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Table 2: Quarterly balance of payments and international investment position of the euro area

(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)

Q4 2006 Q1 2007 (revised) Q2 2007
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 -1,059.4 -4.7 - 30.6 -1,033.5 -23.2 - -117.0 -1,173.7 -13.3
Direct investment 385.9 14.6 - 7.2 407.6 69.1 - 18.1 494.9 5.6
Abroad 2,959.6 92.0 3.1 90.7 3,142.4 109.4 3.5 3.0 3,254.7 36.8
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,385.7 59.6 2.5 103.2 2,548.5 83.5 3.3 0.2 2,632.1 29.8
Other capital 574.0 32.4 5.6 -12.4 593.9 25.9 4.4 2.8 622.6 7.0
In the euro area 2,573.8 77.4 3.0 83.6 2,734.8 40.3 1.5 -15.2 2,759.9 31.2
Equity/reinvested earnings 1,937.8 48.3 2.5 76.8 2,063.0 42.4 2.1 -4.5 2,101.0 23.8
Other capital 635.9 29.1 4.6 6.7 671.8 -2.1 -0.3 -10.7 658.9 7.5
Portfolio investment -1,510.3 -129.8 - 73.9 -1,566.2 -69.5 - -66.1 -1,701.8 -19.3
Assets 4,376.2 147.4 3.4 73.9 4,597.6 149.7 3.3 70.2 4,817.5 54.5
Equity securities 1,985.0 17.6 0.9 58.5 2,061.1 10.2 0.5 107.1 2,178.4 24.6
Debt securities 2,391.3 129.8 5.4 15.4 2,536.5 139.5 5.5 -36.9 2,639.1 29.9
Bonds and notes 2,028.1 93.8 4.6 3.7 2,125.6 116.9 5.5 -41.3 2,201.2 24.9
Money market instruments 363.2 36.0 9.9 11.7 410.9 22.6 5.5 4.3 437.9 5.0
Liabilities 5,886.5 277.2 4.7 0.0 6,163.7 219.3 3.6 136.3 6,519.3 73.8
Equity securities 2,980.6 113.5 3.8 -30.3 3,063.8 71.5 2.3 183.3 3,318.6 37.5
Debt securities 2,905.9 163.7 5.6 30.4 3,099.9 147.7 4.8 -47.0 3,200.6 36.2
Bonds and notes 2,603.1 141.8 5.4 45.5 2,790.4 110.9 4.0 -43.8 2,857.5 32.3
Money market instruments 302.7 21.9 7.2 -15.1 309.5 36.9 11.9 -3.2 343.1 3.9
Financial derivatives -14.9 16.4 - -25.4 -23.9 14.1 - -10.0 -19.9 -0.2
Other investment -245.9 92.5 - -29.2 -182.6 -41.0 - -48.6 -272.2 -3.1
Assets 4,337.8 373.0 8.6 5.0 4,715.8 191.1 4.1 -33.8 4,873.1 55.1
Eurosystem 8.8 5.3 59.7 -0.2 13.9 3.5 25.2 0.4 17.8 0.2
General government 101.1 -7.2 -7.2 15.2 109.1 17.5 16.0 -0.7 125.8 1.4
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 2,937.7 290.4 9.9 -16.6 3,211.5 131.7 4.1 -15.2 3,328.0 37.6
Other sectors 1,290.2 84.6 6.6 6.6 1,381.4 38.4 2.8 -18.3 1,401.5 15.9
Liabilities 4,583.7 280.5 6.1 34.1 4,898.4 232.1 4.7 14.8 5,145.3 58.2
Eurosystem 100.2 5.4 5.4 -0.2 105.5 10.9 10.3 -0.2 116.1 1.3
General government 47.7 1.6 3.3 1.1 50.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.3 50.5 0.6
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 3,469.6 266.7 7.7 -21.0 3,715.2 178.7 4.8 -15.8 3,878.2 43.9
Other sectors 966.2 6.9 0.7 54.2 1,027.3 42.7 4.2 30.5 1,100.5 12.4
Reserve assets 325.8 1.6 0.5 4.1 331.5 4.2 1.3 -10.4 325.3 3.7