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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 2016 | Sep. 2017 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 359.3 | 346.4 | 30.1 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 30.9 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 30.6 | 34.5 | 37.8 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,653.1 | 3,834.9 | 309.9 | 312.5 | 319.4 | 314.1 | 316.4 | 316.6 | 322.2 | 318.9 | 326.3 | 319.2 | 319.9 | 323.2 | 326.1 |
| Debit | 3,293.8 | 3,488.5 | 279.7 | 283.8 | 288.6 | 288.4 | 295.9 | 285.7 | 289.5 | 297.3 | 297.9 | 295.0 | 289.3 | 288.7 | 288.4 |
| Goods | 377.0 | 342.0 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 35.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,110.2 | 2,232.7 | 179.0 | 178.9 | 183.8 | 185.7 | 183.9 | 186.5 | 188.5 | 184.2 | 188.9 | 186.0 | 185.1 | 187.4 | 193.8 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,733.2 | 1,890.7 | 145.8 | 150.5 | 153.1 | 154.4 | 160.1 | 159.7 | 160.0 | 158.4 | 162.2 | 156.9 | 158.7 | 158.1 | 158.7 |
| Services | 49.0 | 62.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 783.4 | 824.2 | 67.1 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.6 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 734.4 | 762.2 | 63.6 | 64.0 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 62.5 | 62.8 | 63.6 |
| Primary income | 69.2 | 93.4 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 9.7 |
| Credit | 649.7 | 669.7 | 54.3 | 57.3 | 60.3 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 54.2 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 53.0 |
| Debit | 580.6 | 576.3 | 47.1 | 47.3 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 49.6 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 44.7 | 46.5 | 43.3 |
| Secondary income | -135.9 | -151.1 | -13.6 | -13.0 | -13.1 | -10.3 | -13.7 | -5.2 | -10.4 | -17.7 | -11.9 | -14.1 | -14.9 | -12.4 | -14.3 |
| Credit | 109.7 | 108.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Debit | 245.6 | 259.3 | 23.2 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 22.8 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 2016 | Sep. 2017 | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | |
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 359.3 | 346.4 | 30.1 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 30.9 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 30.6 | 34.5 | 37.8 |
| Memo: as a percentage of GDP | 3.4 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Credit | 3,653.1 | 3,834.9 | 309.9 | 312.5 | 319.4 | 314.1 | 316.4 | 316.6 | 322.2 | 318.9 | 326.3 | 319.2 | 319.9 | 323.2 | 326.1 |
| Debit | 3,293.8 | 3,488.5 | 279.7 | 283.8 | 288.6 | 288.4 | 295.9 | 285.7 | 289.5 | 297.3 | 297.9 | 295.0 | 289.3 | 288.7 | 288.4 |
| Goods | 377.0 | 342.0 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 35.2 |
| Credit (exports) | 2,110.2 | 2,232.7 | 179.0 | 178.9 | 183.8 | 185.7 | 183.9 | 186.5 | 188.5 | 184.2 | 188.9 | 186.0 | 185.1 | 187.4 | 193.8 |
| Debit (imports) | 1,733.2 | 1,890.7 | 145.8 | 150.5 | 153.1 | 154.4 | 160.1 | 159.7 | 160.0 | 158.4 | 162.2 | 156.9 | 158.7 | 158.1 | 158.7 |
| Services | 49.0 | 62.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Credit (exports) | 783.4 | 824.2 | 67.1 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.6 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.9 |
| Debit (imports) | 734.4 | 762.2 | 63.6 | 64.0 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 62.5 | 62.8 | 63.6 |
| Primary income | 69.2 | 93.4 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 9.7 |
| Credit | 649.7 | 669.7 | 54.3 | 57.3 | 60.3 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 54.2 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 53.0 |
| Debit | 580.6 | 576.3 | 47.1 | 47.3 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 49.6 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 44.7 | 46.5 | 43.3 |
| Secondary income | -135.9 | -151.1 | -13.6 | -13.0 | -13.1 | -10.3 | -13.7 | -5.2 | -10.4 | -17.7 | -11.9 | -14.1 | -14.9 | -12.4 | -14.3 |
| Credit | 109.7 | 108.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Debit | 245.6 | 259.3 | 23.2 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 22.8 |