Table 3: Quarterly international investment position of the euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)
| Q4 2012 | Q1 2013 (revised) | Q2 2013 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,262.9 | 25.1 | - | 64.8 | -1,173.0 | 56.3 | - | -196.6 | -1,313.3 | -13.8 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,436.7 | 24.0 | - | -4.6 | 1,456.1 | 48.7 | - | -81.8 | 1,423.0 | 14.9 | |||||
| Abroad | 5,881.3 | 56.7 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 5,957.5 | 63.1 | 1.1 | -60.9 | 5,959.8 | 62.6 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 4,374.3 | 44.3 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 4,424.3 | 4.8 | 0.1 | -26.3 | 4,402.8 | 46.2 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,507.0 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 13.7 | 1,533.2 | 58.4 | 3.8 | -34.5 | 1,557.0 | 16.4 | |||||
| In the euro area | 4,444.6 | 32.7 | 0.7 | 24.1 | 4,501.4 | 14.4 | 0.3 | 20.9 | 4,536.8 | 47.7 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,124.5 | 56.9 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3,186.0 | -29.5 | -0.9 | 29.2 | 3,185.7 | 33.5 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,320.2 | -24.1 | -1.8 | 19.4 | 1,315.5 | 43.9 | 3.3 | -8.3 | 1,351.1 | 14.2 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -3,110.5 | -16.5 | - | 40.5 | -3,086.6 | -67.1 | - | -20.3 | -3,174.0 | -33.3 | |||||
| Assets | 5,265.0 | 104.5 | 2.0 | 165.6 | 5,535.1 | 21.0 | 0.4 | -190.3 | 5,365.8 | 56.4 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,947.3 | 62.7 | 3.2 | 135.0 | 2,145.1 | 12.7 | 0.6 | -91.2 | 2,066.6 | 21.7 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,317.7 | 41.8 | 1.3 | 30.6 | 3,390.0 | 8.3 | 0.2 | -99.1 | 3,299.3 | 34.7 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,852.0 | 34.4 | 1.2 | 29.4 | 2,915.7 | 9.2 | 0.3 | -96.1 | 2,828.9 | 29.7 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 465.7 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 474.3 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -3.0 | 470.4 | 4.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 8,375.5 | 121.0 | 1.4 | 125.2 | 8,621.7 | 88.1 | 1.0 | -170.0 | 8,539.8 | 89.7 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,475.4 | 57.4 | 1.7 | 89.6 | 3,622.4 | 81.5 | 2.2 | -94.0 | 3,609.9 | 37.9 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,900.1 | 63.6 | 1.3 | 35.6 | 4,999.3 | 6.6 | 0.1 | -76.0 | 4,930.0 | 51.8 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 4,438.9 | 27.3 | 0.6 | 31.9 | 4,498.1 | 7.4 | 0.2 | -69.0 | 4,436.4 | 46.6 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 461.2 | 36.3 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 501.2 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -7.0 | 493.6 | 5.2 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,673.8 | 7.5 | - | 35.9 | -1,630.5 | -18.4 | - | -102.1 | -1,751.0 | -18.4 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -17.6 | -8.4 | - | -2.1 | -28.0 | -2.4 | - | 5.1 | -25.3 | -0.3 | |||||
| Other investment | -260.9 | 26.0 | - | 32.5 | -202.3 | 75.9 | - | 25.0 | -101.3 | -1.1 | |||||
| Assets | 4,818.4 | 49.6 | 1.0 | 64.5 | 4,932.6 | -55.2 | -1.1 | -7.3 | 4,870.2 | 51.2 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 40.1 | -6.8 | -16.9 | -0.3 | 33.1 | -10.9 | -33.0 | -4.3 | 17.9 | 0.2 | |||||
| General government | 167.9 | -10.7 | -6.3 | -2.2 | 155.0 | -4.7 | -3.0 | 0.3 | 150.6 | 1.6 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,923.8 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 18.8 | 2,954.5 | 12.3 | 0.4 | -28.0 | 2,938.7 | 30.9 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,686.6 | 55.1 | 3.3 | 48.2 | 1,790.0 | -51.8 | -2.9 | 24.8 | 1,763.0 | 18.5 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,079.3 | 23.5 | 0.5 | 32.0 | 5,134.9 | -131.1 | -2.6 | -32.3 | 4,971.5 | 52.2 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 428.9 | -32.2 | -7.5 | 1.9 | 398.6 | -21.4 | -5.4 | -4.0 | 373.3 | 3.9 | |||||
| General government | 227.5 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -2.4 | 224.3 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -0.9 | 222.4 | 2.3 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,963.8 | -0.4 | -0.0 | 13.6 | 2,976.9 | -93.6 | -3.1 | -32.1 | 2,851.2 | 29.9 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,459.2 | 57.0 | 3.9 | 18.9 | 1,535.0 | -15.1 | -1.0 | 4.7 | 1,524.6 | 16.0 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 689.4 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -1.5 | 687.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -124.6 | 564.3 | 5.9 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 12,091.6 | - | - | - | 12,254.2 | - | - | - | 12,063.1 | 126.7 | |||||