Table 3: Revisions of the euro area balance of payments and international investment position (difference vis-à-vis previously published data)
(EUR billions)
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transactions | |||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||
| Current account | -1.2 | -2.5 | -3.8 | -7.9 | -10.9 | 1.2 | -5.1 | 9.8 | 11.3 |
| credit | -3.6 | -4.0 | -4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 41.9 |
| debit | -2.4 | -1.5 | -0.2 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 30.6 |
| Goods | -1.5 | -2.5 | -3.5 | -4.8 | -5.6 | -4.3 | -1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| credit (exports) | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| debit (imports) | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 0.4 |
| Services | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| credit (exports) | -4.1 | -5.0 | -5.4 | -5.4 | -4.8 | -4.2 | -2.1 | 1.8 | -3.9 |
| debit (imports) | -4.4 | -5.2 | -5.6 | -6.1 | -6.0 | -4.8 | -2.9 | -0.1 | -6.2 |
| Income | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -3.6 | -6.9 | 4.8 | -4.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 |
| credit | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 20.3 | 44.6 |
| debit | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 37.7 |
| Current transfers | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.6 | -1.3 | 0.1 |
| credit | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -1.1 |
| debit | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.0 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| Capital account | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| credit | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| debit | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Financial account balance | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | -12.9 | 1.5 | 25.4 | -66.8 |
| Direct investment | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -13.4 | 9.0 | -11.9 | 26.9 |
| Abroad | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | -8.1 | 4.9 | -69.6 | -52.9 |
| In the euro area | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -5.3 | 4.1 | 57.6 | 79.8 |
| Portfolio investment | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.6 | -2.2 | 24.1 | -97.9 |
| Assets | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -1.8 | 2.0 | -13.8 |
| Liabilities | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 22.1 | -84.1 |
| Financial derivatives | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 36.6 | |||
| Other investment | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | -5.8 | 12.2 | -32.6 |
| Assets | 0.9 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -0.0 | -8.3 | -21.5 | -53.1 |
| Liabilities | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 33.7 | 20.4 |
| Reserve assets | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Errors and omissions | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 11.7 | 3.6 | -35.3 | 55.5 |
| Outstanding amounts | |||||||||
| Net international investment position | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 22.8 | -10.0 | 39.1 | 10.9 | 163.8 |
| Direct investment | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -26.4 | 10.3 | 26.4 | -25.8 |
| Portfolio investment | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2.2 | -6.2 | 6.8 | 318.7 |
| Financial derivatives | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 24.8 | 22.6 | -56.7 |
| Other investment | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 22.8 | 18.6 | 7.8 | -46.8 | -72.2 |
| Reserve assets | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | -0.2 |