Table 7
Direct Investment
in million U.S. dollars; for periods indicated
	2024 p													Q1	Q2	Q3		Q4			Percent Change		Jan-Dec			Percent Change
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec		2024 p	2024 p	2024 p		2023 r	2024 p		2024 p		2023 r	2024 p		2024 p
Direct Investment	-772	514	-404	-580	-380	-484	-894	-589	-415	-835	-884	-335		-662	-1,443	-1,899		-1,575	-2,054		-30.5		-5,400	-6,058		-12.2
Net Acquisition of Financial Assets	142	1,902	285	-10	103	-3	85	245	48	263	38	-226		2,329	90	378		946	75		-92.1		3,525	2,872		-18.5
Equity and Investment Fund Shares	14	1,702	67	64	82	25	10	82	153	29	342	20		1,783	172	245		175	391		123.9		556	2,591		366.2
Equity Other than Reinvestment of Earnings	14	1,705	68	64	82	26	10	82	153	29	343	20		1,787	171	245		218	391		79.6		667	2,595		288.9
Direct Investor in Direct Investment
Enterprises	14	1,705	68	64	82	26	10	82	153	29	343	20		1,787	171	245		218	391		79.6		667	2,595		288.9
Placements	34	1,734	79	74	114	39	22	93	159	38	361	39		1,847	227	275		268	438		63.4		787	2,786		254.0
Withdrawals	21	28	11	10	32	14	12	11	6	9	18	19		60	55	29		50	46		-7.4		120	191		59.4
Reinvestment of Earnings	.	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	-1	.		-3	.	.		-43	-1		98.4		-112	-4		96.2
Debt Instruments	129	199	217	-74	21	-29	75	163	-105	234	-305	-245		545	-81	133		771	-316		-140.9		2,969	281		-90.5
Direct Investor in Direct Investment
Enterprises	24	46	25	86	30	36	57	133	-25	179	-4	-123		94	152	165		60	53		-12.3		375	464		23.9
Direct Investment Enterprises in
Direct Investor	104	154	193	-160	-9	-64	17	30	-80	55	-301	-122		451	-233	-33		711	-368		-151.8		2,595	-183		-107.1
Net Incurrence of Liabilities	914	1,388	689	570	483	481	979	834	463	1,098	922	110		2,990	1,534	2,276		2,521	2,130		-15.5		8,925	8,930		0.1
Equity and Investment Fund Shares	80	848	208	150	256	179	198	276	94	179	109	129		1,136	585	568		448	416		-7.0		2,393	2,705		13.1
Equity Other than Reinvestment of Earnings	-11	764	141	68	161	85	76	66	7	100	35	49		894	314	149		191	184		-3.9		1,081	1,540		42.4
Direct Investor in Direct Investment
Enterprises	-11	764	141	68	161	85	76	66	7	100	35	49		894	314	149		191	184		-3.9		1,081	1,540		42.4
Placements	99	857	157	84	174	99	135	103	82	122	71	185		1,113	357	320		445	378		-15.1		2,080	2,168		4.3
Withdrawals	110	93	16	16	14	15	59	37	75	23	36	136		219	44	171		254	194		-23.4		998	628		-37.1
Reinvestment of Earnings	92	84	67	82	96	94	122	210	86	79	74	80		242	271	419		257	233		-9.3		1,311	1,165		-11.2
Debt Instruments	833	540	481	420	227	302	781	558	369	919	813	-19		1,854	949	1,708		2,073	1,713		-17.3		6,533	6,225		-4.7
Direct Investor in Direct Investment
Enterprises	825	537	485	372	165	271	741	520	340	910	881	2		1,847	808	1,601		2,081	1,793		-13.8		6,655	6,050		-9.1
Direct Investment Enterprises in
Direct Investor	8	3	-4	47	62	31	40	38	29	9	-68	-21		7	141	107		-8	-80		-912.8		-122	175		243.0
Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
p preliminary
r revised
. rounds off to zero