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Table 2: Monthly balance of payments of the euro area

(EUR billions; transactions; non−working day and non−seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending January 2011 (revised) February 2011
February 2010 February 2011
Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit
Source: ECB.
1) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (−). Reserve assets: increase (−); decrease (+).
2) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area.
CURRENTACCOUNT -21.4 2,300.7 2,322.2 -49.1 2,653.2 2,702.2 -20.8 209.1 229.9 -9.5 220.0 229.5
Goods 45.3 1,318.4 1,273.1 9.6 1,615.7 1,606.2 -14.1 127.5 141.6 -1.0 137.2 138.2
Services 33.9 473.5 439.6 41.8 520.8 479.0 1.5 40.8 39.3 2.1 37.5 35.4
Income -0.5 418.2 418.7 -3.5 425.1 428.6 0.1 32.1 32.0 2.9 32.9 30.0
Current transfers -100.1 90.6 190.8 -97.0 91.5 188.5 -8.2 8.7 17.0 -13.5 12.4 26.0
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 7.5 21.7 14.2 8.0 22.2 14.2 0.4 1.3 0.9 2.2 2.9 0.8
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -6.3 42.6 18.3 3.3
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -92.2 -278.9 186.7 -79.2 -181.1 101.9 6.5 -26.3 32.8 -19.6 -5.9 -13.7
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 48.2 -207.2 256.6 4.8 -81.5 86.9 -26.1 -32.4 6.3 6.4 3.5 2.9
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -141.3 -71.8 -69.9 -84.4 -99.7 15.0 32.6 6.2 26.4 -26.1 -9.5 -16.6
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 282.7 -109.2 391.9 186.8 -142.6 329.4 -18.1 -39.5 21.4 90.9 1.8 89.0
Equity 62.7 -87.7 150.4 113.0 -62.9 175.9 15.1 6.1 9.0 27.2 -4.7 31.9
Debt instruments 219.9 -21.6 241.5 73.8 -79.7 153.5 -33.2 -45.6 12.4 63.7 6.5 57.1
Bonds and notes 88.1 -27.0 115.1 -3.1 -130.6 127.5 -36.5 -37.5 0.9 26.1 -2.7 28.8
Money market instruments 131.8 5.4 126.4 76.9 50.9 26.0 3.3 -8.1 11.5 37.6 9.2 28.3
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 190.5 -388.1 578.6 107.6 -323.7 431.3 -11.6 -65.7 54.1 71.3 -4.1 75.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 34.4 0.5 -2.7 -2.1
OTHER INVESTMENT -227.1 297.6 -524.7 -52.7 -131.8 79.1 38.3 -66.2 104.6 -67.0 -31.5 -35.5
Eurosystem -143.9 5.1 -149.0 17.6 -6.5 24.2 7.5 0.5 7.1 1.6 -3.0 4.6
General government -1.4 -0.4 -1.1 40.6 -39.5 80.1 19.5 5.9 13.6 6.0 -1.2 7.2
of which: currency and deposits 9.2 9.2 -3.6 -3.6 4.3 4.3 -1.0 -1.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -44.0 200.1 -244.1 -89.8 -31.5 -58.4 4.6 -59.4 64.0 -58.7 -41.6 -17.1
Long-term -12.7 18.9 -31.7 75.4 27.5 47.9 30.7 -18.3 49.0 0.7 -8.9 9.6
Short-term -31.3 181.1 -212.4 -165.2 -59.0 -106.3 -26.0 -41.0 15.0 -59.5 -32.7 -26.7
Other sectors -37.7 92.9 -130.6 -21.1 -54.4 33.2 6.7 -13.3 19.9 -15.9 14.4 -30.2
of which: currency and deposits 48.3 48.3 -31.4 -31.4 -18.1 -18.1 5.5 5.5
RESERVE ASSETS -4.0 -4.0 -12.8 -12.8 -5.7 -5.7 1.0 1.0
Errors and omissions 20.3 -1.5 2.1 4.1