Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions; transactions, seasonally adjusted data)
Twelve-month cumulated figures ending  |  
     2005  |  
     2006  |  
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 05 | Feb. 06 | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT  |  
     43.7  |  
     -33.3  |  
     1.8  |  
     -0.1  |  
     0.1  |  
     1.0  |  
     -2.0  |  
     -5.4  |  
     -1.8  |  
     -6.0  |  
     -11.2  |  
     -3.4  |  
     -0.7  |  
     -5.6  |  
    |
credit  |  
     1,854.3  |  
     2,060.1  |  
     161.7  |  
     163.3  |  
     163.5  |  
     164.8  |  
     169.4  |  
     171.2  |  
     172.9  |  
     170.5  |  
     177.7  |  
     179.4  |  
     174.3  |  
     191.4  |  
    |
debit  |  
     1,810.6  |  
     2,093.4  |  
     159.9  |  
     163.4  |  
     163.5  |  
     163.7  |  
     171.4  |  
     176.5  |  
     174.7  |  
     176.5  |  
     188.9  |  
     182.9  |  
     175.0  |  
     197.0  |  
    |
Goods  |  
     97.0  |  
     39.6  |  
     6.8  |  
     5.8  |  
     5.3  |  
     6.9  |  
     3.3  |  
     1.4  |  
     6.0  |  
     -0.2  |  
     2.2  |  
     1.2  |  
     0.5  |  
     0.5  |  
    |
credit (exports)  |  
     1,132.0  |  
     1,243.5  |  
     97.3  |  
     98.0  |  
     99.2  |  
     99.9  |  
     102.1  |  
     103.9  |  
     106.5  |  
     101.8  |  
     106.1  |  
     108.1  |  
     108.9  |  
     111.8  |  
    |
debit (imports)  |  
     1,035.0  |  
     1,203.9  |  
     90.5  |  
     92.3  |  
     93.9  |  
     93.0  |  
     98.8  |  
     102.5  |  
     100.5  |  
     101.9  |  
     104.0  |  
     106.8  |  
     108.4  |  
     111.3  |  
    |
Services  |  
     31.1  |  
     33.5  |  
     2.6  |  
     2.6  |  
     1.8  |  
     2.8  |  
     2.8  |  
     2.4  |  
     2.7  |  
     3.1  |  
     4.1  |  
     3.5  |  
     2.5  |  
     2.6  |  
    |
credit (exports)  |  
     365.8  |  
     399.7  |  
     31.9  |  
     31.8  |  
     31.7  |  
     32.4  |  
     33.7  |  
     33.5  |  
     33.6  |  
     33.8  |  
     35.2  |  
     33.7  |  
     33.6  |  
     34.8  |  
    |
debit (imports)  |  
     334.8  |  
     366.2  |  
     29.3  |  
     29.2  |  
     29.9  |  
     29.6  |  
     30.9  |  
     31.1  |  
     30.9  |  
     30.7  |  
     31.1  |  
     30.2  |  
     31.2  |  
     32.2  |  
    |
Income  |  
     -25.8  |  
     -42.5  |  
     -1.5  |  
     -4.4  |  
     -2.1  |  
     -3.8  |  
     -3.7  |  
     -3.2  |  
     -3.8  |  
     -4.1  |  
     -11.5  |  
     -1.7  |  
     -0.1  |  
     -2.7  |  
    |
credit  |  
     274.0  |  
     325.4  |  
     25.7  |  
     26.0  |  
     25.7  |  
     25.4  |  
     26.6  |  
     27.0  |  
     26.7  |  
     27.9  |  
     29.4  |  
     29.9  |  
     27.6  |  
     27.6  |  
    |
debit  |  
     299.8  |  
     367.9  |  
     27.2  |  
     30.3  |  
     27.7  |  
     29.2  |  
     30.3  |  
     30.1  |  
     30.6  |  
     32.1  |  
     40.8  |  
     31.6  |  
     27.6  |  
     30.3  |  
    |
Current transfers  |  
     -58.6  |  
     -63.8  |  
     -6.0  |  
     -4.1  |  
     -5.0  |  
     -4.8  |  
     -4.4  |  
     -6.0  |  
     -6.7  |  
     -4.9  |  
     -5.9  |  
     -6.4  |  
     -3.7  |  
     -6.0  |  
    |
credit  |  
     82.5  |  
     91.5  |  
     6.8  |  
     7.5  |  
     6.9  |  
     7.1  |  
     7.0  |  
     6.8  |  
     6.1  |  
     7.0  |  
     7.0  |  
     7.8  |  
     4.2  |  
     17.2  |  
    |
debit  |  
     141.1  |  
     155.3  |  
     12.9  |  
     11.6  |  
     11.9  |  
     11.9  |  
     11.4  |  
     12.8  |  
     12.8  |  
     11.8  |  
     13.0  |  
     14.2  |  
     7.8  |  
     23.2  |  
    |