3 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 59.0 | 57.0 | 61.3 |
| Primary income | 51.1 | 79.9 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 8.2 |
| Credit | 622.8 | 629.4 | 52.6 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 58.4 | 52.3 | 54.0 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 53.4 |
| Debit | 571.7 | 549.6 | 44.5 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 45.1 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 45.9 | 45.9 | 45.2 |
| Secondary income | -122.4 | -145.0 | -8.7 | -10.0 | -10.0 | -12.9 | -14.1 | -13.6 | -12.9 | -13.1 | -10.5 | -14.0 | -5.5 | -9.8 | -18.5 |
| Credit | 104.9 | 107.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.2 |
| Debit | 227.3 | 252.9 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 23.2 | 14.2 | 19.4 | 26.7 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2016 | Apr. 2017 | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 358.6 | 349.9 | 37.3 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 28.1 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 24.4 | 26.0 | 37.9 | 35.7 | 22.2 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,601.5 | 3,688.5 | 298.4 | 298.7 | 297.9 | 297.0 | 301.9 | 303.5 | 307.4 | 315.6 | 312.2 | 313.3 | 313.9 | 313.9 | 313.0 |
| Debit | 3,242.9 | 3,338.7 | 261.1 | 265.5 | 266.9 | 268.9 | 272.1 | 271.9 | 284.9 | 288.4 | 287.8 | 287.3 | 276.0 | 278.2 | 290.8 |
| Goods | 359.5 | 357.2 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 25.3 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 25.1 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,092.5 | 2,151.3 | 173.2 | 172.4 | 174.3 | 172.7 | 175.2 | 176.4 | 176.9 | 181.8 | 183.7 | 182.8 | 186.4 | 186.0 | 182.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,733.0 | 1,794.1 | 139.8 | 140.2 | 141.1 | 143.2 | 144.7 | 143.6 | 149.1 | 151.6 | 152.6 | 157.6 | 156.9 | 155.9 | 157.6 |
| Services | 70.4 | 57.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -1.3 | -2.4 | -1.4 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 7.4 |
| Credit (exports) | 781.2 | 799.9 | 63.8 | 65.0 | 64.2 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 67.0 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 67.4 | 69.2 | 68.7 | 68.7 |
| Debit (imports) | 710.8 | 742.2 | 59.2 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 59.8 | 68.3 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 59.0 | 57.0 | 61.3 |
| Primary income | 51.1 | 79.9 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 8.2 |
| Credit | 622.8 | 629.4 | 52.6 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 58.4 | 52.3 | 54.0 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 53.4 |
| Debit | 571.7 | 549.6 | 44.5 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 45.1 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 45.9 | 45.9 | 45.2 |
| Secondary income | -122.4 | -145.0 | -8.7 | -10.0 | -10.0 | -12.9 | -14.1 | -13.6 | -12.9 | -13.1 | -10.5 | -14.0 | -5.5 | -9.8 | -18.5 |
| Credit | 104.9 | 107.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.2 |
| Debit | 227.3 | 252.9 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 23.2 | 14.2 | 19.4 | 26.7 |