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 2007 | Q1 2008 (revised) | Q2 2008 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,294.7 | 4.4 | - | 186.0 | -1,104.3 | -87.2 | - | 143.9 | -1,047.6 | -11.3 | |||||
| Direct investment | 483.5 | 107.1 | - | -52.1 | 538.5 | 49.2 | - | 8.0 | 595.7 | 6.4 | |||||
| Abroad | 3,472.3 | 151.6 | 4.4 | -10.8 | 3,613.0 | 24.9 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 3,644.5 | 39.2 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,818.3 | 113.8 | 4.0 | -31.6 | 2,900.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2,905.3 | 31.2 | |||||
| Other capital | 654.0 | 37.8 | 5.8 | 20.8 | 712.5 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 739.2 | 7.9 | |||||
| In the euro area | 2,988.8 | 44.4 | 1.5 | 41.3 | 3,074.5 | -24.2 | -0.8 | -1.4 | 3,048.8 | 32.8 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,259.1 | 37.9 | 1.7 | 25.1 | 2,322.1 | -27.6 | -1.2 | -6.3 | 2,288.2 | 24.6 | |||||
| Other capital | 729.8 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 16.1 | 752.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 760.7 | 8.2 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,004.9 | -73.8 | - | 351.9 | -1,726.8 | -34.3 | - | 173.8 | -1,587.4 | -17.1 | |||||
| Assets | 4,710.3 | 69.4 | 1.5 | -427.6 | 4,352.1 | 137.6 | 3.2 | -4.9 | 4,484.8 | 48.2 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,046.3 | -44.4 | -2.2 | -333.5 | 1,668.4 | 30.8 | 1.8 | 13.4 | 1,712.7 | 18.4 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,664.0 | 113.8 | 4.3 | -94.1 | 2,683.6 | 106.8 | 4.0 | -18.3 | 2,772.1 | 29.8 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,260.5 | 39.2 | 1.7 | -92.4 | 2,207.3 | 96.0 | 4.3 | -24.2 | 2,279.2 | 24.5 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 403.5 | 74.6 | 18.5 | -1.8 | 476.3 | 10.8 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 492.9 | 5.3 | |||||
| Liabilities | 6,715.2 | 143.2 | 2.1 | -779.5 | 6,078.9 | 172.0 | 2.8 | -178.7 | 6,072.1 | 65.3 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,263.2 | 46.1 | 1.4 | -533.1 | 2,776.1 | -20.7 | -0.7 | -64.7 | 2,690.7 | 28.9 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,452.0 | 97.1 | 2.8 | -246.4 | 3,302.7 | 192.7 | 5.8 | -114.0 | 3,381.4 | 36.4 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 3,111.3 | 78.3 | 2.5 | -252.0 | 2,937.6 | 171.8 | 5.8 | -105.6 | 3,003.8 | 32.3 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 340.7 | 18.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 365.2 | 20.8 | 5.7 | -8.4 | 377.6 | 4.1 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | 46.5 | 21.0 | - | -59.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | - | -12.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |||||
| Other investment | -167.1 | -55.0 | - | -58.4 | -280.4 | -111.1 | - | -22.7 | -414.2 | -4.5 | |||||
| Assets | 5,178.5 | 290.8 | 5.6 | -66.4 | 5,402.8 | -112.1 | -2.1 | -5.3 | 5,285.4 | 56.8 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 23.3 | 9.3 | 40.0 | 13.7 | 46.4 | -9.4 | -20.2 | -0.3 | 36.7 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 107.1 | -4.9 | -4.6 | -2.9 | 99.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 105.6 | 1.1 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,354.7 | 218.5 | 6.5 | -109.9 | 3,463.3 | -105.2 | -3.0 | 5.2 | 3,363.4 | 36.2 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,693.3 | 67.9 | 4.0 | 32.6 | 1,793.8 | -3.7 | -0.2 | -10.3 | 1,779.7 | 19.1 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,345.5 | 345.8 | 6.5 | -8.0 | 5,683.3 | -1.0 | -0.0 | 17.4 | 5,699.6 | 61.3 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 138.2 | 21.3 | 15.4 | 57.8 | 217.3 | 41.3 | 19.0 | 0.2 | 258.9 | 2.8 | |||||
| General government | 51.8 | -1.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 49.8 | -0.6 | -1.3 | -0.5 | 48.6 | 0.5 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,943.6 | 283.7 | 7.2 | -125.8 | 4,101.6 | -25.3 | -0.6 | 5.8 | 4,082.1 | 43.9 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,211.9 | 41.7 | 3.4 | 61.0 | 1,314.6 | -16.4 | -1.2 | 11.8 | 1,310.0 | 14.1 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 347.3 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 356.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2.5 | 353.9 | 3.8 | |||||