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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 December 2013 (revised) January 2014
January 2013 January 2014
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 128.7 3,190.3 3,061.6 223.5 3,203.8 2,980.3 28.2 275.2 247.0 6.4 253.9 247.6
Goods 97.8 1,928.0 1,830.2 174.0 1,937.9 1,763.8 13.2 154.0 140.7 1.0 152.3 151.3
Services 90.3 629.4 539.1 111.4 658.8 547.4 10.9 59.8 48.9 8.7 52.5 43.8
Income 50.6 533.4 482.8 61.6 510.3 448.7 9.5 45.8 36.3 6.7 38.6 31.9
Current transfers -110.1 99.5 209.6 -123.5 96.9 220.4 -5.4 15.7 21.1 -10.0 10.5 20.5
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 14.4 29.6 15.2 19.0 29.8 10.8 2.4 4.1 1.8 0.4 1.1 0.7
Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities Balance Assets Liabilities
FINANCIALACCOUNT1) -154.8 -238.8 -38.7 -3.6
DIRECTINVESTMENT2) -29.1 -323.2 294.1 -99.6 -186.0 86.4 14.6 0.6 14.0 -4.7 -18.9 14.2
Equity capital and reinvested earnings 33.5 -189.7 223.5 -61.0 -114.9 54.5 3.3 -4.4 7.8 0.4 -13.0 13.3
Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) -63.1 -133.5 70.5 -39.0 -71.1 31.9 11.2 5.0 6.2 -5.0 -5.9 0.9
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 153.5 -182.4 336.0 138.8 -210.4 349.3 -4.2 -12.7 8.4 16.9 -17.3 34.1
Equity 83.7 -71.7 155.4 127.4 -125.4 252.7 34.8 -7.0 41.8 4.4 -6.8 11.2
Debt instruments 69.8 -110.7 180.5 11.5 -85.0 96.5 -39.0 -5.7 -33.3 12.4 -10.5 23.0
Bonds and notes 58.4 -119.1 177.5 9.6 -60.8 70.4 12.8 3.6 9.2 -6.6 -2.7 -3.9
Money market instruments 11.4 8.4 3.0 1.9 -24.2 26.1 -51.8 -9.3 -42.5 19.1 -7.8 26.9
MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT 124.4 -505.7 630.0 39.2 -396.4 435.6 10.4 -12.0 22.4 12.2 -36.2 48.4
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) 13.9 8.8 3.4 -1.4
OTHER INVESTMENT -275.5 -22.7 -252.8 -284.6 46.0 -330.6 -51.2 93.1 -144.3 -11.7 -128.2 116.5
Eurosystem 37.0 -1.3 38.3 -45.0 21.9 -66.9 0.4 -1.0 1.4 -3.2 3.3 -6.5
General government -0.7 2.4 -3.1 -2.3 4.2 -6.5 -3.9 0.7 -4.6 3.0 2.3 0.7
of which: currency and deposits 7.8 7.8 -4.1 -4.1 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.2
MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) -239.2 70.6 -309.8 -261.1 -11.6 -249.6 -53.9 96.7 -150.7 -21.6 -134.0 112.4
Long-term -10.8 21.2 -32.1 69.3 139.8 -70.5 49.4 54.2 -4.8 4.3 2.5 1.8
Short-term -228.4 49.3 -277.7 -330.4 -151.4 -179.0 -103.4 42.5 -145.9 -25.9 -136.6 110.6
Other sectors -72.6 -94.4 21.8 23.8 31.4 -7.6 6.2 -3.3 9.5 10.1 0.3 9.9
of which: currency and deposits -47.9 -47.9 -13.3 -13.3 -9.8 -9.8 -6.8 -6.8
RESERVE ASSETS -17.6 -17.6 -2.3 -2.3 -1.3 -1.3 -2.7 -2.7
Errors and omissions 11.7 -3.7 8.1 -3.2