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 2005 |
Q1 2006 (revised) |
Q2 2006 |
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End-of-period outstanding amounts |
Transactions1) | Other changes |
End-of-period outstanding amounts |
Transactions1) | Other changes |
End-of-period outstanding amounts |
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| as % of previous end-period outstanding amounts |
as % of previous end-period outstanding amounts |
as % of GDP |
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| 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 |
-1,061.1 | -65.7 | - | 166.5 | -960.3 | -51.1 | - | 56.5 | -955.0 | -11.5 | |||||
| Direct investment | 259.1 | 31.5 | - | 37.1 | 327.7 | 12.1 | - | 0.9 | 340.7 | 4.1 | |||||
| Abroad | 2,564.9 | 50.5 | 2.0 | 132.1 | 2,747.5 | 111.0 | 4.0 | -21.5 | 2,837.0 | 34.2 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,038.6 | 41.7 | 2.0 | 138.7 | 2,219.1 | 88.7 | 4.0 | -19.7 | 2,288.0 | 27.6 | |||||
| Other capital | 526.2 | 8.8 | 1.7 | -6.7 | 528.4 | 22.4 | 4.2 | -1.8 | 549.0 | 6.6 | |||||
| In the euro area | 2,305.8 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 95.0 | 2,419.8 | 98.9 | 4.1 | -22.4 | 2,496.3 | 30.1 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 1,683.4 | 14.7 | 0.9 | 116.6 | 1,814.7 | 86.6 | 4.8 | -17.7 | 1,883.6 | 22.7 | |||||
| Other capital | 622.4 | 4.3 | 0.7 | -21.6 | 605.1 | 12.3 | 2.0 | -4.7 | 612.6 | 7.4 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -1,306.9 | -22.9 | - | 111.9 | -1,217.9 | -98.9 | - | 36.5 | -1,280.3 | -15.4 | |||||
| Assets | 3,758.2 | 194.2 | 5.2 | 129.9 | 4,082.3 | 41.0 | 1.0 | -159.8 | 3,963.5 | 47.7 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,653.0 | 97.1 | 5.9 | 125.1 | 1,875.1 | -19.1 | -1.0 | -107.0 | 1,749.0 | 21.1 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,105.2 | 97.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2,207.2 | 60.1 | 2.7 | -52.8 | 2,214.5 | 26.7 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 1,791.8 | 89.9 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 1,896.7 | 49.1 | 2.6 | -52.5 | 1,893.4 | 22.8 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 313.4 | 7.2 | 2.3 | -10.2 | 310.4 | 11.0 | 3.5 | -0.3 | 321.2 | 3.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,065.1 | 217.1 | 4.3 | 18.0 | 5,300.2 | 139.9 | 2.6 | -196.3 | 5,243.8 | 63.2 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,438.0 | 121.2 | 5.0 | 112.2 | 2,671.4 | 35.5 | 1.3 | -145.0 | 2,561.9 | 30.9 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,627.1 | 95.9 | 3.6 | -94.2 | 2,628.8 | 104.4 | 4.0 | -51.3 | 2,681.9 | 32.3 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,319.2 | 80.8 | 3.5 | -90.2 | 2,309.8 | 115.4 | 5.0 | -55.4 | 2,369.8 | 28.5 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 307.9 | 15.0 | 4.9 | -3.9 | 319.0 | -11.0 | -3.4 | 4.0 | 312.0 | 3.8 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -16.8 | 8.5 | - | 1.5 | -6.7 | 1.7 | - | 3.0 | -2.0 | -0.0 | |||||
| Other investment | -316.6 | -76.8 | - | 2.9 | -390.6 | 32.5 | - | 20.8 | -337.2 | -4.1 | |||||
| Assets | 3,636.1 | 218.3 | 6.0 | -3.1 | 3,851.3 | 103.9 | 2.7 | -50.3 | 3,904.9 | 47.0 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 5.5 | 3.4 | 60.6 | -0.5 | 8.4 | -0.8 | -9.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| General government | 99.2 | -7.6 | -7.7 | 2.0 | 93.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | -1.4 | 103.3 | 1.2 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,503.6 | 136.4 | 5.5 | -9.3 | 2,630.7 | 57.6 | 2.2 | -46.2 | 2,642.2 | 31.8 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,027.8 | 86.1 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 1,118.6 | 35.9 | 3.2 | -3.1 | 1,151.4 | 13.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 3,952.7 | 295.1 | 7.5 | -5.9 | 4,241.9 | 71.4 | 1.7 | -71.1 | 4,242.1 | 51.1 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 80.3 | 6.6 | 8.3 | -0.2 | 86.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | -0.4 | 88.7 | 1.1 | |||||
| General government | 44.8 | -3.6 | -8.1 | 2.4 | 43.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 43.9 | 0.5 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,093.5 | 222.2 | 7.2 | -25.0 | 3,290.8 | 10.1 | 0.3 | -56.8 | 3,244.1 | 39.1 | |||||
| Other sectors | 734.1 | 69.8 | 9.5 | 16.9 | 820.8 | 58.6 | 7.1 | -14.0 | 865.4 | 10.4 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 320.1 | -6.1 | -1.9 | 13.2 | 327.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | -4.7 | 323.8 | 3.9 | |||||