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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions, non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending March 2006 (revised) April 2006
April 2005 April 2006
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 29.5 1,884.0 1,854.5 -32.4 2,098.8 2,131.2 0.1 191.7 191.6 -8.0 173.8 181.8
Goods 85.9 1,146.3 1,060.4 30.7 1,275.5 1,244.8 2.6 121.1 118.5 -0.1 107.3 107.4
Services 31.0 370.8 339.8 34.4 404.3 369.9 1.5 32.2 30.7 3.0 32.6 29.7
Income -25.1 283.7 308.9 -32.6 333.0 365.6 0.8 31.4 30.6 -4.8 29.1 33.9
Current transfers -62.2 83.2 145.5 -64.8 86.1 150.9 -4.8 6.9 11.8 -6.0 4.8 10.8
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 14.6 23.6 9.0 14.4 23.4 9.0 0.6 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.6
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) 31.2 116.7 34.7 3.1
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -56.3 -152.4 96.2 -122.3 -208.0 85.7 8.6 -4.3 12.9 -2.5 -12.4 9.9
Equity capital and reinvested earnings -55.8 -137.1 81.3 -129.0 -167.4 38.4 -5.5 -9.5 4.0 1.6 -2.2 3.8
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -0.5 -15.3 14.8 6.7 -40.6 47.3 14.2 5.2 9.0 -4.1 -10.2 6.1
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 51.7 -346.4 398.1 189.6 -475.8 665.4 48.4 -44.4 92.9 -5.7 -31.6 25.9
Equity 22.2 -103.7 126.0 218.0 -162.1 380.1 39.8 -12.0 51.8 -13.6 -3.6 -9.9
Debt instruments 29.5 -242.6 272.1 -28.3 -313.7 285.3 8.7 -32.4 41.1 7.9 -27.9 35.9
Bonds and notes 20.5 -218.9 239.4 -51.3 -290.4 239.1 11.0 -31.3 42.3 5.1 -19.8 24.9
Money market instruments 9.0 -23.8 32.8 23.0 -23.2 46.2 -2.3 -1.1 -1.2 2.8 -8.1 11.0
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -4.6 -498.8 494.2 67.3 -683.8 751.1 57.1 -48.7 105.8 -8.1 -43.9 35.8
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -13.7 -19.0 -2.1 -5.8
OTHER INVESTMENT 39.8 -369.6 409.4 49.4 -591.1 640.5 -26.3 -101.6 75.4 18.3 -92.6 110.9
Eurosystem 13.1 0.7 12.4 2.0 -6.0 8.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 -2.1 0.2 -2.3
General government -0.1 -1.2 1.1 2.6 2.1 0.5 2.0 2.1 -0.1 -0.9 -5.5 4.6
of which: currency and deposits -2.7 -2.7 -2.0 -2.0 0.3 0.3 -5.1 -5.1
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 47.4 -276.7 324.1 118.9 -375.9 494.8 -4.9 -76.4 71.6 17.4 -65.7 83.1
long-term -22.0 -31.4 9.4 -34.0 -91.1 57.2 -10.7 -12.9 2.2 4.0 -6.2 10.2
short-term 69.4 -245.3 314.6 152.8 -284.7 437.6 5.8 -63.5 69.4 13.4 -59.5 72.9
Other sectors -20.6 -92.4 71.9 -74.1 -211.3 137.2 -25.0 -28.2 3.2 3.9 -21.6 25.6
of which: currency and deposits -10.5 -10.5 -35.8 -35.8 -4.8 -4.8 1.9 1.9
RESERVE ASSETS 9.7 9.7 19.0 19.0 6.0 6.0 -1.2 -1.2
Errors and omissions -75.3 -98.7 -35.4 4.3