Table 3: Quarterly international investment position of the euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)
| Q4 2009 | Q1 2010 (revised) | Q2 2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-of-periodoutstandingamounts | Transactions1) | Other changes | End-of-periodoutstandingamounts | Transactions1) | Other changes | End-of-period outstandingamounts | |||||||||
| as % ofpreviousend-periodoutstandingamounts | as % ofpreviousend-periodoutstandingamounts | as % of GDP | |||||||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) In this table, contrary to the balance of payments sign convention, a positive (negative) number indicates an increase (decrease) of euro area assets. | |||||||||||||||
| Financial account balance/Net international investment position | -1,388.5 | -22.1 | - | 86.1 | -1,324.6 | -46.5 | - | 248.7 | -1,122.3 | -12.4 | |||||
| Direct investment | 750.8 | 40.3 | - | 98.2 | 889.4 | 37.6 | - | 77.5 | 1,004.5 | 11.1 | |||||
| Abroad | 4,174.6 | 38.8 | 0.9 | 162.4 | 4,375.9 | 60.2 | 1.4 | 89.1 | 4,525.2 | 50.1 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,251.5 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 119.9 | 3,380.3 | 17.4 | 0.5 | 80.1 | 3,477.8 | 38.5 | |||||
| Other capital | 923.1 | 30.0 | 3.2 | 42.5 | 995.6 | 42.9 | 4.3 | 9.0 | 1,047.5 | 11.6 | |||||
| In the euro area | 3,423.8 | -1.5 | -0.0 | 64.2 | 3,486.5 | 22.7 | 0.7 | 11.6 | 3,520.8 | 38.9 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,550.2 | 60.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2,611.7 | 11.7 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 2,629.5 | 29.1 | |||||
| Other capital | 873.6 | -62.2 | -7.1 | 63.4 | 874.8 | 11.0 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 891.3 | 9.9 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,565.2 | -16.6 | - | 27.0 | -2,554.8 | -101.7 | - | 131.9 | -2,524.6 | -27.9 | |||||
| Assets | 4,196.6 | 61.0 | 1.5 | 235.9 | 4,493.4 | -16.3 | -0.4 | 136.8 | 4,614.0 | 51.0 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,474.4 | 36.4 | 2.5 | 131.1 | 1,641.9 | -7.9 | -0.5 | 14.2 | 1,648.2 | 18.2 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,722.2 | 24.6 | 0.9 | 104.8 | 2,851.5 | -8.4 | -0.3 | 122.6 | 2,965.7 | 32.8 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,327.7 | 46.5 | 2.0 | 65.1 | 2,439.3 | -2.5 | -0.1 | 101.8 | 2,538.5 | 28.1 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 394.5 | -21.9 | -5.5 | 39.7 | 412.3 | -5.9 | -1.4 | 20.9 | 427.3 | 4.7 | |||||
| Liabilities | 6,761.8 | 77.6 | 1.1 | 208.9 | 7,048.2 | 85.4 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 7,138.5 | 79.0 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,692.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 136.1 | 2,829.3 | 3.8 | 0.1 | -52.0 | 2,781.1 | 30.8 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,068.9 | 77.3 | 1.9 | 72.8 | 4,218.9 | 81.7 | 1.9 | 56.9 | 4,357.4 | 48.2 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 3,510.1 | 70.4 | 2.0 | 102.6 | 3,683.2 | 90.4 | 2.5 | 83.7 | 3,857.3 | 42.7 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 558.8 | 6.9 | 1.2 | -29.9 | 535.8 | -8.8 | -1.6 | -26.9 | 500.1 | 5.5 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,814.3 | 23.7 | - | 125.2 | -1,665.4 | -64.1 | - | 209.5 | -1,520.1 | -16.8 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -45.6 | -3.9 | - | 10.5 | -39.0 | -6.5 | - | -4.3 | -49.8 | -0.6 | |||||
| Other investment | 9.0 | -46.5 | - | -81.3 | -118.8 | 25.1 | - | -42.1 | -135.7 | -1.5 | |||||
| Assets | 4,929.1 | 82.3 | 1.7 | 72.7 | 5,084.1 | 30.9 | 0.6 | 145.1 | 5,260.1 | 58.2 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 29.7 | -7.0 | -23.7 | 1.5 | 24.1 | -3.4 | -14.0 | 3.6 | 24.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| General government | 123.8 | -6.9 | -5.6 | -10.3 | 106.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 114.4 | 1.3 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,842.3 | 55.7 | 2.0 | 73.9 | 2,971.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 105.1 | 3,079.5 | 34.1 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,933.3 | 40.5 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 1,981.4 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 34.3 | 2,041.9 | 22.6 | |||||
| Liabilities | 4,920.1 | 128.8 | 2.6 | 153.9 | 5,202.9 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 187.2 | 5,395.8 | 59.7 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 251.9 | -5.3 | -2.1 | 20.5 | 267.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 8.8 | 275.6 | 3.0 | |||||
| General government | 55.1 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 77.5 | 8.8 | 11.4 | -0.1 | 86.3 | 1.0 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,398.0 | 104.1 | 3.1 | 76.1 | 3,578.2 | -12.8 | -0.4 | 152.9 | 3,718.2 | 41.1 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,215.1 | 25.5 | 2.1 | 39.5 | 1,280.1 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 25.6 | 1,315.7 | 14.6 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 462.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 31.7 | 498.7 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 85.6 | 583.3 | 6.5 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 10,388.7 | - | - | - | 10,808.7 | - | - | - | 11,181.2 | 123.7 | |||||