Table 3: Quarterly international investment position of the euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)
| Q2 2011 | Q3 2011 (revised) | Q4 2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,259.0 | -3.5 | - | 38.3 | -1,224.2 | 44.0 | - | 43.8 | -1,136.4 | -12.1 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,192.8 | 19.2 | - | -19.2 | 1,192.8 | 57.3 | - | 50.6 | 1,300.7 | 13.8 | |||||
| Abroad | 5,030.5 | 56.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 5,089.1 | 106.9 | 2.1 | 42.8 | 5,238.8 | 55.7 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,895.6 | 35.9 | 0.9 | -5.3 | 3,926.1 | 105.8 | 2.7 | 36.0 | 4,067.8 | 43.2 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,134.9 | 20.7 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 1,163.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 1,171.0 | 12.4 | |||||
| In the euro area | 3,837.6 | 37.4 | 1.0 | 21.3 | 3,896.4 | 49.5 | 1.3 | -7.8 | 3,938.1 | 41.8 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,945.1 | 58.7 | 2.0 | 15.3 | 3,019.1 | 41.7 | 1.4 | -3.9 | 3,056.9 | 32.5 | |||||
| Other capital | 892.5 | -21.3 | -2.4 | 6.0 | 877.2 | 7.9 | 0.9 | -3.9 | 881.2 | 9.4 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,884.7 | -35.0 | - | -30.0 | -2,949.6 | 1.8 | - | 14.6 | -2,933.3 | -31.2 | |||||
| Assets | 4,762.1 | -63.1 | -1.3 | -125.2 | 4,573.8 | -46.8 | -1.0 | 217.0 | 4,744.0 | 50.4 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,838.3 | -53.7 | -2.9 | -164.2 | 1,620.4 | -36.8 | -2.3 | 123.1 | 1,706.8 | 18.1 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,923.8 | -9.4 | -0.3 | 39.0 | 2,953.4 | -10.0 | -0.3 | 93.9 | 3,037.3 | 32.3 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,552.9 | -17.8 | -0.7 | 17.4 | 2,552.5 | -21.5 | -0.8 | 48.2 | 2,579.1 | 27.4 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 370.9 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 21.6 | 400.9 | 11.5 | 2.9 | 45.7 | 458.2 | 4.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 7,646.7 | -28.1 | -0.4 | -95.2 | 7,523.4 | -48.6 | -0.6 | 202.5 | 7,677.3 | 81.6 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,162.7 | -22.3 | -0.7 | -297.9 | 2,842.5 | 42.3 | 1.5 | 193.4 | 3,078.2 | 32.7 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,484.1 | -5.8 | -0.1 | 202.7 | 4,680.9 | -90.8 | -1.9 | 9.0 | 4,599.1 | 48.9 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 3,961.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 185.4 | 4,148.9 | -31.5 | -0.8 | 23.7 | 4,141.2 | 44.0 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 522.7 | -7.9 | -1.5 | 17.3 | 532.0 | -59.4 | -11.2 | -14.7 | 457.9 | 4.9 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,691.8 | -15.8 | - | -49.2 | -1,756.8 | 59.1 | - | 65.2 | -1,632.6 | -17.3 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -48.3 | 14.8 | - | -12.4 | -45.9 | 9.2 | - | 6.3 | -30.4 | -0.3 | |||||
| Other investment | -99.8 | 1.2 | - | 30.4 | -68.1 | -31.0 | - | -41.4 | -140.5 | -1.5 | |||||
| Assets | 5,051.8 | 128.4 | 2.5 | 114.2 | 5,294.5 | -154.5 | -2.9 | 26.5 | 5,166.5 | 54.9 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 40.6 | -2.7 | -6.6 | 4.5 | 42.4 | -8.2 | -19.3 | 1.2 | 35.5 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 146.1 | -6.0 | -4.1 | 1.6 | 141.7 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 165.8 | 1.8 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,043.2 | 82.7 | 2.7 | 80.5 | 3,206.3 | -156.9 | -4.9 | 16.3 | 3,065.7 | 32.6 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,822.0 | 54.4 | 3.0 | 27.6 | 1,904.1 | -6.3 | -0.3 | 1.8 | 1,899.5 | 20.2 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,151.6 | 127.2 | 2.5 | 83.8 | 5,362.6 | -123.5 | -2.3 | 67.8 | 5,307.0 | 56.4 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 278.0 | 29.8 | 10.7 | 7.4 | 315.2 | 87.9 | 27.9 | 5.7 | 408.9 | 4.3 | |||||
| General government | 187.0 | 23.2 | 12.4 | -0.1 | 210.2 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 222.6 | 2.4 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,325.1 | 24.3 | 0.7 | 54.4 | 3,403.8 | -232.2 | -6.8 | 40.7 | 3,212.4 | 34.1 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,361.5 | 49.8 | 3.7 | 22.0 | 1,433.4 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 18.0 | 1,463.1 | 15.5 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 580.9 | -3.7 | -0.6 | 69.5 | 646.6 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 667.1 | 7.1 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 11,057.2 | - | - | - | 11,464.2 | - | - | - | 11,338.1 | 120.5 | |||||