Table 3: Quarterly international investment position of the euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)
| Q3 2011 | Q4 2011 (revised) | Q1 2012 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,224.2 | 40.2 | - | 98.9 | -1,085.2 | -3.3 | - | 48.3 | -1,040.2 | -11.0 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,192.8 | 54.9 | - | 47.6 | 1,295.2 | 5.3 | - | 50.1 | 1,350.7 | 14.3 | |||||
| Abroad | 5,089.1 | 105.8 | 2.1 | 126.0 | 5,321.0 | 82.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 5,405.9 | 57.3 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,926.1 | 107.7 | 2.7 | 116.1 | 4,149.9 | 60.3 | 1.5 | 16.8 | 4,227.1 | 44.8 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,163.0 | -1.8 | -0.2 | 9.9 | 1,171.0 | 21.8 | 1.9 | -14.0 | 1,178.9 | 12.5 | |||||
| In the euro area | 3,896.4 | 51.0 | 1.3 | 78.4 | 4,025.7 | 76.8 | 1.9 | -47.3 | 4,055.3 | 43.0 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,019.1 | 45.4 | 1.5 | 86.1 | 3,150.7 | 78.8 | 2.5 | -20.9 | 3,208.5 | 34.0 | |||||
| Other capital | 877.2 | 5.5 | 0.6 | -7.7 | 875.1 | -2.0 | -0.2 | -26.3 | 846.8 | 9.0 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,949.6 | 4.5 | - | 26.9 | -2,918.2 | 77.1 | - | 41.9 | -2,799.3 | -29.7 | |||||
| Assets | 4,573.8 | -48.9 | -1.1 | 226.1 | 4,751.0 | 138.2 | 2.9 | 145.5 | 5,034.7 | 53.3 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,620.4 | -39.2 | -2.4 | 123.6 | 1,704.8 | 22.5 | 1.3 | 119.6 | 1,847.0 | 19.6 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,953.4 | -9.7 | -0.3 | 102.5 | 3,046.1 | 115.7 | 3.8 | 25.9 | 3,187.7 | 33.8 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,552.5 | -29.2 | -1.1 | 61.0 | 2,584.3 | 69.5 | 2.7 | 26.5 | 2,680.3 | 28.4 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 400.9 | 19.5 | 4.9 | 41.5 | 461.9 | 46.1 | 10.0 | -0.6 | 507.4 | 5.4 | |||||
| Liabilities | 7,523.4 | -53.4 | -0.7 | 199.2 | 7,669.2 | 61.1 | 0.8 | 103.6 | 7,833.9 | 83.0 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,842.5 | 43.5 | 1.5 | 181.7 | 3,067.7 | 41.0 | 1.3 | 143.2 | 3,251.8 | 34.5 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,680.9 | -96.8 | -2.1 | 17.4 | 4,601.5 | 20.2 | 0.4 | -39.6 | 4,582.1 | 48.6 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 4,148.9 | -36.8 | -0.9 | 29.9 | 4,142.0 | 9.2 | 0.2 | -44.4 | 4,106.9 | 43.5 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 532.0 | -60.1 | -11.3 | -12.4 | 459.5 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 475.3 | 5.0 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,756.8 | 59.4 | - | 74.5 | -1,623.0 | 82.4 | - | 92.0 | -1,448.6 | -15.4 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -45.9 | 9.9 | - | 16.9 | -19.1 | 5.4 | - | -6.6 | -20.3 | -0.2 | |||||
| Other investment | -68.1 | -35.8 | - | -6.2 | -110.1 | -92.7 | - | -39.7 | -242.6 | -2.6 | |||||
| Assets | 5,294.5 | -153.9 | -2.9 | 77.8 | 5,218.4 | 67.8 | 1.3 | -73.9 | 5,212.4 | 55.2 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 42.4 | -8.2 | -19.3 | 1.2 | 35.5 | 1.2 | 3.5 | -0.0 | 36.7 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 141.7 | 16.6 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 162.8 | -10.4 | -6.4 | -2.5 | 150.0 | 1.6 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,206.3 | -155.0 | -4.8 | 15.8 | 3,067.1 | 31.2 | 1.0 | -51.4 | 3,046.9 | 32.3 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,904.1 | -7.3 | -0.4 | 56.2 | 1,953.0 | 45.9 | 2.3 | -20.0 | 1,978.8 | 21.0 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,362.6 | -118.1 | -2.2 | 84.0 | 5,328.5 | 160.6 | 3.0 | -34.2 | 5,454.9 | 57.8 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 315.2 | 87.9 | 27.9 | 5.7 | 408.8 | -71.5 | -17.5 | -3.0 | 334.2 | 3.5 | |||||
| General government | 210.2 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 223.5 | 8.4 | 3.7 | -0.9 | 231.0 | 2.4 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,403.8 | -229.1 | -6.7 | 33.2 | 3,208.0 | 187.1 | 5.8 | -30.5 | 3,364.6 | 35.7 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,433.4 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 41.1 | 1,488.3 | 36.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1,525.1 | 16.2 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 646.6 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 667.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 671.3 | 7.1 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 11,464.2 | - | - | - | 11,345.0 | - | - | - | 11,417.2 | 121.0 | |||||