Australian Bureau of Statistics
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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		-48 177	40 094	21 221	15 856	3 017	-88 271	-41 070	-42 252	-4 949
Quarterly ($ million)
2006-2007
	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	-13 089	9 675	4 946	3 643	1 086	-22 764	-10 318	-11 223	-1 223
	December	-12 023	9 088	4 817	3 552	719	-21 111	-9 917	-9 829	-1 365
	March	-11 707	10 097	5 435	4 012	650	-21 804	-9 784	-10 782	-1 238
	June	-11 358	11 234	6 023	4 649	562	-22 592	-11 051	-10 418	-1 123
2008-2009
	September	-11 897	10 235	5 521	4 132	582	-22 132	-10 586	-10 342	-1 204
	December	-10 180	9 474	5 379	3 279	816	-19 654	-8 204	-10 211	-1 239
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		698 317	83 230	615 087	1 042 415	562 424	479 991	1 740 732	645 654	1 095 077
2006-2007
	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	641 608	52 633	588 975	1 068 758	629 044	439 714	1 710 366	681 677	1 028 690
	December	672 379	69 017	603 362	1 043 612	614 034	429 579	1 715 992	683 051	1 032 941
	March	684 362	70 349	614 013	1 030 428	564 473	465 955	1 714 789	634 822	1 079 967
	June	698 317	83 230	615 087	1 042 415	562 424	479 991	1 740 732	645 654	1 095 077
2008-2009
	September	709 722	51 553	658 169	1 071 119	547 636	523 483	1 780 841	599 189	1 181 652
	December	713 854	35 593	678 261	1 064 371	500 462	563 909	1 778 225	536 056	1 242 169
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		1 695 299	387 408	998 736	96 453	212 703	-996 982	-320 943	-401 795	-90 204	-148 184	-35 856
Quarterly ($ million)
2006-2007
	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	1 664 457	385 093	1 021 333	79 713	178 318	-1 022 848	-357 842	-424 118	-66 771	-121 450	-52 668
	December	1 668 952	383 964	1 008 541	70 077	206 370	-996 573	-329 398	-442 566	-73 694	-120 394	-30 521
	March	1 668 288	386 093	996 206	84 478	201 511	-983 926	-305 298	-416 721	-87 909	-137 657	-36 342
	June	1 695 299	387 408	998 736	96 453	212 703	-996 982	-320 943	-401 795	-90 204	-148 184	-35 856
2008-2009
	September	1 732 460	381 647	987 115	96 258	267 440	-1 022 738	-295 381	-414 846	-98 939	-177 534	-36 038
	December	1 727 027	386 970	938 510	103 928	297 619	-1 013 173	-284 649	-374 707	-112 378	-193 911	-47 527
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	7.6	52.4	-9.8	-11.3
2007-08		-6.2	20.7	-22.6	-4.3	7.4	54.4	-8.5	-12.0
Quarterly (per cent)
2006-2007
	December	-5.3	20.9	-22.0	-4.1	6.4	53.0	-9.2	-10.2
	March	-5.5	20.9	-22.1	-4.3	6.7	52.7	-9.5	-10.7
	June	-5.6	20.6	-21.8	-4.4	7.6	52.4	-9.8	-11.3
2007-2008
	September	-6.0	20.3	-21.9	-4.4	4.9	55.3	-9.7	-11.8
	December	-6.3	20.0	-21.9	-4.4	6.3	55.5	-9.6	-12.1
	March	-6.5	20.1	-22.2	-4.4	6.4	55.5	-9.2	-12.3
	June	-6.2	20.7	-22.6	-4.3	7.4	54.4	-8.5	-12.0
2008-2009
	September	-5.4	21.9	-23.2	-4.1	4.4	56.8	-7.5	-10.9
	December	-4.3	24.2	-24.5	-4.0	3.1	58.5	-6.0	-10.1
(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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