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ECB NSA Data: Euroland Balance Of Payments, Current Month

Release for: April 2018
Source: European Central Bank
In billions of euro
Non-Seasonally Adjusted Data
                       ---March18---              ---April18---
                           Net  Credit   Debit     Net  Credit  Debit
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Current Account           41.3   343.4   302.0    26.2   320.5  294.3
goods                     37.4   207.9   170.5    22.6   188.9  166.3
services                   8.9    71.6    62.7     7.9    67.5   59.6
income                     8.0    54.2    46.2     5.6    55.4   49.8
current transfers        -13.0     9.7    22.6    -9.9     8.7   18.6
Capital Account            0.8     3.8     3.0     0.2     2.1    2.0
Financial Account         85.3    -8.7   -94.0    -6.0    98.0  104.0
Direct investment         64.4    32.0   -32.4    34.7    20.7  -14.0
Equity capital and
reinvested earnings       25.7    10.2   -15.5    25.8    17.7   -8.1
Other capital, mostly
intercompany loans        38.7    21.8   -16.9     8.9     3.0   -5.9
Portfolio investment     -31.0    30.8    61.8    26.4    20.2   -6.2
Equity                   -36.1   -11.3    24.8    23.7    16.7   -6.9
Debt instruments           5.1    42.1    37.0     2.7     3.5    0.8
Bonds and notes           18.0    12.0    -6.0     7.3    -0.6   -8.0
Money mkt instruments    -12.9    30.1    43.1    -4.6     4.1    8.7
Combined direct +
Portfolio Investment      33.4    62.8    29.4    61.1    40.9  -20.2
Financial derivatives     -4.5                     1.7
Other investment          47.0   -76.4  -123.4   -65.1    59.1  124.2
Eurosystem               -74.4     0.1    74.5    50.7    -0.4  -51.1
MFIs (excl. eurosystem)   90.8   -83.6  -174.4  -112.1    55.5  167.6
currency/deposits
General government        -1.6    -0.4     1.2    -0.8    -2.6   -1.8
Long-term
Short-term
Other sectors             32.2     7.5   -24.7    -2.9     6.6    9.5
currency/deposits         88.6   -50.5  -139.1  -111.6    11.8  123.4
Reserve Assets                     9.4                    -3.7
Errors and omissions      43.2                   -32.4
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(1) Financial accounts: Inflows (+), outflows (-)
(2) Increase in reserve assets (-), decrease (+)
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