FRANCOFORTE, 18 luglio (Reuters) - Capital flowed into the euro zone in May,
the European Central Bank said on Thursday. The ECB reported the following data
on the euro zone balance of payments. Figures are in billions of euros and are
non-seasonally adjusted unless specified otherwise.
EURO ZONE TRADE/CURRENT ACC MAY APR Cumulative
12-month
CURRENT ACCOUNT 9.5 16.6 (15.3) 183.7
Trade balance 17.1 16.3 (16.9) 146.3
Services 8.0 7.5 (7.5) 93.6
Net income account -7.0 2.4 (2.1) 54.7
Net current transfers -8.6 -9.5 (-11.2) -110.9
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 2.3 1.3 (1.4) 15.6
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT
TOTAL -17.0 -18.5 (-16.0) -219.3
Direct investment 0.4 -6.9 (-6.4) -91.6
Portfolio investment 29.8 1.5 (-2.8) 175.7
Combined direct,
portfolio investment 30.1 -5.3 (-9.3) 84.1
Financial derivatives -7.1 -3.4 (-3.3) 27.7
Other investments -39.5 -9.7 (-3.4) -322.9
Reserve assets -0.6 -0.1 (-0.1) -8.2
SEASONALLY ADJ CURRENT ACC. 19.6 23.8 (19.5) 189.5
NOTE - Originally reported data that have been revised are
shown in brackets. A minus sign for reserve assets represents an
increase.
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