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)
| Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 (revised) | Q3 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 | -1,104.3 | -85.8 | - | 65.0 | -1,125.1 | -33.6 | - | 0.5 | -1,158.2 | -12.6 | |||||
| Direct investment | 538.5 | 50.6 | - | -25.9 | 563.2 | 43.1 | - | 33.5 | 639.9 | 7.0 | |||||
| Abroad | 3,613.0 | 40.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3,653.9 | 78.7 | 2.2 | 35.3 | 3,767.9 | 41.1 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,900.5 | 14.9 | 0.5 | -5.0 | 2,910.4 | 60.0 | 2.1 | 31.2 | 3,001.5 | 32.7 | |||||
| Other capital | 712.5 | 25.3 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 743.5 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 766.4 | 8.4 | |||||
| In the euro area | 3,074.5 | -10.5 | -0.3 | 26.7 | 3,090.7 | 35.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3,128.1 | 34.1 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,322.1 | -8.2 | -0.4 | 20.6 | 2,334.4 | 21.2 | 0.9 | -6.9 | 2,348.7 | 25.6 | |||||
| Other capital | 752.4 | -2.3 | -0.3 | 6.1 | 756.3 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 779.4 | 8.5 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -1,726.8 | -40.1 | - | 158.1 | -1,608.9 | -109.7 | - | -43.9 | -1,762.5 | -19.2 | |||||
| Assets | 4,352.1 | 132.2 | 3.0 | -50.6 | 4,433.7 | -64.0 | -1.4 | -67.4 | 4,302.3 | 46.9 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,668.4 | 31.3 | 1.9 | -10.3 | 1,689.4 | -50.9 | -3.0 | -113.5 | 1,525.0 | 16.6 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,683.6 | 100.9 | 3.8 | -40.3 | 2,744.3 | -13.1 | -0.5 | 46.2 | 2,777.3 | 30.3 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,207.3 | 92.5 | 4.2 | -55.7 | 2,244.1 | 16.8 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 2,276.1 | 24.8 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 476.3 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 15.5 | 500.2 | -29.9 | -6.0 | 30.9 | 501.2 | 5.5 | |||||
| Liabilities | 6,078.9 | 172.3 | 2.8 | -208.7 | 6,042.5 | 45.8 | 0.8 | -23.5 | 6,064.8 | 66.1 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,776.1 | -17.9 | -0.6 | -96.5 | 2,661.7 | -92.6 | -3.5 | -185.5 | 2,383.7 | 26.0 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,302.7 | 190.3 | 5.8 | -112.2 | 3,380.8 | 138.4 | 4.1 | 162.0 | 3,681.1 | 40.1 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,937.6 | 169.4 | 5.8 | -91.9 | 3,015.1 | 69.1 | 2.3 | 141.3 | 3,225.5 | 35.2 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 365.2 | 20.9 | 5.7 | -20.3 | 365.8 | 69.3 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 455.6 | 5.0 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | 8.1 | 8.6 | - | -21.0 | -4.3 | 8.7 | - | 20.3 | 24.7 | 0.3 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,188.3 | 10.5 | - | 132.1 | -1,045.7 | -66.6 | - | -10.3 | -1,122.6 | -12.2 | |||||
| Other investment | -280.4 | -104.9 | - | -43.7 | -429.0 | 26.0 | - | -28.2 | -431.2 | -4.7 | |||||
| Assets | 5,402.8 | -102.8 | -1.9 | -37.0 | 5,263.1 | 102.4 | 1.9 | 145.5 | 5,511.1 | 60.1 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 46.4 | -9.4 | -20.2 | -2.8 | 34.2 | -2.0 | -5.8 | 1.2 | 33.4 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 99.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 105.7 | -8.0 | -7.6 | 2.1 | 99.8 | 1.1 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,463.3 | -101.7 | -2.9 | 2.1 | 3,363.7 | 81.2 | 2.4 | 118.7 | 3,563.7 | 38.9 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,793.8 | 2.2 | 0.1 | -36.5 | 1,759.5 | 31.2 | 1.8 | 23.5 | 1,814.2 | 19.8 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,683.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 5,692.2 | 76.4 | 1.3 | 173.7 | 5,942.2 | 64.8 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 217.3 | 41.0 | 18.9 | 0.6 | 258.9 | 106.2 | 41.0 | 5.4 | 370.5 | 4.0 | |||||
| General government | 49.8 | -1.0 | -2.1 | 0.4 | 49.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 51.8 | 0.6 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 4,101.6 | -25.4 | -0.6 | 2.5 | 4,078.7 | -27.7 | -0.7 | 144.2 | 4,195.2 | 45.7 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,314.6 | -12.4 | -0.9 | 3.3 | 1,305.5 | -4.2 | -0.3 | 23.4 | 1,324.7 | 14.4 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 356.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2.5 | 353.9 | -1.6 | -0.5 | 18.7 | 370.9 | 4.0 | |||||