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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)

2002 2003 2004
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 -703.6 -4.1 - -101.5 -809.3 8.3 - -145.4 -946.4 -12.4
Direct investment 184.5 1.7 - -143.0 43.1 46.8 - -56.7 33.1 0.4
Abroad 2008.7 139.7 7.0 3.6 2152.0 130.8 6.1 -17.7 2265.1 29.7
Equity/reinvested earnings 1547.4 122.6 7.9 32.8 1702.8 141.6 8.3 -18.6 1825.7 24.0
Other capital 461.4 17.1 3.7 -29.2 449.2 -10.8 -2.4 0.9 439.3 5.8
In the euro area 1824.3 138.0 7.6 146.6 2108.9 84.0 4.0 39.0 2231.9 29.3
Equity/reinvested earnings 1293.1 120.4 9.3 113.4 1526.9 76.6 5.0 38.5 1642.1 21.5
Other capital 531.2 17.6 3.3 33.2 582.0 7.4 1.3 0.5 589.9 7.7
Portfolio investment -937.6 -68.9 - 92.5 -914.0 -71.2 - -64.2 -1049.4 -13.8
Assets 2292.7 278.3 12.1 63.7 2634.6 330.8 12.6 18.6 2984.0 39.1
Equity securities 851.8 77.4 9.1 145.9 1075.0 102.8 9.6 60.9 1238.7 16.2
Debt securities 1440.9 200.9 13.9 -82.2 1559.6 227.9 14.6 -42.3 1745.3 22.9
Bonds and notes 1201.9 176.8 14.7 -60.7 1318.0 174.8 13.3 -34.2 1458.6 19.1
Money market instruments 239.0 24.1 10.1 -21.5 241.6 53.1 22.0 -8.0 286.7 3.8
Liabilities 3230.2 347.2 10.7 -28.8 3548.6 402.0 11.3 82.9 4033.4 52.9
Equity securities 1364.3 111.6 8.2 79.0 1555.0 137.5 8.8 90.1 1782.6 23.4
Debt securities 1865.9 235.5 12.6 -107.9 1993.6 264.5 13.3 -7.2 2250.8 29.5
Bonds and notes 1654.4 197.5 11.9 -107.8 1744.1 255.8 14.7 11.3 2011.2 26.4
Money market instruments 211.5 38.0 18.0 -0.0 249.5 8.6 3.5 -18.5 239.6 3.1
Financial derivatives -12.0 11.2 - -7.5 -8.3 4.8 - -11.4 -14.8 -0.2
Other investment -304.6 80.2 - -12.3 -236.8 40.4 - 0.2 -196.1 -2.6
Assets 2625.9 254.1 9.7 -196.9 2683.1 314.3 11.7 -57.1 2940.3 38.6
Eurosystem 3.7 0.8 21.8 0.5 5.0 0.2 3.4 -0.6 4.6 0.1
General government 115.3 0.4 0.3 -20.9 94.7 2.2 2.4 1.6 98.6 1.3
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 1747.1 152.4 8.7 -121.6 1777.9 259.6 14.6 -37.4 2000.1 26.2
Other sectors 759.8 100.5 13.2 -54.9 805.4 52.4 6.5 -20.7 837.0 11.0
Liabilities 2930.5 173.9 5.9 -184.6 2919.8 273.9 9.4 -57.3 3136.4 41.1
Eurosystem 57.4 10.0 17.3 -1.9 65.5 7.1 10.9 0.8 73.4 1.0
General government 56.2 -3.4 -6.1 -8.7 44.0 -2.6 -6.0 2.2 43.6 0.6
MFIs excluding Eurosystem 2299.5 134.8 5.9 -160.5 2273.8 246.9 10.9 -54.4 2466.3 32.4
Other sectors 517.4 32.6 6.3 -13.5 536.5 22.5 4.2 -5.9 553.2 7.3
Reserve assets 366.1 -28.2 -7.7 -31.2 306.6 -12.5 -4.1 -13.3 280.8 3.7