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 2013 | Q3 2013 (revised) | Q4 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 | -1,303.9 | 55.9 | - | -28.6 | -1,276.7 | 95.6 | - | 16.6 | -1,164.4 | -12.1 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,490.5 | 12.7 | - | -41.9 | 1,461.3 | 9.1 | - | 31.8 | 1,502.1 | 15.6 | |||||
| Abroad | 6,230.1 | 50.4 | 0.8 | -99.4 | 6,181.1 | 151.9 | 2.5 | -66.1 | 6,266.8 | 65.2 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 4,610.7 | 53.7 | 1.2 | -79.9 | 4,584.5 | 180.3 | 3.9 | -78.7 | 4,686.1 | 48.8 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,619.4 | -3.3 | -0.2 | -19.5 | 1,596.6 | -28.4 | -1.8 | 12.6 | 1,580.7 | 16.5 | |||||
| In the euro area | 4,739.6 | 37.7 | 0.8 | -57.6 | 4,719.8 | 142.8 | 3.0 | -97.9 | 4,764.7 | 49.6 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,286.4 | 36.2 | 1.1 | -42.8 | 3,279.8 | 163.8 | 5.0 | -86.5 | 3,357.2 | 34.9 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,453.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -14.8 | 1,439.9 | -21.0 | -1.5 | -11.4 | 1,407.5 | 14.7 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -3,187.8 | -4.9 | - | -33.9 | -3,226.7 | -54.6 | - | 18.1 | -3,263.1 | -34.0 | |||||
| Assets | 5,351.8 | 69.1 | 1.3 | 32.6 | 5,453.6 | 50.4 | 0.9 | 34.0 | 5,537.9 | 57.7 | |||||
| Equity securities | 2,072.5 | 45.9 | 2.2 | 53.9 | 2,172.4 | 39.4 | 1.8 | 72.5 | 2,284.3 | 23.8 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,279.3 | 23.2 | 0.7 | -21.4 | 3,281.2 | 11.0 | 0.3 | -38.5 | 3,253.6 | 33.9 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,812.0 | 21.0 | 0.7 | -15.2 | 2,817.9 | 12.6 | 0.4 | -26.7 | 2,803.8 | 29.2 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 467.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | -6.2 | 463.3 | -1.7 | -0.4 | -11.8 | 449.9 | 4.7 | |||||
| Liabilities | 8,539.6 | 74.1 | 0.9 | 66.5 | 8,680.2 | 104.9 | 1.2 | 15.9 | 8,801.1 | 91.6 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,649.8 | 44.4 | 1.2 | 114.7 | 3,809.0 | 58.4 | 1.5 | 97.4 | 3,964.7 | 41.3 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,889.8 | 29.6 | 0.6 | -48.2 | 4,871.2 | 46.5 | 1.0 | -81.4 | 4,836.3 | 50.3 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 4,406.0 | -14.2 | -0.3 | -39.4 | 4,352.4 | 90.4 | 2.1 | -74.4 | 4,368.4 | 45.5 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 483.8 | 43.8 | 9.1 | -8.8 | 518.9 | -43.8 | -8.4 | -7.1 | 468.0 | 4.9 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,697.3 | 7.7 | - | -75.8 | -1,765.3 | -45.5 | - | 49.8 | -1,761.0 | -18.3 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -50.4 | -7.6 | - | 16.5 | -41.5 | -4.3 | - | 7.7 | -38.1 | -0.4 | |||||
| Other investment | -120.6 | 52.9 | - | 11.2 | -56.5 | 145.1 | - | 4.1 | 92.7 | 1.0 | |||||
| Assets | 4,909.5 | -82.4 | -1.7 | -45.3 | 4,781.8 | -20.6 | -0.4 | -99.1 | 4,662.1 | 48.5 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 18.5 | 6.2 | 33.4 | 0.5 | 25.2 | -8.3 | -32.9 | -0.8 | 16.1 | 0.2 | |||||
| General government | 151.4 | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.7 | 149.1 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 156.6 | 1.6 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,940.0 | -65.5 | -2.2 | -26.0 | 2,848.5 | -12.8 | -0.5 | -81.2 | 2,754.5 | 28.7 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,799.5 | -21.4 | -1.2 | -19.0 | 1,759.0 | -5.4 | -0.3 | -18.7 | 1,734.9 | 18.1 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,030.0 | -135.3 | -2.7 | -56.4 | 4,838.3 | -165.7 | -3.4 | -103.1 | 4,569.5 | 47.6 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 374.2 | -10.2 | -2.7 | -3.3 | 360.7 | -17.6 | -4.9 | -2.5 | 340.6 | 3.5 | |||||
| General government | 227.1 | 5.3 | 2.3 | -2.7 | 229.6 | -8.9 | -3.9 | 1.9 | 222.5 | 2.3 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 2,862.8 | -102.0 | -3.6 | -19.9 | 2,740.9 | -126.5 | -4.6 | -83.2 | 2,531.2 | 26.4 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,566.0 | -28.3 | -1.8 | -30.5 | 1,507.1 | -12.6 | -0.8 | -19.4 | 1,475.1 | 15.4 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 564.3 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 19.6 | 586.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -45.0 | 542.1 | 5.6 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 12,211.3 | - | - | - | 11,982.3 | - | - | - | 11,625.6 | 121.0 | |||||