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Table 1: Annual balance of payments and international investment position of the euro area (revised data)

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; outstanding amounts at end of period, transactions during period)

2003 2004 2005
End of periodoutstandingamounts Transactions1) Other changes End of periodoutstandingamounts Transactions1) Other changes End of period outstandingamounts
as % ofprevious endperiodoutstandingamounts as % ofprevious endperiodoutstandingamounts 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 -781.2 21.1 - -64.7 -824.8 -37.4 - 51.2 -811.1 -10.1
Direct investment 90.7 64.2 - -45.2 109.7 202.3 - 15.8 327.8 4.1
Abroad 2171.1 154.8 7.1 12.6 2338.5 294.0 12.6 79.9 2712.4 33.9
Equity/reinvested earnings 1728.7 164.9 9.5 5.7 1899.2 234.5 12.3 53.0 2186.8 27.3
Other capital 442.4 -10.1 -2.3 7.0 439.3 59.5 13.5 26.9 525.6 6.6
In the euro area 2080.3 90.6 4.4 57.8 2228.8 91.7 4.1 64.1 2384.6 29.8
Equity/reinvested earnings 1508.6 94.1 6.2 57.0 1659.7 59.8 3.6 56.8 1776.3 22.2
Other capital 571.8 -3.5 -0.6 0.8 569.1 31.9 5.6 7.3 608.3 7.6
Portfolio investment -919.3 -68.2 - -13.6 -1001.2 -156.9 - 9.4 -1148.7 -14.4
Assets 2659.0 342.3 12.9 34.6 3035.8 406.1 13.4 431.9 3873.8 48.4
Equity securities 1093.2 106.6 9.8 53.0 1252.9 134.6 10.7 345.5 1733.0 21.7
Debt securities 1565.8 235.7 15.1 -18.5 1783.0 271.4 15.2 86.4 2140.8 26.8
Bonds and notes 1324.1 177.3 13.4 -5.3 1496.0 257.2 17.2 72.8 1826.1 22.8
Money market instruments 241.7 58.4 24.2 -13.1 286.9 14.2 4.9 13.6 314.7 3.9
Liabilities 3578.3 410.6 11.5 48.2 4037.0 563.0 13.9 422.5 5022.5 62.8
Equity securities 1570.7 123.9 7.9 61.8 1756.4 282.8 16.1 389.3 2428.5 30.4
Debt securities 2007.6 286.6 14.3 -13.6 2280.6 280.2 12.3 33.2 2594.0 32.4
Bonds and notes 1759.6 272.1 15.5 13.7 2045.4 242.5 11.9 -11.7 2276.2 28.5
Money market instruments 248.0 14.5 5.9 -27.3 235.2 37.7 16.0 44.9 317.7 4.0
Financial derivatives -7.5 6.6 - -14.0 -14.9 10.7 - -10.2 -14.4 -0.2
Other investment -251.8 30.9 - 21.4 -199.5 -75.5 - -21.0 -296.0 -3.7
Assets 2673.4 314.4 11.8 -41.6 2946.2 569.6 19.3 155.6 3671.4 45.9
Eurosystem 5.0 0.2 3.4 -0.6 4.6 0.6 13.0 -0.2 5.0 0.1
General government 101.1 1.5 1.5 2.0 104.6 -5.2 -5.0 2.4 101.8 1.3
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 1778.2 261.7 14.7 -37.1 2002.8 397.7 19.9 118.0 2518.5 31.5
Other sectors 789.0 50.9 6.5 -5.8 834.1 176.5 21.2 35.4 1046.0 13.1
Liabilities 2925.2 283.5 9.7 -63.0 3145.7 645.1 20.5 176.6 3967.3 49.6
Eurosystem 66.2 7.7 11.7 0.8 74.7 6.7 9.0 1.0 82.4 1.0
General government 45.9 -3.6 -7.8 3.2 45.5 -2.4 -5.4 3.1 46.2 0.6
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 2274.0 244.9 10.8 -53.3 2465.6 479.4 19.4 153.3 3098.3 38.7
Other sectors 539.1 34.4 6.4 -13.7 559.8 161.5 28.8 19.1 740.4 9.3
Reserve assets 306.7 -12.4 -4.0 -13.3 281.0 -18.0 -6.4 57.2 320.1 4.0

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