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