FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Investment flowed into the euro zone in June,
the European Cent
ral Bank said on Friday. 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 JUNE MAY Cumulative
12-month
CURRENT ACCOUNT 15.7 -3.2 (-2.5) 45.3
Trade balance 14.2 5.5 (6.3) 47.9
Services 6.9 7.2 (7.0) 74.0
Net income account 2.3 -8.0 (-7.8) 34.9
Net current transfers -7.7 -8.0 (-8.0) -111.5
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 0.4 1.5 (1.5) 11.8
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT
TOTAL -17.5 -0.2 (-4.2) -52.9
Direct investment -30.6 9.9 (10.6) -109.7
Portfolio investment 59.7 26.7 (28.3) 41.0
Combined direct,
portfolio investment 29.0 36.6 (38.9) -68.6
Financial derivatives -1.4 -6.2 (-6.4) -35.5
Other investments -40.6 -29.1 (-35.2) 64.8
Reserve assets -4.5 -1.5 (-1.5) -13.6
SEASONALLY ADJ CURRENT ACC. 12.7 10.3 (10.9) 49.9
NOTE - Originally reported data that have been revised are
shown in brackets. A minus sign for reserve assets represents an
increase.
For a full copy of the report, please click on
http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/stats/bop/html/index.en.html
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(Reporting by Sakari Suoninen)
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