Search Options
Home Media Explainers Research & Publications Statistics Monetary Policy The €uro Payments & Markets Careers
Suggestions
Sort by

Table 2b: Geographical breakdown of the euro area international investment position

(EUR billions; outstanding amounts at the end of 2006)

Total European Union Offshore financialcentres Internationalorganisations
Total Denmark Sweden UnitedKingdom Other EUcountries EUinstitutions of which:Hong Kong
Net international investment position -1,020.4 - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 422.4 -95.6 -3.9 -26.0 -256.2 190.8 -0.3 -57.5 46.3 -0.2
Abroad 3,143.7 1,147.0 36.6 83.8 816.3 210.3 0.0 311.4 52.2 0.0
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,551.1 930.2 32.3 57.6 658.9 181.5 0.0 295.8 50.9 0.0
Other capital 592.6 216.8 4.3 26.3 157.4 28.9 0.0 15.6 1.3 0.0
In the euro area 2,721.3 1,242.7 40.5 109.8 1,072.5 19.6 0.3 368.9 5.9 0.2
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,085.7 1,007.5 32.9 88.3 880.7 5.4 0.2 236.4 1.3 0.0
Other capital 635.5 235.2 7.6 21.6 191.8 14.2 0.1 132.5 4.6 0.2
Portfolio investment -1,494.7 - - - - - - - - -
Assets 4,370.2 1,307.0 61.2 129.5 954.3 93.3 68.6 541.4 34.2 30.0
Equity 1,936.0 444.3 10.5 48.3 364.9 20.2 0.4 213.2 31.5 1.4
Debt 2,434.2 862.7 50.7 81.2 589.4 73.1 68.2 328.2 2.7 28.6
Bonds and notes 2,056.7 707.9 45.8 69.1 453.0 72.0 68.0 286.8 2.4 27.2
Money market instruments 377.5 154.7 4.9 12.2 136.4 1.1 0.2 41.4 0.3 1.5
Liabilities 5,864.9 - - - - - - - - -
Equity 2,910.7 - - - - - - - - -
Debt 2,954.2 - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes 2,655.3 - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments 298.9 - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives -20.9 - - - - - - - - -
Other investment -255.0 69.6 83.5 11.7 110.5 18.6 -154.7 -239.1 -24.3 -28.4
Assets 4,451.8 2,320.5 112.9 68.4 2,019.5 109.0 10.6 419.8 32.2 47.0
General government 119.6 26.6 2.1 0.1 14.2 1.8 8.5 1.4 0.0 39.8
MFIs 2,954.5 1,719.2 95.7 47.8 1,495.3 79.6 0.8 274.8 16.0 6.6
Other sectors 1,377.7 574.7 15.1 20.5 510.0 27.6 1.4 143.6 16.2 0.6
Liabilities 4,706.8 2,250.9 29.4 56.7 1,909.1 90.3 165.4 658.9 56.5 75.4
General government 50.7 27.5 0.0 0.3 2.5 0.0 24.7 0.2 0.0 12.5
MFIs 3,599.8 1,658.9 19.5 35.3 1,438.4 68.6 97.0 581.1 50.2 60.4
Other sectors 1,056.2 564.5 9.8 21.2 468.2 21.7 43.6 77.6 6.3 2.6
Reserve assets 327.7 - - - - - - - - -

Table 2b: Geographical breakdown of the euro area international investment position(continued)

Brazil Canada China1) India Japan Russia Switzerland United States Other countries
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Data for mainland China, excluding Hong Kong.
Net international investment position - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 61.0 22.1 22.8 8.5 -2.2 24.7 105.4 24.4 309.2
Abroad 71.7 84.8 25.7 9.5 68.7 36.6 332.0 645.3 411.0
Equity/reinvested earnings 63.7 66.9 20.6 8.1 62.6 25.4 283.4 473.8 320.6
Other capital 8.0 17.9 5.1 1.5 6.1 11.1 48.6 171.5 90.4
In the euro area 10.7 62.7 2.9 1.0 71.0 11.9 226.6 621.0 101.8
Equity/reinvested earnings 8.6 56.0 0.4 0.3 57.5 10.9 173.9 459.6 74.7
Other capital 2.1 6.7 2.5 0.7 13.5 0.9 52.6 161.3 27.2
Portfolio investment - - - - - - - - -
Assets 50.2 75.6 38.0 27.6 263.3 38.2 139.4 1,463.5 395.9
Equity 33.5 20.2 35.5 26.2 179.7 30.9 125.7 659.7 165.7
Debt 16.7 55.4 2.5 1.4 83.7 7.4 13.7 803.8 230.2
Bonds and notes 16.3 53.3 2.5 1.4 63.8 6.9 9.9 679.9 200.9
Money market instruments 0.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 19.9 0.4 3.8 124.0 29.2
Liabilities - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives - - - - - - - - -
Other investment 5.4 -1.7 2.2 -15.3 -36.4 -12.3 -55.5 -5.5 62.0
Assets 19.9 19.2 23.6 12.5 76.7 69.1 261.5 600.3 581.7
General government 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.1 45.5
MFIs 13.2 11.0 12.0 8.6 38.8 40.2 163.4 345.8 320.8
Other sectors 6.6 8.1 9.7 3.2 37.7 28.7 98.0 251.5 215.3
Liabilities 14.5 20.9 21.4 27.8 113.1 81.4 317.0 605.8 519.6
General government 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.2 3.5
MFIs 11.1 14.0 8.5 24.9 60.3 73.5 253.6 420.1 433.6
Other sectors 3.5 6.9 12.9 3.0 52.1 7.9 63.4 179.5 82.5
Reserve assets - - - - - - - - -