Data in this news release are on equity and other capital and exclude reinvested earnings. Figures including reinvested earnings could give a different perspective on FDI and lead to different conclusions. Intra-EU outflows and inflows are not the same due to problems of asymmetry. FDI statistical components can fluctuate considerably from year to year. French figures include short-term credits for first time 3.
Austrian data are equity capital only.
For EU total, other capital component estimated 4.