ECB NSA Data: Euroland Balance Of Payments, Current Month

Release for: August 2017

Source: European Central Bank

In billions of euro

Non-Seasonally Adjusted Data

                           ---July17---           ---August17---

                           Net  Credit   Debit    Net  Credit  Debit

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Current Account           37.1   319.2   282.1   29.6   307.8  278.1

goods                     30.1   184.1   154.0   22.5   176.9  154.4

services                   9.8    75.2    65.4    7.3    72.1   64.8

income                     9.9    51.9    41.9   10.3    51.1   40.7

current transfers        -12.8     8.0    20.8  -10.5     7.7   18.2

Capital Account            0.9     2.4     1.4    0.5     1.8    1.3

Financial Account         40.7   -20.1   -60.8   41.1    56.9   15.8

Direct investment          8.7  -177.4  -186.1   -6.5    12.7   19.2

Equity capital and

reinvested earnings        6.9  -178.5  -185.4    5.4     4.2   -1.1

Other capital, mostly

intercompany loans         1.8     1.1    -0.7  -11.9     8.4   20.4

Portfolio investment      13.8    65.8    52.0   95.2    68.9  -26.3

Equity                   -38.6    23.3    61.9    3.2    21.8   18.6

Debt instruments          52.4    42.5    -9.9   92.1    47.1  -45.0

Bonds and notes          -12.8   -16.5    -3.7   11.8     7.9   -3.9

Money mkt instruments     65.2    59.0    -6.2   80.3    39.2  -41.0

Combined direct +

Portfolio Investment      22.5  -111.5  -134.1   88.7    81.6   -7.1

Financial derivatives     -5.3                   -7.9

Other investment          28.6   101.9    73.2  -39.1   -16.1   22.9

Eurosystem                36.1    -1.0   -37.1  -15.8    -0.5   15.4

MFIs (excl. eurosystem)   -0.1   115.6   115.7  -13.8   -13.9   -0.1

currency/deposits

General government         0.3    -0.2    -0.6    3.3     2.2   -1.1

Long-term

Short-term

Other sectors             -7.7   -12.5    -4.8  -12.8    -4.0    8.8

currency/deposits        -70.6    21.4    92.1  -31.0   -11.8   19.2

Reserve Assets                    -5.2                   -0.7

Errors and omissions       2.7                   11.0

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(1) Financial accounts: Inflows (+), outflows (-)

(2) Increase in reserve assets (-), decrease (+)

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