net external asset or liability position

High private and public debt, very negative international investment position

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However, the relative sustainability of the real external position remains a concern in some cases.

The result is that the external position is a net structural deficit (40.5% of GDP in 2017).

Reflecting this, the country has a net external asset position equivalent to about 60% of GDP.

The United States has typically reported a positive net income balance, despite a deteriorating net foreign asset position.

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The net external asset position has been in deficit for three decades (49.5% of GDP at the end of June 2019).

Net negative international investment position remains high at -260% of GDP, due in particular to external debt (220% of GDP) of which 70% is private.

Thanks to recurrent current account surpluses, the country can post a net creditor position equivalent to about 70% of GDP.

The net international investment position represents the French residents’ net wealth vis-à-vis the rest of the world.

In Australia, the long-run worsening of the net foreign asset position has been accompanied by a weaker exchange rate.