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)
Q2 2007 | Q3 2007 (revised) | Q4 2007 | |||||||||||||
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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 | -1,169.9 | -97.5 | - | -35.5 | -1,302.8 | 74.0 | - | -114.7 | -1,343.6 | -15.1 | |||||
Direct investment | 499.9 | 40.9 | - | -51.3 | 489.5 | -18.2 | - | -30.8 | 440.5 | 5.0 | |||||
Abroad | 3,317.0 | 115.8 | 3.5 | -47.0 | 3,385.9 | 78.3 | 2.3 | -36.0 | 3,428.3 | 38.6 | |||||
Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,679.6 | 85.9 | 3.2 | -30.5 | 2,735.1 | 65.4 | 2.4 | -27.4 | 2,773.0 | 31.2 | |||||
Other capital | 637.4 | 29.9 | 4.7 | -16.5 | 650.9 | 12.9 | 2.0 | -8.6 | 655.2 | 7.4 | |||||
In the euro area | 2,817.1 | 75.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2,896.4 | 96.6 | 3.3 | -5.2 | 2,987.8 | 33.6 | |||||
Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,151.2 | 51.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2,204.9 | 53.6 | 2.4 | -5.6 | 2,252.9 | 25.3 | |||||
Other capital | 665.9 | 23.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 691.5 | 43.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 735.0 | 8.3 | |||||
Portfolio investment | -1,852.8 | -65.1 | - | -5.3 | -1,923.2 | 44.2 | - | -95.2 | -1,974.2 | -22.2 | |||||
Assets | 4,805.7 | 33.9 | 0.7 | -55.0 | 4,784.6 | 94.6 | 2.0 | -148.3 | 4,730.9 | 53.2 | |||||
Equity securities | 2,161.5 | 7.5 | 0.3 | -48.5 | 2,120.5 | 11.4 | 0.5 | -82.4 | 2,049.6 | 23.1 | |||||
Debt securities | 2,644.3 | 26.3 | 1.0 | -6.5 | 2,664.1 | 83.2 | 3.1 | -65.9 | 2,681.3 | 30.2 | |||||
Bonds and notes | 2,218.6 | 42.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2,263.1 | 77.2 | 3.4 | -62.7 | 2,277.6 | 25.6 | |||||
Money market instruments | 425.7 | -16.0 | -3.7 | -8.8 | 400.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 | -3.2 | 403.7 | 4.5 | |||||
Liabilities | 6,658.5 | 99.0 | 1.5 | -49.7 | 6,707.8 | 50.4 | 0.8 | -53.1 | 6,705.1 | 75.4 | |||||
Equity securities | 3,330.9 | 33.3 | 1.0 | -63.7 | 3,300.5 | -6.8 | -0.2 | -61.7 | 3,232.0 | 36.4 | |||||
Debt securities | 3,327.6 | 65.7 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 3,407.3 | 57.2 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 3,473.1 | 39.1 | |||||
Bonds and notes | 2,978.1 | 50.1 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 3,039.9 | 78.9 | 2.6 | 10.9 | 3,129.7 | 35.2 | |||||
Money market instruments | 349.5 | 15.6 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 367.4 | -21.7 | -5.9 | -2.4 | 343.4 | 3.9 | |||||
Financial derivatives | -11.6 | 26.8 | - | -15.7 | -0.5 | 48.3 | - | -2.7 | 45.1 | 0.5 | |||||
Other investment | -131.8 | -104.4 | - | 26.7 | -209.5 | 4.7 | - | 1.1 | -203.8 | -2.3 | |||||
Assets | 4,974.6 | 209.9 | 4.2 | -50.1 | 5,134.3 | 94.5 | 1.8 | -72.6 | 5,156.3 | 58.0 | |||||
Eurosystem | 18.2 | 1.8 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 22.3 | 0.3 | |||||
General government | 128.0 | -18.2 | -14.2 | -1.3 | 108.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | -2.7 | 108.1 | 1.2 | |||||
MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,341.2 | 75.9 | 2.3 | -58.0 | 3,359.1 | 57.5 | 1.7 | -61.4 | 3,355.2 | 37.8 | |||||
Other sectors | 1,487.2 | 150.4 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 1,646.3 | 33.9 | 2.1 | -9.5 | 1,670.7 | 18.8 | |||||
Liabilities | 5,106.4 | 314.3 | 6.2 | -76.8 | 5,343.9 | 89.9 | 1.7 | -73.7 | 5,360.1 | 60.3 | |||||
Eurosystem | 116.5 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -1.0 | 114.2 | 25.0 | 21.9 | -1.1 | 138.2 | 1.6 | |||||
General government | 51.6 | 3.8 | 7.4 | -0.1 | 55.3 | -1.7 | -3.1 | 0.8 | 54.4 | 0.6 | |||||
MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,895.6 | 139.1 | 3.6 | -76.1 | 3,958.6 | 52.5 | 1.3 | -67.0 | 3,944.2 | 44.4 | |||||
Other sectors | 1,042.7 | 172.6 | 16.6 | 0.4 | 1,215.7 | 14.0 | 1.2 | -6.4 | 1,223.3 | 13.8 | |||||
Reserve assets | 326.3 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 340.8 | -4.9 | -1.4 | 12.9 | 348.8 | 3.9 |