One of Harper Lee’s surviving relatives says it’s possible there could be major unpublished works by the author still to be discovered, following the release of eight of her previously unseen short stories.
Describing the mystery…
One of Harper Lee’s surviving relatives says it’s possible there could be major unpublished works by the author still to be discovered, following the release of eight of her previously unseen short stories.
Describing the mystery…
20 October 2025
Euro area current account balance
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
Source: ECB.
The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €12 billion in August 2025, a decrease of €18 billion from the previous month (Chart 1 and Table 1). Surpluses were recorded for goods (€15 billion) and services (€14 billion). Deficits were recorded for secondary income (€16 billion) and primary income (€1 billion).
Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
Source: ECB. Note: Discrepancies between totals and their components may be due to rounding.
Data for the current account of the euro area
In the 12 months to August 2025, the current account recorded a surplus of €303 billion (2.0% of euro area GDP), compared with a surplus of €404 billion (2.7% of euro area GDP) one year earlier. This decrease was explained by a deterioration of all the accounts, particularly by a switch from a surplus (€41 billion) to a deficit (€11 billion) for primary income, but also by a larger deficit for secondary income (up from €167 billion to €186 billion), and reductions in the surplus for services (down from €169 billion to €154 billion) and goods (down from €360 billion to €347 billion).
Selected items of the euro area financial account
(EUR billions; 12-month cumulated data)
Source: ECB. Notes: For assets, a positive (negative) number indicates net purchases (sales) of non-euro area instruments by euro area investors. For liabilities, a positive (negative) number indicates net sales (purchases) of euro area instruments by non-euro area investors.
In direct investment, euro area residents made net investments of €123 billion in non-euro area assets in the 12 months to August 2025, following net disinvestments of €191 billion one year earlier (Chart 2 and Table 2). Non-residents invested €57 billion in net terms in euro area assets in the 12 months to August 2025, following net disinvestments of €472 billion one year earlier.
In portfolio investment, euro area residents’ net purchases of non-euro area equity increased to €226 billion in the 12 months to August 2025, up from €139 billion one year earlier. Over the same period, net purchases of non-euro area debt securities by euro area residents increased to €623 billion, up from €420 billion. Non-residents’ net purchases of euro area equity increased to €387 billion in the 12 months to August 2025, up from €370 billion one year earlier. Over the same period, non-residents made net purchases of euro area debt securities amounting to €359 billion, following net purchases of €415 billion.
Financial account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)
Source: ECB. Notes: Decreases in assets and liabilities are shown with a minus sign. Net financial derivatives are reported under assets. “MFIs” stands for monetary financial institutions. Discrepancies between totals and their components may be due to rounding.
Data for the financial account of the euro area
In other investment, euro area residents recorded net acquisitions of non-euro area assets amounting to €489 billion in the 12 months to August 2025 (following net acquisitions of €202 billion one year earlier), while their net incurrence of liabilities was €367 billion (following net disposals of €209 billion one year earlier).
Monetary presentation of the balance of payments
(EUR billions; 12-month cumulated data)
Source: ECB. Notes: “MFI net external assets (enhanced)” incorporates an adjustment to the MFI net external assets (as reported in the consolidated MFI balance sheet items statistics) based on information on MFI long-term liabilities held by non-residents, available in b.o.p. statistics. B.o.p. transactions refer only to transactions of non-MFI residents of the euro area. Financial transactions are shown as liabilities net of assets. “Other” includes financial derivatives and statistical discrepancies.
The monetary presentation of the balance of payments (Chart 3) shows that the net external assets (enhanced) of euro area MFIs increased by €245 billion in the 12 months to August 2025. This increase was driven by the current and capital accounts surplus and euro area non-MFIs’ net inflows in other investment and portfolio investment equity. These developments were partly offset by euro area non-MFIs’ net outflows in other flows, direct investment and portfolio investment debt.
In August 2025 the Eurosystem’s stock of reserve assets increased to €1,507.8 billion up from €1,499 billion in the previous month (Table 3). This increase was driven by positive price changes (€13.8 billion), mostly due to an increase in the price of gold, and, to a lesser extent, by net acquisitions of assets (€1.2 billion) which were partly offset by negative exchange rate changes (€6.2 billion).
Reserve assets of the euro area
(EUR billions; amounts outstanding at the end of the period, flows during the period; non-working day and non-seasonally adjusted data)
Source: ECB. Notes: “Other reserve assets” comprises currency and deposits, securities, financial derivatives (net) and other claims. Discrepancies between totals and their components may be due to rounding.
Data for the reserve assets of the euro area
Data revisions
This press release incorporates revisions to the data for July 2025. These revisions did not significantly alter the figures previously published.
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