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 2011 | Q1 2012 (revised) | Q2 2012 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,085.2 | -3.6 | - | 76.8 | -1,012.0 | 24.3 | - | 151.7 | -836.0 | -8.8 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,295.2 | 3.5 | - | 182.8 | 1,481.5 | 9.7 | - | 7.7 | 1,499.0 | 15.8 | |||||
| Abroad | 5,321.0 | 75.6 | 1.4 | 229.7 | 5,626.2 | 62.1 | 1.1 | 35.2 | 5,723.5 | 60.5 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 4,149.9 | 67.1 | 1.6 | 80.4 | 4,297.5 | 50.6 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 4,363.8 | 46.1 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,171.0 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 149.3 | 1,328.8 | 11.5 | 0.9 | 19.6 | 1,359.8 | 14.4 | |||||
| In the euro area | 4,025.7 | 72.1 | 1.8 | 46.9 | 4,144.7 | 52.4 | 1.3 | 27.5 | 4,224.5 | 44.6 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,150.7 | 63.9 | 2.0 | 162.0 | 3,376.5 | 46.0 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 3,435.5 | 36.3 | |||||
| Other capital | 875.1 | 8.2 | 0.9 | -115.1 | 768.2 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 789.1 | 8.3 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,918.2 | 71.0 | - | 83.5 | -2,763.7 | -85.7 | - | 75.9 | -2,773.4 | -29.3 | |||||
| Assets | 4,751.0 | 125.6 | 2.6 | 168.0 | 5,044.6 | -60.0 | -1.2 | 60.0 | 5,044.6 | 53.3 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,704.8 | 21.2 | 1.2 | 118.0 | 1,844.0 | -26.1 | -1.4 | -4.7 | 1,813.2 | 19.2 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,046.1 | 104.4 | 3.4 | 50.0 | 3,200.6 | -33.9 | -1.1 | 64.7 | 3,231.4 | 34.1 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,584.3 | 59.0 | 2.3 | 45.5 | 2,688.8 | -7.3 | -0.3 | 54.2 | 2,735.7 | 28.9 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 461.9 | 45.4 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 511.8 | -26.6 | -5.2 | 10.5 | 495.7 | 5.2 | |||||
| Liabilities | 7,669.2 | 54.6 | 0.7 | 84.5 | 7,808.3 | 25.7 | 0.3 | -16.0 | 7,818.0 | 82.6 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,067.7 | 39.8 | 1.3 | 131.7 | 3,239.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | -39.1 | 3,202.2 | 33.8 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,601.5 | 14.8 | 0.3 | -47.2 | 4,569.2 | 23.5 | 0.5 | 23.2 | 4,615.8 | 48.8 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 4,142.0 | 5.2 | 0.1 | -36.5 | 4,110.8 | 35.6 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 4,166.3 | 44.0 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 459.5 | 9.6 | 2.1 | -10.7 | 458.4 | -12.1 | -2.6 | 3.2 | 449.5 | 4.8 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,623.0 | 74.5 | - | 266.3 | -1,282.1 | -76.0 | - | 83.7 | -1,274.4 | -13.5 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -19.1 | 6.7 | - | -11.6 | -24.1 | 9.6 | - | -5.3 | -19.8 | -0.2 | |||||
| Other investment | -110.1 | -86.9 | - | -179.9 | -376.9 | 81.7 | - | 52.0 | -243.2 | -2.6 | |||||
| Assets | 5,218.4 | 90.6 | 1.7 | -461.7 | 4,847.3 | 52.7 | 1.1 | 133.6 | 5,033.6 | 53.2 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 35.5 | 1.2 | 3.5 | -0.0 | 36.7 | -2.4 | -6.6 | 0.8 | 35.0 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 162.8 | -10.3 | -6.3 | -0.4 | 152.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 160.2 | 1.7 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,067.1 | 33.4 | 1.1 | -53.7 | 3,046.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 96.6 | 3,144.6 | 33.2 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,953.0 | 66.2 | 3.4 | -407.6 | 1,611.5 | 47.5 | 3.0 | 34.7 | 1,693.8 | 17.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,328.5 | 177.5 | 3.3 | -281.8 | 5,224.3 | -29.0 | -0.6 | 81.6 | 5,276.8 | 55.8 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 408.8 | -71.5 | -17.5 | -3.0 | 334.2 | 73.7 | 22.0 | 7.1 | 415.0 | 4.4 | |||||
| General government | 223.5 | 7.3 | 3.3 | -0.5 | 230.3 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 238.0 | 2.5 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,208.0 | 187.1 | 5.8 | -29.9 | 3,365.1 | -119.9 | -3.6 | 70.8 | 3,316.1 | 35.0 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,488.3 | 54.6 | 3.7 | -248.3 | 1,294.6 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1,307.8 | 13.8 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 667.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 671.2 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 701.5 | 7.4 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 11,345.0 | - | - | - | 11,097.9 | - | - | - | 11,242.5 | 118.8 | |||||