Balance of payments, financial account, monthly data methods, notes and classification

The balance of payments is the statistical statement that systematically summarises, for a specific time period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. The following definitions are based on the IMF Fifth Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5). The Balance of Payments is broken down into three broad sub-balances: the current account, the capital account, and the financial account.Financial account: The financial account is broken down into five basic components: direct investment, portfolio investment, financial derivatives, other investment, and reserve assets. Source: European Central Bank.

• • Currency
    • 0 Million euro
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 0 Net
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 0 Rest of the world
  • BOP_item
    • 0 Financial account
    • 1 Financial account; Direct Investment
    • 2 Financial account; Portfolio Investment
    • 3 Financial account; Financial derivatives and employee stock options
    • 4 Financial account; Other Investment
    • 5 Net errors and omissions
    • 6 Financial account; Reserve assets
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 0 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 1 Belgium
    • 2 Bulgaria
    • 3 Czechia
    • 4 Denmark
    • 5 Germany
    • 6 Estonia
    • 7 Ireland
    • 8 Greece
    • 9 Spain
    • a France
    • b Croatia
    • c Italy
    • d Cyprus
    • e Latvia
    • f Lithuania
    • g Luxembourg
    • h Hungary
    • i Malta
    • j Netherlands
    • k Austria
    • l Poland
    • m Portugal
    • n Romania
    • o Slovenia
    • p Slovakia
    • q Finland
    • r Sweden
    • s North Macedonia
    • t Serbia