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IMF Data Brief: Foreign Portfolio Investment and Global Merchandise Exports

Publication date:

Mar 19, 2025

IMF Data Brief: Foreign Portfolio Investment and Global Merchandise Exports

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International Trade in Goods (by partner country) (IMTS)Portfolio Investment Positions by Counterpart Economy (formerly CPIS)

March 5 – 18, 2025

Foreign Portfolio Investment Equity Holdings Hit Record High in June 2024

Portfolio Investment Positions by Counterpart Economy, Country Data, June 2024
(Contributors: Silvia Amiel, Wilson Phiri, Bedri Zymeri, Evrim Bese Goku, Rita Mesias and Abdulrahman Gweder)

Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) holdings continued to recover from their 2022 dip, reaching US$71.1 trillion as of end-June 2024, a 9.5 percent increase relative to end-June 2023. This recovery was largely driven by portfolio equity positions, which have been rising steadily since 2022, reaching a record high of US$40.2 trillion as of end-June 2024. The upward trend in global equity holdings, which mirrors market indices, was partly driven by a more favorable global economic environment, signs of disinflation, and some loosening of central bank policies. The United States, Ireland, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg collectively contributed over two-thirds of the increase in portfolio equity holdings.

On the liabilities side, advanced economies continued to be major recipients of portfolio equity investments, with the United States, Luxembourg, and Ireland accounting for nearly two-thirds of the increase.

Notes: The aggregates used in this analysis exclude not-continuous reporters and adjusts for coverage changes, averaging a 5 percent correction. Without adjustments, FPI assets rose by 11.0 percent to US$76.8 trillion.

The IMF’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) collects data on FPI assets from about 80 economies. In this cycle, 73 economies reported FPI assets data. The CPIS is a bi-annual survey of cross-border portfolio investment assets holdings by counterpart economy and by sector of holder and nonresident issuer. It also shows the currency of distribution of such assets for some economies. Detailed data series are available in the CPIS database at http://data.imf.org/CPIS.

The concepts and principles underlying the CPIS are aligned with the IMF’s sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual and the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide.

The next CPIS (end-Dec 2024) data will be released in September 2025. If you have any questions or requests, please contact us at cpis@imf.org.

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Global Merchandise Exports Decrease in December 2024 Driven by Advanced Economies

International Merchandise Trade Statistics, Country Group Aggregates, December 2024
(Contributors: Levan Karsaulidze and Abdulrahman Gweder)

Seasonally adjusted global merchandise exports decreased 1.0 percent month-on-month in December, following a decline of 1.3 percent in November 2024. The Advanced Economies drove the change, with exports decreasing 1.5 percent, subtracting 0.9 percentage point from global export growth. Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs) also declined (by 0.4 percent) with a contribution of -0.2 percentage point to the overall export decline. Whitin EMDEs, exports decreased in Sub-Saharan Africa (-6.0 percent), Emerging and Developing Europe (-5.2 percent), Latin America and the Caribbean (-5.2 percent), and Middle East and Central Asia (-0.3 percent), and increased in Emerging and Developing Asia (0.6 percent).

Notes: Seasonally adjusted world and country group aggregates are derived from a sample of 110 economies that report monthly merchandise exports to World Trade Organization/International Financial Statistics.

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