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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 October 2013 (revised) November 2013
November 2012 November 2013
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 117.2 3,182.3 3,065.1 211.0 3,191.2 2,980.2 26.6 277.1 250.5 27.4 265.7 238.4
Goods 92.0 1,925.3 1,833.3 170.5 1,929.6 1,759.1 19.2 176.1 156.9 18.8 166.7 147.9
Services 87.8 624.8 537.0 105.0 650.0 544.9 9.9 56.7 46.7 7.7 51.8 44.1
Income 46.9 535.7 488.8 57.7 514.9 457.2 6.2 38.2 32.0 6.4 38.8 32.4
Current transfers -109.5 96.5 206.0 -122.2 96.8 219.0 -8.7 6.2 14.9 -5.5 8.4 13.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 5.0 29.7 24.7 17.5 29.1 11.6 2.3 2.8 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.5
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -120.6 -237.6 -27.5 -29.3
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -0.3 -363.9 363.6 -117.8 -216.1 98.2 -1.7 -21.8 20.1 -12.6 -19.5 6.9
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 50.6 -201.6 252.2 -54.2 -151.9 97.7 -2.5 -21.5 19.0 -2.4 -8.7 6.3
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -50.9 -162.3 111.4 -63.6 -64.2 0.6 0.8 -0.3 1.1 -10.2 -10.8 0.6
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 39.6 -153.3 192.9 138.8 -254.5 393.3 2.1 -6.7 8.8 53.5 -12.5 66.0
Equity 132.9 -6.4 139.2 68.4 -172.0 240.4 4.9 -9.5 14.4 19.5 -0.2 19.7
Debt instruments -93.2 -146.9 53.7 70.4 -82.5 152.9 -2.8 2.9 -5.6 34.0 -12.3 46.3
Bonds and notes -10.9 -112.8 101.9 -5.1 -82.8 77.7 12.9 -0.6 13.4 39.6 -8.3 47.9
Money market instruments -82.3 -34.2 -48.2 75.5 0.3 75.2 -15.6 3.4 -19.1 -5.7 -4.0 -1.6
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 39.3 -517.2 556.5 21.0 -470.6 491.6 0.4 -28.5 28.9 40.9 -32.0 72.9
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) -9.1 20.9 2.8 -4.7
OTHER INVESTMENT -130.7 -65.8 -64.9 -277.2 160.5 -437.8 -31.6 -63.8 32.2 -65.7 -29.3 -36.4
Eurosystem 112.9 -0.7 113.6 -54.6 18.1 -72.7 -5.0 4.6 -9.6 -4.1 5.2 -9.3
General government 19.2 -2.9 22.1 -5.7 7.4 -13.1 -5.5 -1.8 -3.7 -6.2 -5.5 -0.6
of which: currency and deposits 3.0 3.0 -0.2 -0.2 -2.1 -2.1 -4.0 -4.0
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -201.0 53.8 -254.7 -231.9 79.1 -311.0 -23.8 -76.7 52.8 -33.4 -5.6 -27.8
Long-term -16.7 1.4 -18.0 23.7 89.8 -66.1 -2.6 3.3 -5.9 -10.0 -6.5 -3.6
Short-term -184.3 52.4 -236.7 -255.6 -10.7 -244.9 -21.2 -80.0 58.8 -23.4 0.8 -24.2
Other sectors -61.8 -115.9 54.1 14.9 55.9 -40.9 2.8 10.1 -7.3 -22.0 -23.3 1.3
of which: currency and deposits -44.0 -44.0 1.3 1.3 10.0 10.0 -22.4 -22.4
RESERVE ASSETS -20.1 -20.1 -2.2 -2.2 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.2
Errors and omissions -1.6 9.2 -1.3 0.2