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Results Announcement
International Investment Position & External Debt –2015
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 2015.
The primary results of the IIP (external assets – foreign liabilities) for Palestine at the end of 2015 revealed that the net IIP amounted to about USD 1,034 million, which means that the Palestinian economy’s investment outside Palestine outweighs investment in Palestine from abroad. The Resident cash deposits in foreign banks and foreign exchange in the Palestinian economy accounted for the bulk of the external assets, constituting 62.5% of their total value.
The total stocks of External Assets for Palestine amounted to USD 6,030 million, The Foreign Direct Investment abroad had contributed to 7.4%, Portfolio Investments abroad reached 18.0%, while Other Foreign Investments abroad (mainly currency and deposits) reached 65.0% and Reserve Assets amounted to 9.6%. At sector level, the external investments of banking represented a large share of the external assets, standing at 72.3% of the total value of external assets.
The total stocks of Foreign Liabilities in Palestine (Stocks of non-residents invested in Palestine) had amounted to USD 4,996 million, the Foreign Direct Investment in Palestine contributed to 50.3%, Portfolio Investments in Palestine reached 16.4% and Other Investments in Palestine (mainly loans and deposits from abroad) amounted to 33.3%. According to sectoral level, the foreign investments in banking sector contributed a major value in the foreign liabilities, represented by 35.2% of the total value of foreign liabilities.
The Gross External Debt on different sectors of the Palestinian economy reached USD 1,664 million, The debt on government sector represented 64.4%, while debt on banks sector reached 31.8%, and debt on other sectors (financial and non-financial enterprises, NGOs and household sectors) amounted to 3.8%.
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. Stocks held by the Monetary Authority 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 non-residents deposits 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 based on (External Debt Statistics Manual) issued by IMF in 2003, this manual is harmonized with 5th edition of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual