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The External Wealth of Nations Mark II: Revised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970-2004

This dataset provides an extensive and improved dataset on the external position of 145 countries, covering the period from 1970 to 2004. It includes estimates of external assets and liabilities, portfolio equity, foreign direct investment, debt assets, and more. The dataset also covers international investment positions, balance of payments flows, and other relevant data sources.

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The External Wealth of Nations Mark II: Revised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970-2004

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  1. The External Wealth of Nations Mark IIRevised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970-2004 Philip R. Lane IIIS, Trinity College Dublin and CEPR Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti IMF, Research Department and CEPR

  2. Dataset on 145 countries’ external position (assets and liabilities) • Extends and improves the dataset in Lane and Milesi-Ferretti (JIE 2001) • From 67 countries to 145 countries (nearly universal coverage) • Coverage extended to 1970-2004 • Much larger availability of stock estimates from national authorities

  3. Dataset “outputs” • External assets • Portfolio equity • Foreign direct investment • Debt assets • Portfolio debt (for some countries/periods) • Other investment assets (for some countries/periods) • Reserve assets (net of gold) • Financial derivatives (limited coverage)

  4. Dataset “outputs” (II) • External liabilities • Portfolio equity • Foreign direct investment • Debt liabilities • Portfolio debt (for some countries/periods) • Other investment liabilities (for some countries/periods) • Financial derivatives (limited coverage)

  5. Data inputs • International Investment Positions (when reported) • Balance of payments flows • World Bank’s Global Development Finance (external debt) • FDI stocks and flows from UNCTAD • Stock of portfolio equity holdings in the US and by US residents (Warnock) • CPIS Portfolio Survey • BIS locational banking statistics • National sources • Historical data from Sinn (1990) • IMF desks • etc....

  6. Estimation methods • Eclectic... • Stock data, complemented by cumulative capital flows with valuation adjustments • For portfolio equity, valuation reflects stock market prices • For debt, its currency composition • For FDI, international relative prices

  7. Caveats • Substantial degree of uncertainty for estimates • Some offshore centers missing • Large world NFA discrepancy

  8. A sampling of results • The world NFA discrepancy • Trends in international financial integration • Trends in net external positions • Much more in the paper (and the data) on • Gross positions (international financial integration) • Portfolio composition (equity, FDI, debt) • Longer-term trends

  9. The problem of underreporting • The world runs a current account deficit.... • ...and has been doing so for a while..... • ...and has hence accumulated net external liabilities

  10. World liabilities (share of world GDP)

  11. What do we know about the missing money? • Primarily in the categories • Debt instruments • Portfolio equity

  12. What do we know about the missing money?

  13. Can we say something about the equity and debt discrepancies? • For portfolio equity, yes. • Use data from • CPIS • Liability surveys • United States • Ireland • Reported aggregate portfolio equity liabilities

  14. Evidence on the portfolio equity discrepancy • At end-2003, • Total assets=US$7.2 trillion • Total liabilities=US$8.3 trillion • Compare reported equity liabilities with those derived from other countries’ reported holdings in the country

  15. Results

  16. Can we learn something more from the US and Irish surveys?

  17. Bottom line • “Missing money” likely held in financial centers.... • ...but of course difficult to impute ultimate ownership...

  18. Evidence on international financial integration • Rapid growth in external assets and liabilities • Particularly strong since the mid-1990s • Particularly strong for advanced economies • Increased importance of FDI and portfolio equity. For emerging markets, also • Big reduction in debt to export ratio • Large increase in reserves

  19. Stylized factsI. International financial integration (assets+liabilities/GDP)

  20. Stylized facts (II)II. International financial and trade integration (assets+liabilities/exports+imports)

  21. International equity integration (FDI+portfolio equity) Assets+liabilities/GDP

  22. External capital structureEmerging and developing countries

  23. A perspective on net external positions • Where did we stand at end-2004? • Industrial countries • Developing countries and emerging markets • What are the “global” trends along the time series dimension? • Some regional evidence on NFA during the past decade

  24. Net foreign assets and GDP per capita, 2004

  25. Net foreign assets and GDP per capita, 2004(emerging and developing economies)

  26. Net foreign assets, broad country groups(pct of GDP)

  27. NFA (pct of world GDP)

  28. NFA/GDP: 1996 and 2004

  29. NFA/GDP: 1996 and 2004

  30. NFA/GDP: 1996 and 2004

  31. Concluding remarks • Comprehensive and up-to-date dataset • Key for research on • International financial integration • Risk sharing • Dynamics of global imbalances • New evidence on “NFA discrepancy” • New evidence on global trends in NFA and financial integration

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