5331.0 - Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, Concepts, Sources and Methods, 1998  
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14.3. Other investment is the residual category of finance measured in balance of payments and international investment position statistics. The standard components of other investment are set out in table 14.2. It covers finance not included in direct investment, portfolio investment and reserve assets. (See Chapters 12 and 13 for definitions of direct and portfolio investment respectively. Reserve assets are defined in paragraphs 14.5 to 14.8.) It includes such instruments as trade credits, loans, currency and deposits, and other assets and liabilities, each of which is discussed in box 11.3.

14.4. As with portfolio investment, other investment is primarily split into foreign assets (claims on non-residents) and liabilities (obligations to non-residents). Each of these components is further split into four major instrument categories: trade credits, loans, currency and deposits, and other assets/liabilities. In turn, each instrument is shown, where appropriate, by institutional sector: Reserve Bank, general government, depository corporations, and other sectors (defined in box 11.2), and instruments other than currency and deposits are shown by long-term and short-term (see paragraph 11.17). Long-term loan liabilities are generally further split into drawings and repayments.


14.2
OTHER INVESTMENT: STANDARD COMPONENTS
Trade credits
General government
Long-term (a)
Short-term

Other sectors
Long-term (a)
Short-term

Loans
Reserve Bank
Long-term (a)
Short-term

General government
Use of IMF credit and IMF loans (liabilities only)
Other long-term (a)
Short-term

Depository corporations
Long-term (a)
Short-term

Other sectors
Long-term (a)
Short-term

Currency and deposits
Reserve Bank
General government (assets only)
Depository corporations
Other sectors (assets only)

Other assets (liabilities)
General government
Long-term
Short-term
Depository corporations
Long-term (a)
Short-term
Other sectors
Long-term (a)
Short-term

(a) Separated into drawings and repayments for liabilities.






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