European Central Bank - eurosystem
European Central Bank - eurosystem
Search
Search Options
Home Media Explainers Research & Publications Statistics Monetary Policy The €uro Payments & Markets Careers
Suggestions
Sort by

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
2011
2012

Mar. 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
Source: ECB.

CURRENT
ACCOUNT
-16.7
9.6
-3.4
-1.4
-1.3
-1.4
0.9
0.4
-3.0
4.2
3.0
3.7
-1.2
9.1

Memo: as a percentage of GDP
-0.2
0.1












Credit
2,741.1
2,967.8
240.4
242.2
240.4
242.9
245.6
246.7
245.9
250.8
250.4
253.2
251.5
257.9

Debit
2,757.8
2,958.2
243.8
243.6
241.6
244.3
244.7
246.3
248.9
246.5
247.4
249.5
252.6
248.8

Goods
2.5
15.4
-3.7
2.0
0.3
-0.0
0.9
0.3
-2.9
2.9
2.2
3.3
1.4
8.6

Credit (exports)
1,633.2
1,803.1
145.6
146.3
144.7
146.4
148.7
148.6
147.7
152.0
152.7
154.7
156.3
159.3

Debit (imports)
1,630.7
1,787.7
149.3
144.3
144.5
146.4
147.8
148.4
150.5
149.1
150.5
151.4
155.0
150.7

Services
51.1
62.5
4.3
5.3
4.7
5.0
4.9
5.7
5.9
5.7
5.4
4.1
5.2
6.2

Credit (exports)
532.2
551.3
44.7
45.1
45.0
46.1
45.7
46.7
47.2
46.4
46.4
44.6
46.7
46.7

Debit (imports)
481.1
488.8
40.3
39.9
40.3
41.1
40.8
41.0
41.3
40.7
41.0
40.5
41.6
40.5

Income
31.5
32.4
4.2
-0.1
2.6
2.1
3.0
2.4
2.2
3.9
3.8
4.2
1.0
3.0

Credit
486.4
518.6
42.4
43.4
43.3
42.7
43.2
43.4
43.2
44.3
43.5
45.7
40.7
42.7

Debit
454.9
486.2
38.2
43.4
40.7
40.7
40.2
41.0
41.0
40.4
39.8
41.5
39.7
39.7

Current transfers
-101.7
-100.6
-8.3
-8.6
-8.9
-8.5
-7.9
-8.1
-8.3
-8.2
-8.4
-7.9
-8.7
-8.8

Credit
89.3
95.0
7.7
7.4
7.3
7.7
8.0
7.9
7.9
8.1
7.9
8.2
7.7
9.2

Debit
191.0
195.6
16.0
16.0
16.2
16.2
15.9
16.0
16.2
16.3
16.3
16.2
16.4
17.9