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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 March 2011 (revised) April 2011
April 2010 April 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 -13.8 2,347.2 2,360.9 -52.6 2,700.3 2,753.0 -2.0 246.3 248.3 -6.5 223.6 230.1
Goods 45.8 1,362.2 1,316.4 2.8 1,655.3 1,652.4 3.5 158.9 155.4 -3.6 140.4 143.9
Services 35.3 479.6 444.4 42.4 523.6 481.2 2.3 42.7 40.4 2.6 41.1 38.5
Income 2.2 416.1 413.9 -2.3 428.1 430.4 1.9 39.4 37.5 1.0 36.1 35.1
Current transfers -97.0 89.2 186.3 -95.6 93.4 188.9 -9.6 5.3 14.9 -6.6 6.0 12.6
CAPITALACCOUNT 4.9 18.8 13.9 8.4 22.6 14.2 -0.0 0.9 0.9 0.1 1.1 1.0
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -7.9 46.9 2.8 5.1
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -101.2 -234.5 133.3 -62.9 -189.2 126.3 -5.4 -18.6 13.3 -27.0 -40.6 13.6
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 40.8 -156.3 198.2 -20.2 -102.8 83.2 -0.5 -6.6 6.1 -30.2 -37.0 6.8
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -142.9 -78.2 -64.9 -43.0 -86.4 43.1 -4.8 -12.0 7.2 3.1 -3.7 6.8
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 270.4 -188.1 458.6 284.1 -91.2 375.4 80.4 8.7 71.7 47.7 5.0 42.7
Equity 46.8 -125.4 172.2 132.3 -54.8 187.0 32.5 -0.6 33.1 -42.0 -13.5 -28.5
Debt instruments 223.7 -62.7 286.4 151.9 -36.5 188.3 47.9 9.3 38.6 89.7 18.5 71.2
Bonds and notes 82.5 -107.4 189.9 85.4 -71.3 156.6 41.5 12.6 28.9 77.8 6.4 71.5
Money market instruments 141.1 44.6 96.5 66.5 34.8 31.7 6.4 -3.3 9.7 11.8 12.1 -0.3
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 169.2 -422.7 591.9 221.2 -280.5 501.7 75.0 -10.0 85.0 20.7 -35.6 56.3
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 11.5 3.4 -1.7 0.6
OTHER INVESTMENT -181.6 165.4 -347.0 -167.1 -106.6 -60.5 -64.1 58.4 -122.5 -22.1 -117.0 94.8
Eurosystem -123.5 1.5 -125.0 11.0 -11.3 22.4 -2.1 0.0 -2.1 -5.0 -5.6 0.6
General government -13.3 -13.2 -0.1 49.5 -35.4 84.8 8.9 1.2 7.7 -3.4 -1.7 -1.8
of which: currency and deposits -3.5 -3.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) 7.7 92.9 -85.1 -209.0 -40.7 -168.3 -86.3 38.3 -124.6 8.2 -95.4 103.6
Long-term 17.8 19.0 -1.2 62.5 24.7 37.7 6.4 5.7 0.7 0.2 -1.9 2.1
Short-term -10.1 73.9 -84.0 -271.5 -65.4 -206.1 -92.7 32.6 -125.2 7.9 -93.5 101.5
Other sectors -52.5 84.2 -136.7 -18.6 -19.3 0.6 15.4 18.9 -3.5 -21.8 -14.2 -7.6
of which: currency and deposits 37.7 37.7 -15.6 -15.6 7.5 7.5 -4.4 -4.4
RESERVE ASSETS -7.0 -7.0 -10.6 -10.6 -6.4 -6.4 5.9 5.9
Errors and omissions 16.7 -2.6 -0.8 1.3

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