Ireland · Net International Investment Position (IMF)

## What this measures

Ireland's net international investment position, external financial assets minus external liabilities, at the end of each quarter, in US dollars billions.

## Why it matters

Shows whether a country is a net lender to or borrower from the rest of the world, and how fast that is changing.

## How to read it

Positive is a net creditor, negative a net debtor. Quarter-to-quarter moves are mostly valuation (markets and exchange rates).

## What it does not say

Positions are partly at market value.

## Source

International Monetary Fund, International Investment Position (IIP), read from the IMF data API (api.imf.org, dataflow IMF.STA/IIP). https://data.imf.org/ Attribution: Source: International Monetary Fund. Transformations by Palanor where stated. Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. IMF data is available free of charge from the IMF. Use follows the IMF Copyright and Usage terms, Special Terms for Statistical Data (imf.org/en/About/copyright-and-terms).