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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

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