Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | January – July | July | January – July | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) As from January 2001 the data refer to the Euro 12, i.e. they include Greece. Data for 2000 have been re-calculated to take into account the new composition of the euro area and are comparable with Euro 12 figures. | |||||||||||||
| ( 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 | 132.3 | 134.9 | −2.5 | 882.1 | 905.3 | −23.2 | 147.9 | 152.0 | −4.1 | 999.9 | 1015.1 | −15.3 | |
| Goods | 81.5 | 75.3 | 6.3 | 536.3 | 518.1 | 18.2 | 90.0 | 81.6 | 8.5 | 605.3 | 570.6 | 34.7 | |
| Services | 25.8 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 157.3 | 158.5 | −1.2 | 28.6 | 27.7 | 0.9 | 173.8 | 175.2 | −1.5 | |
| Income | 20.9 | 25.6 | −4.7 | 142.4 | 160.1 | −17.8 | 24.5 | 32.6 | −8.1 | 171.7 | 197.2 | −25.4 | |
| Current transfers | 4.1 | 9.6 | −5.5 | 46.1 | 68.6 | −22.4 | 4.8 | 10.1 | −5.4 | 49.1 | 72.2 | −23.2 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 6.9 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −11.5 | 38.1 | −12.0 | −7.6 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −19.9 | −4.7 | −24.6 | −155.1 | 260.1 | 105.0 | −6.0 | 13.2 | 7.2 | −138.8 | 54.9 | −83.9 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −28.0 | 5.5 | −22.5 | −106.0 | 215.9 | 109.9 | −11.8 | 5.4 | −6.3 | −101.5 | 47.9 | −53.6 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | 8.0 | −10.2 | −2.1 | −49.1 | 44.2 | −4.9 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 13.5 | −37.3 | 7.0 | −30.3 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −35.9 | 22.7 | −13.1 | −268.2 | 117.5 | −150.6 | −12.4 | 14.0 | 1.6 | −153.3 | 148.4 | −4.9 | |
| Equity | −26.2 | 5.7 | −20.5 | −197.8 | −48.7 | −246.5 | −8.4 | 12.8 | 4.4 | −68.9 | 137.1 | 68.2 | |
| Debt instruments | −9.6 | 17.0 | 7.3 | −70.3 | 166.2 | 95.9 | −4.0 | 1.2 | −2.8 | −84.4 | 11.3 | −73.1 | |
| Bonds and notes | −7.4 | 24.3 | 17.0 | −64.9 | 120.6 | 55.7 | −7.9 | 3.0 | −4.9 | −80.6 | 18.6 | −61.9 | |
| Money market instruments | −2.3 | −7.3 | −9.6 | −5.4 | 45.6 | 40.2 | 3.9 | −1.8 | 2.1 | −3.8 | −7.3 | −11.2 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −0.4 | 7.2 | −4.8 | −8.1 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | 6.6 | 21.2 | 27.7 | −99.0 | 172.9 | 73.9 | 45.2 | −61.2 | −16.0 | −94.2 | 171.4 | 77.2 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | −1.5 | −1.5 | 0.0 | −3.3 | −3.3 | 0.7 | −0.4 | 0.3 | −0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| General government | 3.5 | 0.4 | 3.9 | −1.5 | −3.0 | −4.5 | −1.5 | 0.9 | −0.6 | 0.4 | −5.5 | −5.1 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | 10.2 | 17.5 | 27.7 | −38.3 | 157.8 | 119.5 | 48.7 | −63.8 | −15.1 | −78.4 | 179.9 | 101.4 | |
| Long-term | −6.7 | 7.7 | 1.0 | −22.0 | 36.2 | 14.3 | −0.6 | 0.1 | −0.5 | −21.4 | 16.2 | −5.2 | |
| Short-term | 16.9 | 9.8 | 26.6 | −16.3 | 121.6 | 105.2 | 49.3 | −63.9 | −14.6 | −57.1 | 163.6 | 106.6 | |
| Other sectors | −7.2 | 4.9 | −2.3 | −59.2 | 21.3 | −37.9 | −2.7 | 2.1 | −0.7 | −16.1 | −3.7 | −19.8 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | −1.1 | 2.7 | −0.0 | 12.1 | |||||||||
| Errors and omissions | 13.5 | −22.5 | 15.7 | 16.0 | |||||||||