7 DIRECT INVESTMENT
for periods indicated
in million U.S. dollars
	2021 p										Q1	Q2		Q3			Growth (%)		Jan-Sep			Growth (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep					2020 p	2021  p		2021  p		2020 p	2021  p		2021  p
Direct Investment	-846	-476	-724	-931	-26	-626	-1,141	-631	-405		-2,046	-1,583		-941	-2,177		-131.4		-2,746	-5,806		-111.4
Net Acquisition of Financial Assets	136	142	84	-271	421	339	139	235	255		363	489		1,073	630		-41.3		2,322	1,482		-36.2
Equity and investment fund shares	9	21	17	-104	143	26	32	120	30		47	64		19	182		858.9		191	293		53.2
Equity other than reinvestment of earnings	6	16	12	-109	113	20	25	95	26		34	24		-5	147		2,860.9		104	204		95.1
Direct investor in direct investment
enterprises	6	16	12	-109	113	20	25	95	26		34	24		-5	147		2,860.9		104	204		95.1
Placements	12	19	22	19	119	24	27	99	32		53	162		51	158		211.6		187	373		99.8
Withdrawals	6	3	10	128	6	4	2	4	6		19	139		56	12		-79.0		82	170		105.7
Reinvestment of earnings	3	5	5	5	30	6	6	25	4		13	40		24	35		46.0		87	89		2.7
Debt instruments	127	122	68	-167	279	313	108	115	225		316	425		1,054	448		-57.5		2,131	1,189		-44.2
Direct investor in direct investment
enterprises	7	7	-1	8	178	.	-7	-1	10		13	186		9	2		-76.3		20	201		911.9
Direct investment enterprises in
direct investor	120	115	69	-174	101	313	115	116	215		303	239		1,045	445		-57.4		2,111	988		-53.2
Net Incurrence of Liabilities	982	618	809	659	448	965	1,281	866	660		2,409	2,073		2,014	2,806		39.3		5,068	7,288		43.8
Equity and investment fund shares	434	95	428	173	166	203	192	176	121		957	541		551	489		-11.2		2,101	1,988		-5.4
Equity other than reinvestment of earnings	360	23	349	90	61	93	36	77	32		732	245		265	145		-45.1		1,331	1,122		-15.7
Direct investor in direct investment
enterprises	360	23	349	90	61	93	36	77	32		732	245		265	145		-45.1		1,331	1,122		-15.7
Placements	370	92	377	110	83	119	94	126	88		840	311		321	309		-3.7		1,589	1,460		-8.1
Withdrawals	10	69	28	20	21	26	57	50	56		107	67		56	163		192.3		258	337		30.7
Reinvestment of earnings	74	72	79	82	104	110	155	99	89		225	297		286	344		20.2		770	865		12.3
Debt instruments	548	523	381	487	282	762	1,089	690	538		1,451	1,531		1,463	2,317		58.4		2,967	5,300		78.6
Direct investor in direct investment
enterprises	543	503	313	532	111	728	1,079	674	519		1,359	1,371		1,227	2,272		85.2		2,825	5,002		77.1
Direct investment enterprises in
direct investor	5	20	67	-45	171	34	10	16	19		92	160		237	45		-80.8		143	298		108.8
Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
p Preliminary
. Rounds off to zero