Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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INVESTMENT

Investment income
			Credits				Debits
Period		Net Investment income	Total	Direct	Portfolio	Other	Total	Direct	Portfolio	Other
Annual ($ million)
2005-06		-37 327	25 254	13 485	8 670	3 099	-62 581	-29 979	-28 634	-3 968
2006-07		-45 349	34 679	19 106	11 524	4 049	-80 028	-37 229	-37 807	-4 992
2007-08		-49 277	39 247	20 801	15 433	3 013	-88 524	-41 482	-42 122	-4 920
Quarterly ($ million)
2005-2006
	June	-8 780	7 946	4 126	2 863	957	-16 726	-7 632	-7 919	-1 175
2006-2007
	September	-11 910	7 632	3 943	2 800	889	-19 542	-8 915	-9 323	-1 304
	December	-11 240	7 743	4 302	2 559	882	-18 983	-9 062	-8 705	-1 216
	March	-11 336	8 974	5 238	2 689	1 047	-20 310	-9 262	-9 871	-1 177
	June	-10 863	10 330	5 623	3 476	1 231	-21 193	-9 990	-9 908	-1 295
2007-2008
	September	-13 195	9 609	4 929	3 594	1 086	-22 804	-10 365	-11 216	-1 223
	December	-12 250	9 009	4 798	3 492	719	-21 259	-10 081	-9 813	-1 365
	March	-11 910	9 836	5 320	3 866	650	-21 746	-9 799	-10 721	-1 226
	June	-11 922	10 793	5 754	4 481	558	-22 715	-11 237	-10 372	-1 106
Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

International Investment Position
		Net international investment position			Foreign assets			Foreign liabilities
Period		Total	Equity	Debt	Total	Equity	Debt	Total	Equity	Debt
2005-06		540 652	37 734	502 918	829 892	479 316	350 576	1 370 544	517 050	853 494
2006-07		626 383	78 971	547 412	1 014 331	572 006	442 325	1 640 714	650 977	989 737
2007-08		692 138	92 185	599 953	1 025 630	553 119	472 511	1 717 768	645 304	1 072 463
2005-2006
	June	540 652	37 734	502 918	829 892	479 316	350 576	1 370 544	517 050	853 494
2006-2007
	September	559 096	43 088	516 007	864 155	487 368	376 787	1 423 250	530 456	892 794
	December	596 202	64 235	531 967	904 180	511 942	392 238	1 500 382	576 177	924 205
	March	608 839	68 898	539 941	959 412	547 241	412 170	1 568 251	616 139	952 111
	June	626 383	78 971	547 412	1 014 331	572 006	442 325	1 640 714	650 977	989 737
2007-2008
	September	641 417	60 171	581 246	1 062 264	623 694	438 570	1 703 681	683 865	1 019 816
	December	672 505	77 223	595 281	1 034 444	607 983	426 461	1 706 949	685 206	1 021 742
	March	687 175	82 684	604 491	1 016 634	556 324	460 310	1 703 809	639 008	1 064 801
	June	692 138	92 185	599 953	1 025 630	553 119	472 511	1 717 768	645 304	1 072 463
Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

International Investment Position, By type of investment
		Foreign investment in Australia					Australian investment abroad
Period		Total	Direct invest- ment	Portfolio invest- ment	Financial deriva- tives	Other invest- ment	Total	Direct invest- ment	Portfolio invest- ment	Financial deriva- tives	Other invest- ment	Reserve assets
Annual ($ million)
2005-06		1 331 256	298 761	826 378	37 007	169 110	-790 603	-273 247	-308 210	-42 322	-103 010	-63 815
2006-07		1 592 842	346 529	1 001 535	62 085	182 692	-966 459	-317 808	-395 332	-51 132	-122 504	-79 682
2007-08		1 670 023	379 414	993 547	92 894	204 169	-977 885	-311 112	-399 566	-87 297	-144 054	-35 856
Quarterly ($ million)
2005-2006
	June	1 331 256	298 761	826 378	37 007	169 110	-790 603	-273 247	-308 210	-42 322	-103 010	-63 815
2006-2007
	September	1 381 904	310 787	867 138	35 056	168 923	-822 808	-271 613	-334 725	-42 247	-112 472	-61 751
	December	1 457 806	327 405	914 149	50 566	165 686	-861 604	-285 891	-349 131	-47 033	-109 943	-69 606
	March	1 525 527	342 860	965 339	49 729	167 599	-916 688	-308 845	-375 382	-44 992	-116 213	-71 256
	June	1 592 842	346 529	1 001 535	62 085	182 692	-966 459	-317 808	-395 332	-51 132	-122 504	-79 682
2007-2008
	September	1 657 660	378 798	1 020 239	79 992	178 631	-1 016 243	-352 303	-423 012	-66 873	-121 388	-52 668
	December	1 659 593	376 955	1 006 518	69 367	206 752	-987 089	-323 633	-441 529	-72 095	-119 310	-30 521
	March	1 655 993	379 137	992 776	82 625	201 456	-968 818	-296 783	-414 729	-84 810	-136 155	-36 342
	June	1 670 023	379 414	993 547	92 894	204 169	-977 885	-311 112	-399 566	-87 297	-144 054	-35 856
Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

Current account to gdp, (from Table 2.11)

Net foreign debt to gdp, (from Table 2.11)

Balance of Payments and International investment position Ratios(a)
			Ratios to GDP(b)					Ratios to Goods and services credits
Period		Current account	Goods and Services - Credits	Goods and Services - Debits	Income	Net international investment position - Net foreign equity	Net international investment position - Net foreign debt	Net investment income - Net foreign equity	Net investment income - Net foreign debt
Annual (per cent)
2005-06		-5.5	20.3	-21.8	-3.9	3.9	52.0	-9.8	-9.2
2006-07		-5.6	20.6	-21.8	-4.4	7.5	52.3	-9.8	-11.3
2007-08		-6.2	21.2	-22.9	-4.5	8.3	54.2	-9.0	-11.9
Quarterly (per cent)
2005-2006
	June	-5.5	20.3	-21.8	-3.9	3.9	52.0	-9.8	-9.2
2006-2007
	September	-5.3	20.7	-21.9	-4.0	4.4	52.3	-9.6	-9.7
	December	-5.3	20.9	-22.0	-4.1	6.4	52.9	-9.2	-10.2
	March	-5.4	20.9	-22.0	-4.3	6.7	52.7	-9.5	-10.7
	June	-5.6	20.6	-21.8	-4.4	7.5	52.3	-9.8	-11.3
2007-2008
	September	-5.9	20.3	-21.7	-4.4	5.6	54.5	-9.7	-11.8
	December	-6.2	20.0	-21.7	-4.4	7.1	54.7	-9.8	-12.1
	March	-6.5	20.0	-22.1	-4.4	7.5	54.6	-9.5	-12.3
	June	-6.2	21.2	-22.9	-4.5	8.3	54.2	-9.0	-11.9
(a) Derived from current price original data. The net international investment position ratios are derived from the net foreign liabilities at the end of the period and Gross Domestic Product for the year ended with that period. Other ratios use only data for the year ended with the period shown.
(b) For the latest reference period, GDP for the year ended with the previous quarter is used.
Source: International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, (cat. no. 5368.0)

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