Euro area monthly balance of payments: December 2025

Current account recorded €15 billion surplus in December 2025, up from €9 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €255 billion (1.6% of euro area GDP) in 2025, down from €407 billion (2.7%) in 2024 In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €767 billion and non-residents’ net acquisitions of euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €838 billion in 2025. The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €15 billion in December 2025, an increase of €6 billion from the previous month ... (