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 2012 | Q3 2012 (revised) | Q4 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 | -1,178.3 | 41.6 | - | 9.4 | -1,127.3 | 74.2 | - | -86.8 | -1,139.9 | -12.0 | |||||
| Direct investment | 1,261.0 | 4.9 | - | 124.3 | 1,390.2 | 21.2 | - | -17.4 | 1,394.0 | 14.7 | |||||
| Abroad | 5,868.8 | 52.6 | 0.9 | -276.3 | 5,645.1 | 39.2 | 0.7 | -27.8 | 5,656.5 | 59.6 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 4,469.1 | 30.7 | 0.7 | -304.6 | 4,195.2 | 34.8 | 0.8 | -52.4 | 4,177.6 | 44.0 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,399.7 | 21.9 | 1.6 | 28.3 | 1,449.9 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 24.6 | 1,478.9 | 15.6 | |||||
| In the euro area | 4,607.8 | 47.7 | 1.0 | -400.6 | 4,254.9 | 18.0 | 0.4 | -10.4 | 4,262.5 | 44.9 | |||||
| Equity/reinvested earnings | 3,438.4 | 38.0 | 1.1 | -441.2 | 3,035.2 | 21.4 | 0.7 | -2.5 | 3,054.0 | 32.2 | |||||
| Other capital | 1,169.4 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 40.7 | 1,219.7 | -3.4 | -0.3 | -7.8 | 1,208.5 | 12.7 | |||||
| Portfolio investment | -2,785.3 | 14.8 | - | -164.0 | -2,934.5 | -47.2 | - | -24.3 | -3,006.0 | -31.7 | |||||
| Assets | 5,032.9 | 40.0 | 0.8 | 115.0 | 5,187.8 | 80.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 5,270.1 | 55.5 | |||||
| Equity securities | 1,805.9 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 66.9 | 1,877.1 | 60.0 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 1,949.3 | 20.5 | |||||
| Debt securities | 3,227.0 | 35.6 | 1.1 | 48.1 | 3,310.8 | 20.2 | 0.6 | -10.1 | 3,320.8 | 35.0 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 2,730.7 | 34.4 | 1.3 | 51.6 | 2,816.8 | 39.0 | 1.4 | -1.0 | 2,854.8 | 30.1 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 496.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -3.5 | 494.0 | -18.9 | -3.8 | -9.1 | 466.0 | 4.9 | |||||
| Liabilities | 7,818.2 | 25.2 | 0.3 | 279.0 | 8,122.4 | 127.3 | 1.6 | 26.4 | 8,276.1 | 87.2 | |||||
| Equity securities | 3,206.0 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 135.4 | 3,363.3 | 57.5 | 1.7 | 26.2 | 3,447.0 | 36.3 | |||||
| Debt securities | 4,612.2 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 143.6 | 4,759.1 | 69.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4,829.1 | 50.9 | |||||
| Bonds and notes | 4,141.1 | 45.0 | 1.1 | 138.5 | 4,324.5 | 49.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4,375.7 | 46.1 | |||||
| Money market instruments | 471.1 | -41.6 | -8.8 | 5.1 | 434.6 | 20.4 | 4.7 | -1.6 | 453.4 | 4.8 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: COMBINED DIRECT AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -1,524.3 | 19.7 | - | -39.7 | -1,544.3 | -26.0 | - | -41.7 | -1,612.0 | -17.0 | |||||
| Financial derivatives | -27.5 | -2.8 | - | 9.1 | -21.2 | -16.1 | - | 20.5 | -16.7 | -0.2 | |||||
| Other investment | -328.0 | 24.6 | - | 7.8 | -295.5 | 113.3 | - | -40.2 | -222.4 | -2.3 | |||||
| Assets | 4,941.2 | -21.0 | -0.4 | 3.5 | 4,923.7 | -113.7 | -2.3 | -88.5 | 4,721.5 | 49.8 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 35.0 | 6.2 | 17.6 | -3.9 | 37.3 | 5.8 | 15.5 | -2.9 | 40.1 | 0.4 | |||||
| General government | 157.2 | -9.0 | -5.8 | -0.9 | 147.2 | 18.7 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 167.6 | 1.8 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,145.9 | -40.5 | -1.3 | -19.4 | 3,086.0 | -117.1 | -3.8 | -48.6 | 2,920.3 | 30.8 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,603.1 | 22.4 | 1.4 | 27.7 | 1,653.2 | -21.1 | -1.3 | -38.6 | 1,593.5 | 16.8 | |||||
| Liabilities | 5,269.1 | -45.7 | -0.9 | -4.3 | 5,219.2 | -226.9 | -4.3 | -48.3 | 4,943.9 | 52.1 | |||||
| Eurosystem | 413.4 | 21.0 | 5.1 | -2.4 | 432.0 | -0.2 | -0.0 | -2.9 | 428.9 | 4.5 | |||||
| General government | 238.4 | -4.5 | -1.9 | -2.4 | 231.5 | -5.4 | -2.3 | 2.4 | 228.5 | 2.4 | |||||
| MFIs excluding Eurosystem | 3,316.7 | -89.5 | -2.7 | -20.7 | 3,206.5 | -204.5 | -6.4 | -35.8 | 2,966.2 | 31.3 | |||||
| Other sectors | 1,300.6 | 27.4 | 2.1 | 21.2 | 1,349.2 | -16.9 | -1.3 | -12.0 | 1,320.3 | 13.9 | |||||
| Reserve assets | 701.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 32.2 | 733.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | -25.5 | 711.3 | 7.5 | |||||
| MEMO ITEM: GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT | 11,768.7 | - | - | - | 11,939.1 | - | - | - | 11,745.6 | 123.8 | |||||