Financial accounts of the non-financial sectors 2023Q2

Published on the 17th of October 2023

NON-FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS*
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS YEARS SA QUARTERS (SA)
(EUR billions) 2021 2022 YEAR-ON-YEAR Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023
Financial investment (a) 76.2 47.6 27.3 -17.1 41.5 6.1 -3.2
- Currency and deposits 37.2 21.0 -31.6 -3.6 21.8 -28.0 -21.7
- Securities -14.1 9.2 36.6 -6.2 10.9 18.9 13.0
debt securities -0.6 16.6 11.1 1.0 5.4 1.7 3.0
money market fund shares -14.8 -5.3 26.9 -3.8 3.5 20.1 7.1
non-MMF invesment fund shares 1.4 -2.2 -1.4 -3.4 2.0 -2.9 2.9
- Other net financial assets (b) 53.0 17.4 22.2 -7.3 8.8 15.2 5.5
Financing 118.5 91.9 68.2 15.3 33.6 20.9 -1.6
- MFI loans 39.4 100.9 59.9 32.6 19.0 6.5 1.8
- Debt securities 5.5 -6.2 -3.8 -4.4 8.3 -10.4 2.7
- Shares and net equities (c) 73.7 -2.8 12.0 -12.9 6.3 24.8 -6.1
(a) are excluded here several residual items
(b) mainly cross-border intercompany lending/borrowing
(c) including direct investment (equity capital and reinvested earnings)


Financial investment by non-financial corporations (NFCs), like their financing, is much lower this quarter than in the previous ones, although there is an arbitrage with outflows from currency and deposits to other investments.

Flows of financial investment and financing (SA)
EUR billions

(*) Accounting discrepancies can occur between yearly figures and the sum of quarterly flows due to rounding differences in the series used.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT*
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS YEARS SA QUARTERS (SA)
(EUR billions) 2021 2022 YEAR-ON-YEAR Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023
Financial investment (a) 27.1 -21.6 -55.3 -9.1 -19.9 0.0 -26.3
- Currency and deposits 20.3 -26.2 -65.0 -9.6 -23.1 -6.2 -26.1
- Securities 6.8 4.7 9.7 0.5 3.2 6.2 -0.2
debt securities 6.1 2.0 6.9 -1.4 6.7 0.1 1.5
net equities 4.2 -3.2 -1.8 1.4 -8.1 4.6 0.4
invesment fund shares -3.6 5.9 4.5 0.5 4.6 1.5 -2.1
Financing 188.0 105.2 81.1 21.7 29.3 3.0 27.1
- Deposits 20.7 4.5 -20.0 -0.1 -0.4 -5.4 -14.1
- MFI loans 3.4 0.7 -1.1 2.0 -2.2 -0.6 -0.2
- Debt securities 163.8 99.9 102.0 19.8 31.9 9.0 41.4
(a) are excluded here several residual items

Seasonally adjusted financing of general government picks up in the second quarter of 2023, and its investment falls sharply, with the use of its cash invested in currency and deposits this quarter.

Flows of financing investment and financing (SA)
EUR billions
(*) Accounting discrepancies can occur between yearly figures and the sum of quarterly flows due to rounding differences in the series used.
HOUSEHOLDS*
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS YEARS SA QUARTERS (SA)
(EUR billions) 2021 2022 YEAR-ON-YEAR Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023
Financial investment (a) 159.6 164.3 130.8 44.4 31.7 21.5 33.2
- Currency and deposits 117.9 88.0 69.5 31.5 11.2 15.1 11.7
of which transferable deposits 53.6 8.0 -45.0 6.8 -16.4 -20.9 -14.6
passbook savings 50.1 58.1 57.5 19.7 15.5 16.3 6.1
home saving plans 2.2 -6.7 -18.8 -1.9 -2.7 -7.7 -6.5
- Securities 12.2 40.6 32.2 8.7 7.0 1.7 14.8
debt securities -0.9 6.1 6.4 2.6 1.4 0.6 1.8
listed shares 5.0 7.5 0.9 3.0 -0.9 -1.2 0.0
unlisted shares and other equities 9.5 19.5 15.3 2.3 5.9 3.9 3.2
money market fund shares -1.2 1.8 6.1 0.2 1.7 1.6 2.6
non-MMF invesment fund shares -0.1 5.7 3.6 0.6 -1.1 -3.2 7.2
- Life insurance and pension plans 29.5 35.7 29.1 4.2 13.5 4.7 6.7
of which non-unit linked contracts 1.7 0.9 -6.8 -2.2 5.7 -7.3 -3.1
Financing 87.1 83.2 54.4 20.2 15.3 16.3 2.6
- MFI Loans 87.1 83.2 54.5 20.2 15.3 16.3 2.6
(a) are excluded here several residual items

In Q2 2023, households' financial investment flows accelerate compared with the previous quarter. Deposits slow, due to more moderate passbook savings. Investment in securities picks up, due to the strength of non-MMF investment fund shares. Households' investment in life insurance is slightly higher than in Q1, with investment in unit-linked funds remaining dynamic, and a smaller outflow from euro funds. On the liabilities side, households' MFI loans financing is weak.
Flows of financial investment and financing (SA)
EUR billions
Source and compilation: Direction Générale des Statistiques, des Études et de l'International
(*) Accounting discrepancies can occur between yearly figures and the sum of quarterly flows due to rounding differences in the series used.
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