Table 3: International investment position of the euro area (Euro 12)( 1 )
(EUR billions, end-of-period positions)
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net | Net | Net | Net | Assets | Liabilities | ||||||||||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) Figures may not add up due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | -506.9 | -398.8 | -618.0 | -759.6 | 7768.2 | 8527.8 | |||||||||
| as a % of GDP | -7.7 | -5.8 | -8.7 | -10.5 | 107.0 | 117.4 | |||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT2) | 369.9 | 410.2 | 204.2 | 79.7 | 2110.4 | 2030.7 | |||||||||
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | 308.1 | 380.7 | 279.5 | 172.9 | 1647.3 | 1474.4 | |||||||||
| Other capital (mostly inter-company loans) | 61.8 | 29.5 | -75.3 | -93.3 | 463.1 | 556.4 | |||||||||
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | -832.7 | -820.8 | -879.0 | -823.5 | 2607.4 | 3430.9 | |||||||||
| Equity | -465.2 | -523.8 | -512.9 | -461.6 | 1054.6 | 1516.2 | |||||||||
| Debt instruments | -367.5 | -297.0 | -366.2 | -361.9 | 1552.8 | 1914.6 | |||||||||
| Bonds and notes | -324.3 | -296.3 | -422.4 | -384.3 | 1317.0 | 1701.3 | |||||||||
| Money market instruments | -43.2 | -0.7 | 56.3 | 22.4 | 235.8 | 213.4 | |||||||||
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES | 2.0 | 2.5 | -12.0 | -7.5 | 156.6 | 164.1 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | -437.3 | -383.4 | -297.2 | -314.8 | 2587.3 | 2902.1 | |||||||||
| Trade credits | 67.0 | 69.5 | 82.2 | 74.8 | 177.8 | 103.0 | |||||||||
| Loans/currency and deposits | -601.4 | -556.1 | -476.9 | -462.6 | 2258.9 | 2721.4 | |||||||||
| Other assets/liabilities | 97.1 | 103.2 | 97.5 | 72.9 | 150.6 | 77.6 | |||||||||
| RESERVE ASSETS | 391.2 | 392.7 | 366.1 | 306.5 | 306.5 | - | |||||||||