Table 3: Quarterly international investment position of the euro area
(EUR billions, unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)
| Q1 2010 | Q2 2010 (revised) | Q3 2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -1,324.6 | -27.4 | - | 314.6 | -1,037.4 | 7.9 | - | -154.6 | -1,184.1 | -13.0 | |||||
| Direct investment | 889.4 | 38.4 | - | 71.4 | 999.2 | 37.4 | - | -39.2 | 997.4 | 10.9 | |||||
| Abroad | 4,375.9 | 63.6 | 1.5 | 100.9 | 4,540.4 | 22.8 | 0.5 | -56.6 | 4,506.6 | 49.5 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,380.3 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 98.1 | 3,494.5 | 25.3 | 0.7 | -46.3 | 3,473.4 | 38.1 | |||||
| Other capital | 995.6 | 47.5 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1,045.9 | -2.5 | -0.2 | -10.3 | 1,033.1 | 11.3 | |||||
| In the euro area | 3,486.5 | 25.2 | 0.7 | 29.5 | 3,541.2 | -14.6 | -0.4 | -17.4 | 3,509.1 | 38.5 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 2,611.7 | 13.8 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 2,629.8 | 21.5 | 0.8 | -10.3 | 2,641.0 | 29.0 | |||||
| Other capital | 874.8 | 11.4 | 1.3 | 25.2 | 911.5 | -36.2 | -4.0 | -7.1 | 868.1 | 9.5 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,554.8 | -110.7 | - | 204.0 | -2,461.5 | 13.9 | - | -131.2 | -2,578.8 | -28.3 | |||||
| Assets | 4,493.4 | -18.3 | -0.4 | 146.5 | 4,621.6 | 51.4 | 1.1 | -44.3 | 4,628.6 | 50.8 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,641.9 | -8.0 | -0.5 | 20.3 | 1,654.1 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 33.4 | 1,695.2 | 18.6 | |||||
| Debt securities | 2,851.5 | -10.3 | -0.4 | 126.2 | 2,967.5 | 43.7 | 1.5 | -77.8 | 2,933.3 | 32.2 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,439.3 | -4.4 | -0.2 | 106.6 | 2,541.4 | 60.7 | 2.4 | -59.3 | 2,542.8 | 27.9 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 412.3 | -5.9 | -1.4 | 19.6 | 426.0 | -17.0 | -4.0 | -18.5 | 390.5 | 4.3 | |||||
| Liabilities | 7,048.2 | 92.4 | 1.3 | -57.6 | 7,083.1 | 37.4 | 0.5 | 86.9 | 7,207.4 | 79.1 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,829.3 | 11.0 | 0.4 | -87.3 | 2,753.0 | 47.7 | 1.7 | 57.0 | 2,857.7 | 31.4 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,218.9 | 81.4 | 1.9 | 29.7 | 4,330.1 | -10.3 | -0.2 | 29.9 | 4,349.7 | 47.7 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 3,683.2 | 89.2 | 2.4 | 60.1 | 3,832.4 | -39.2 | -1.0 | 30.8 | 3,824.0 | 42.0 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 535.8 | -7.8 | -1.5 | -30.4 | 497.6 | 28.9 | 5.8 | -0.8 | 525.7 | 5.8 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,665.4 | -72.3 | - | 275.4 | -1,462.3 | 51.4 | - | -170.4 | -1,581.4 | -17.4 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -39.0 | -1.9 | - | -4.1 | -45.0 | -0.3 | - | -7.3 | -52.6 | -0.6 | |||||
| Other investment | -118.8 | 47.8 | - | -42.3 | -113.3 | -48.2 | - | 59.1 | -102.4 | -1.1 | |||||
| Assets | 5,084.1 | 44.8 | 0.9 | 136.3 | 5,265.2 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -122.6 | 5,142.2 | 56.4 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 24.1 | -3.4 | -14.0 | 3.6 | 24.3 | 1.5 | 6.0 | -1.3 | 24.5 | 0.3 | |||||
| General government | 106.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 114.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | -3.1 | 116.1 | 1.3 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,971.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 107.8 | 3,082.0 | -17.5 | -0.6 | -99.7 | 2,964.8 | 32.5 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,981.4 | 39.4 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 2,044.3 | 11.0 | 0.5 | -18.5 | 2,036.8 | 22.4 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,202.9 | -3.0 | -0.1 | 178.5 | 5,378.4 | 47.8 | 0.9 | -181.7 | 5,244.6 | 57.6 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 267.1 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -6.5 | 260.0 | -2.6 | -1.0 | -8.3 | 249.1 | 2.7 | |||||
| General government | 77.5 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 88.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | -1.6 | 91.3 | 1.0 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,578.2 | -12.9 | -0.4 | 161.9 | 3,727.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | -130.2 | 3,598.9 | 39.5 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,280.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 20.8 | 1,303.0 | 43.9 | 3.4 | -41.6 | 1,305.3 | 14.3 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 498.7 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 85.6 | 583.3 | 4.9 | 0.8 | -36.0 | 552.2 | 6.1 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 10,808.7 | - | - | - | 11,155.8 | - | - | - | 10,981.5 | 120.5 | |||||