"Figure 4: The financial account recorded a net inflow as UK monetary financial institutions decreased their cash deposits overseas","" "UK financial account balances, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2018 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Total includes reserve assets. " "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Financial derivatives & employee stock options","Total" "2018 Q3","17.9","-46.1","-8.0","13.4","-22.8" "2018 Q4","-35.9","-63.6","67.1","-15.2","-34.5" "2019 Q1","8.6","108.2","-131.9","-3.3","-24.6" "2019 Q2","-19.0","15.2","-17.3","-1.9","-27.6" "2019 Q3","-24.5","-75.1","41.1","26.2","-32.5" "2019 Q4","-5.6","-18.4","40.3","-12.1","14.4" "2020 Q1","-32.6","-63.8","70.7","20.0","-9.0" "2020 Q2","-3.8","18.7","-27.6","4.9","-7.3" "2020 Q3","-1.2","4.2","-21.6","9.8","-14.6" "2020 Q4","-27.5","37.5","-57.8","-4.3","-46.2" "2021 Q1","-1.9","-111.5","102.1","-3.2","-16.0" "2021 Q2","-30.0","-16.8","55.7","-17.5","-11.6"