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

(EUR billions; outstanding amounts at the end of 2008)

Total European Union Offshore financialcentres Internationalorganisations
Total Denmark Sweden UnitedKingdom Other EUcountries EUinstitutions of which:Hong Kong
Net international investment position -1,640.7 - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 574.6 46.1 3.4 -24.9 -175.9 243.8 -0.3 -9.3 47.0 -0.2
Abroad 3,888.0 1,348.1 33.7 108.8 925.3 280.3 0.0 439.0 57.7 0.1
Equity/reinvested earnings 3,015.7 1,024.5 28.7 62.3 701.2 232.4 0.0 393.3 53.7 0.0
Other capital 872.3 323.6 5.0 46.5 224.2 47.9 0.0 45.7 3.9 0.0
In the euro area 3,313.4 1,302.1 30.3 133.7 1,101.3 36.5 0.3 448.3 10.7 0.3
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,354.7 1,047.4 22.2 111.3 900.1 13.5 0.3 234.8 2.8 0.1
Other capital 958.8 254.7 8.1 22.4 201.2 23.0 0.1 213.5 8.0 0.2
Portfolio investment -2,214.2 - - - - - - - - -
Assets 3,727.4 1,240.6 62.2 123.1 897.5 79.4 78.4 445.4 26.5 31.0
Equity 1,128.6 221.9 6.3 19.4 186.1 9.4 0.9 187.8 25.6 2.2
Debt 2,598.8 1,018.7 56.0 103.8 711.4 70.0 77.5 257.6 0.9 28.8
Bonds and notes 2,164.2 840.6 47.8 82.1 565.1 69.4 76.2 235.1 0.7 28.7
Money market instruments 434.6 178.1 8.1 21.6 146.4 0.7 1.3 22.5 0.2 0.1
Liabilities 5,941.5 - - - - - - - - -
Equity 2,186.0 - - - - - - - - -
Debt 3,755.6 - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes 3,373.3 - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments 382.3 - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives -29.8 - - - - - - - - -
Other investment -345.6 -67.2 52.3 22.4 -75.3 99.4 -166.0 -30.4 -20.8 8.0
Assets 5,385.1 2,428.6 99.7 82.2 2,035.9 197.4 13.4 612.5 66.1 63.8
General government 90.7 14.6 0.7 0.4 3.6 0.2 9.7 1.8 0.4 27.8
MFIs 3,302.3 1,709.2 81.8 55.7 1,406.5 163.3 1.9 352.3 47.2 18.2
Other sectors 1,992.1 704.8 17.2 26.1 625.9 33.8 1.8 258.4 18.5 17.8
Liabilities 5,730.6 2,495.8 47.4 59.8 2,111.2 97.9 179.5 642.9 87.0 55.7
General government 62.0 32.5 0.0 0.1 2.7 0.0 29.6 0.3 0.0 17.7
MFIs 4,254.3 1,867.9 36.2 35.0 1,621.1 74.1 101.5 542.0 78.5 35.9
Other sectors 1,414.3 595.4 11.1 24.7 487.5 23.8 48.4 100.5 8.4 2.1
Reserve assets 374.2 - - - - - - - - -

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 51.6 48.2 38.7 10.6 -12.3 52.3 130.3 -39.9 258.4
Abroad 100.8 110.0 42.8 13.1 72.9 75.1 396.5 757.6 532.0
Equity/reinvested earnings 83.1 85.7 34.9 10.9 53.8 59.3 340.6 545.7 383.8
Other capital 17.7 24.3 7.9 2.2 19.1 15.8 55.9 211.9 148.2
In the euro area 49.2 61.8 4.1 2.5 85.2 22.7 266.2 797.5 273.6
Equity/reinvested earnings 41.1 48.8 0.8 2.2 69.5 24.2 186.7 566.8 132.2
Other capital 8.0 13.0 3.3 0.3 15.6 -1.5 79.5 230.7 141.4
Portfolio investment - - - - - - - - -
Assets 34.1 82.2 25.8 14.0 213.6 16.7 90.4 1,216.1 317.3
Equity 19.4 17.5 23.3 12.5 83.6 12.1 76.9 371.6 99.9
Debt 14.7 64.8 2.5 1.6 130.0 4.6 13.5 844.6 217.5
Bonds and notes 13.9 61.8 2.1 1.4 63.1 4.4 11.9 704.6 196.5
Money market instruments 0.8 3.0 0.4 0.1 67.0 0.2 1.6 140.0 20.9
Liabilities - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives - - - - - - - - -
Other investment 19.2 -4.4 -11.0 -47.3 -7.0 73.1 -195.6 -277.8 194.9
Assets 29.8 26.4 31.9 23.1 111.0 123.2 264.8 901.5 768.4
General government 0.3 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 3.4 39.8
MFIs 19.3 16.8 12.4 16.4 77.5 73.8 152.5 455.5 398.5
Other sectors 10.3 9.6 17.7 6.1 33.4 49.1 112.3 442.6 330.1
Liabilities 10.7 30.8 42.9 70.4 118.0 50.1 460.5 1,179.3 573.5
General government 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 7.0 3.3
MFIs 4.7 22.2 22.2 65.9 89.3 36.6 379.4 751.1 437.1
Other sectors 6.0 8.6 20.7 4.5 28.1 13.5 80.6 421.2 133.2
Reserve assets - - - - - - - - -