ECB NSA Data: Euroland Balance Of Payments, Current Month

Release for: March 2018

Source: European Central Bank

In billions of euro

Non-Seasonally Adjusted Data

                       ---February18---              ---March18---

                           Net  Credit  Debit    Net  Credit   Debit

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Current Account           24.2   298.8  274.6   40.6   342.9   302.4

goods                     24.7   182.3  157.6   37.3   208.6   171.2

services                   6.8    62.5   55.7    8.9    71.6    62.7

income                     8.6    46.3   37.7    7.1    53.2    46.1

current transfers        -15.8     7.7   23.5  -12.8     9.5    22.3

Capital Account            0.5     2.2    1.6   -0.4     3.7     4.2

Financial Account         18.4    92.2   73.9   86.1   -12.7   -98.8

Direct investment          4.3    25.0   20.6   63.1    30.5   -32.6

Equity capital and

reinvested earnings       18.0    25.0    7.0   23.5     8.7   -14.8

Other capital, mostly

intercompany loans       -13.7    -0.1   13.6   39.5    21.8   -17.7

Portfolio investment      45.9    29.6  -16.3  -32.9    30.0    63.0

Equity                     6.6    -1.3   -7.9  -35.8   -11.4    24.4

Debt instruments          39.3    30.9   -8.4    2.9    41.5    38.6

Bonds and notes            0.4     6.5    6.1   18.6    11.9    -6.7

Money mkt instruments     38.9    24.4  -14.5  -15.7    29.6    45.3

Combined direct +

Portfolio Investment      50.2    54.6    4.3   30.1    60.5    30.4

Financial derivatives      0.8                  -4.5

Other investment         -32.5    37.0   69.5   51.0   -78.2  -129.2

Eurosystem               -28.5     0.2   28.7  -74.4     0.1    74.5

MFIs (excl. eurosystem)    9.2    30.9   21.6   90.3   -84.4  -174.7

currency/deposits

General government        -4.0    -1.3    2.7   -4.5    -1.3     3.2

Long-term

Short-term

Other sectors             -9.2     7.3   16.5   39.6     7.3   -32.2

currency/deposits        -40.2    26.1   66.2   87.8   -51.6  -139.3

Reserve Assets                    -0.1                   9.5

Errors and omissions      -6.4                  46.0

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

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

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