Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2001 | 2002 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | January – August | August | January – August | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||||
| ( 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 | 135.0 | 129.7 | 5.3 | 1145.6 | 1169.2 | −23.6 | 132.8 | 123.1 | 9.7 | 1126.4 | 1097.2 | 29.2 | |
| Goods | 80.9 | 73.5 | 7.4 | 687.2 | 648.1 | 39.1 | 80.8 | 69.1 | 11.7 | 695.7 | 610.8 | 84.9 | |
| Services | 29.2 | 28.2 | 1.0 | 213.9 | 212.9 | 1.0 | 28.4 | 27.1 | 1.3 | 213.5 | 209.5 | 4.0 | |
| Income | 20.3 | 20.4 | −0.0 | 190.4 | 224.7 | −34.3 | 18.1 | 18.2 | −0.1 | 159.5 | 191.6 | −32.1 | |
| Current transfers | 4.5 | 7.7 | −3.1 | 54.0 | 83.5 | −29.5 | 5.5 | 8.7 | −3.2 | 57.7 | 85.2 | −27.6 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 7.8 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | −6.1 | 12.9 | −11.8 | −71.8 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −18.6 | 12.7 | −5.9 | −207.2 | 104.8 | −102.4 | −0.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | −106.7 | 85.4 | −21.3 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −14.9 | 7.0 | −7.9 | −131.7 | 79.6 | −52.1 | −5.7 | 2.1 | −3.5 | −87.4 | 52.8 | −34.6 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −3.6 | 5.7 | 2.0 | −75.5 | 25.2 | −50.3 | 5.5 | −0.3 | 5.2 | −19.3 | 32.6 | 13.3 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −22.9 | 26.7 | 3.7 | −215.8 | 201.4 | −14.3 | −3.4 | 7.9 | 4.5 | −141.8 | 175.8 | 33.9 | |
| Equity | −4.7 | 12.6 | 8.0 | −97.6 | 146.4 | 48.8 | 4.0 | −0.7 | 3.3 | −49.7 | 66.8 | 17.1 | |
| Debt instruments | −18.3 | 14.1 | −4.2 | −118.2 | 55.0 | −63.1 | −7.5 | 8.6 | 1.1 | −92.1 | 109.0 | 16.9 | |
| Bonds and notes | −16.0 | 21.2 | 5.2 | −116.4 | 51.0 | −65.4 | −9.2 | 1.1 | −8.1 | −55.9 | 75.0 | 19.1 | |
| Money market instruments | −2.3 | −7.2 | −9.4 | −1.8 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 9.3 | −36.2 | 33.9 | −2.3 | |
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −41.5 | 39.3 | −2.2 | −423.0 | 306.2 | −116.8 | −3.6 | 9.8 | 6.2 | −248.5 | 261.2 | 12.7 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | −3.5 | 3.7 | −1.9 | −10.1 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −30.3 | 25.8 | −4.5 | −107.9 | 217.7 | 109.8 | 12.2 | −30.0 | −17.8 | −53.1 | −24.2 | −77.3 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.1 | −2.4 | −2.3 | 0.8 | −1.2 | −0.4 | 0.1 | −5.0 | −4.9 | −0.5 | −4.6 | −5.1 | |
| General government | 1.4 | −2.6 | −1.2 | 1.4 | −7.0 | −5.6 | 0.5 | −2.3 | −1.8 | −0.6 | −8.2 | −8.8 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −31.3 | 26.6 | −4.7 | −113.7 | 216.1 | 102.4 | 12.9 | −16.9 | −4.0 | −20.6 | −5.5 | −26.1 | |
| Long-term | −4.9 | 3.8 | −1.0 | −25.1 | 22.4 | −2.6 | −3.2 | 2.8 | −0.4 | −8.2 | 40.2 | 32.0 | |
| Short-term | −26.4 | 22.8 | −3.6 | −88.6 | 193.6 | 105.1 | 16.2 | −19.7 | −3.6 | −12.4 | −45.7 | −58.1 | |
| Other sectors | −0.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 13.3 | −1.3 | −5.8 | −7.2 | −31.3 | −5.9 | −37.3 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 4.1 | 4.1 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| Errors and omissions | 0.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 34.8 | |||||||||