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PCBS | The preliminary results of the International Investment Position (IIP), and External Debt statistics for Palestine as of end of 2019

                     

 

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestine

 Monetary Authority (PMA)

 

The Net Stock of the International Investment Position (IIP) amounted to USD 1,842 million at the End of 2019

 

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS) and the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) announced the preliminary results of the International Investment Position (IIP), and External Debt statistics for Palestine as of end of 2019.

 

The primary results of the IIP (external assets – foreign liabilities) for Palestine at the end of 2019 revealed that the net IIP amounted to USD 1,842 million, which means that the Palestinian economy’s investments outside Palestine outweighs investments in Palestine from abroad.

 

The total stocks of External Assets for Palestinian economy amounted to USD 7,273 million, the Foreign Direct Investment Abroad contributed to 4%, Portfolio Investments abroad reached 19%, while Other Foreign Investments Abroad (mainly currency & deposits) reached 68% and Reserve Assets amounted to 9%.  At sectoral level, the external investments of banks sector represented a large share of the external assets, standing at 71% of the total value of external assets for Palestinian economy.

 

The total stocks of Foreign Liabilities in Palestine (stocks of non-residents invested in Palestine) amounted to USD 5,431 million, the Foreign Direct Investment in Palestine contributed to 51%, Portfolio Investments in Palestine reached 13%, and Other Investments in Palestine (mainly loans and deposits from abroad) amounted to 36%.  At sectoral level, the foreign investments in banks sector contributed a major value in the foreign liabilities, represented by 37% of the total value of foreign liabilities on Palestinian economy.

 

Stock of external government debt exceeded USD 1 billion at the end of 2019.

The Gross External Debt on the Palestinian economic sectors reached USD 1,967 million increased by 32% compared with previous year, the debt on government sector represented 61%, while debt on banks sector reached 36%, and debt on other sectors (nonbank financial corporations, non-financial corporations, NGOs and households sector) amounted to2%,and the lending between affiliated companies reached less than 1%.

 

The International Investment Position (IIP) is an accounting sheet that records the investments stocks for the residents in Palestine (individuals, institutions and government) invested in the rest of the world (abroad) under the name of(assets), and compares them to the investments stocks owned by residents outside Palestine (individuals, institutions and government) invested in Palestine under the name of (liabilities).

 

The Balance of Payments Manual - fifth edition, issued by the International Monetary Fund in 1993, divides the assets and liabilities into direct investment (investment by 10% and more in the non-resident capital), and portfolio investment (investment less than 10% in the non-resident capital as well as investment in bonds), and other investments.  It divides these other investments into stocks of trade credit, loans, currency and deposits and any other assets or liabilities), in addition to the Reserve Assets, i.e. Stock shield by the Central Banks/ Monetary Authorities to address the imbalances in the balance of payments, it is worth mentioning that the reserve assets are only included in the asset side.

 

The External Debt is an accounting sheet that records the debt stocks on Palestinian economic sectors due to non-residents.  These include (loans from non-residents, the deposits of the non-residents deposited in the banks sector in Palestine, the Palestinian bonds purchased by non-residents, debt transactions between the non-resident enterprises and fellow enterprises in Palestine. They encompass as well any other liabilities on Palestinian economy) the data of external debt have been extracted from the liabilities side in the international investment position matrix (debt items). Preparing, classifying and publishing of the data are based on (External Debt Statistics Manual) issued by IMF in 2003, this manual is harmonized with the fifth edition of Balance of Payments Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1: International Investment Position (IIP) Stock by Economic Sectors for Palestine, at the end of 2019

 

  Value in million USD

TOTAL

Other Sectors

Banks Sector

Government Sector

Monetary Authorities (PMA)

     Economic Sector

 

 

 

 

 

Investments Stocks by

Type of Investment

House- Holds Sector

Nonbank Financial Corporations, Non-Financial Corporations, and NGOs Sector

1,842

-976

-323

3,182

-1,089

1,048

International Investment Position (net)*

7,273

41

866

5,189

129

1,048

Total External Assets

269

9

260

0

0

0

  Foreign Direct Investment Abroad

1,417

0

409

919

0

89

  Portfolio Investments Abroad

4,929

32

197

4,270

129

301

  Other Investments Abroad

4,571

32

34

4,204

0

301

     Of which: currency and deposits**

658

0

0

0

0

658

  Reserve Assets

5,431

1,017

1,189

2,007

1,218

0

Total Foreign Liabilities

2,756

1,017

748

991

0

0

  Foreign Direct Investment in Palestine

714

0

404

310

0

0

  Foreign Portfolio Investments in Palestine

1,961

0

37

706

1,218

0

  Foreign Other Investments in Palestine:

1,233

0

15

0

1,218

0

     Of which: loans from abroad

706

0

0

706

0

0

    Of which: currency and deposits***

 

Notes:

- The data in the above table are close to the nearest integer.

- The data does not include the value of land owned by non-residents.

* International investment position (net): equals total external assets minus total foreign liabilities.

** Currency and deposits: This item include the residents’ deposits in banks abroad, in addition to foreign exchange in Palestinian economy.

*** Currency and deposits: This item include the deposits of non-residents deposited in resident banks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2: Gross External Debt Position on Palestine, at the end of years 2018,

2019

 

Value in million USD

Stock at the end of 2019

Stock at the end of 2018

Economic Sector

1,218

1,032

General Government

156

117

  Short-term

1,062

915

  Long-term

0

0

Monetary Authorities

0

0

  Short-term

0

0

  Long-term

706

417

Banks

306

196

  Short-term

400

221

  Long-term

37

36

Other Sectors

22

22

  Short-term

15

14

  Long-term

6

6

Direct Investment: lending between affiliated companies

0

0

  Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises

6

6

  Debt liabilities to direct investors

1,967

1,491

Gross External Debt Position

















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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