Euro area monthly balance of payments - Friday, 19 December 2025

Current account recorded €26 billion surplus in October 2025, up from €24 billion in previous month
Current account surplus amounted to €313 billion (2.0% of euro area GDP) in the 12 months to October 2025, down from €419 billion (2.8%) one year earlier
In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €829 billion and non-residents’ net acquisitions of euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €780 billion in the 12 months to October 2025

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The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €26 billion in October 2025, an increase of €2 billion from the previous month (Chart 1 and Table 1). Surpluses were recorded for goods (€31 billion) and services (€13 billion). Deficits were recorded for secondary income (€16 billion) and primary income (€3 billion).

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