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Euro area bank interest rate statistics: May 2021

Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations decreased by 10 basis points to 1.46%, driven by the interest rate effect, with indicator for new loans to households for house purchase broadly unchanged at 1.32% Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations decreased by 5 basis points to -0.22%, driven by the interest rate effect, with interest […]

Households and non-financial corporations in the euro area: first quarter of 2021

Households’ financial investment increased at higher annual rate of 4.8% (after 4.1%) in the first quarter of 2021 Non-financial corporations’ financing increased at higher annual rate of 2.2% (after 2.0%) Non-financial corporations’ gross operating surplus increased at annual rate of 8.0% compared to slight decrease in the previous quarter (-0.7%)

Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position: first quarter of 2021

Current account surplus at €285 billion (2.5% of euro area GDP) in four quarters to first quarter of 2021, up from €247 billion (2.1% of GDP) a year earlier Geographic counterparts: largest bilateral current account surpluses vis-à-vis United Kingdom (€157 billion) and United States (€68 billion), largest deficit vis-à-vis China (€78 billion) International investment position showed net liabilities of €118 billion (1.0% of euro area […]