"Figure 4: The financial account recorded a net inflow as UK liabilities increase more than assets","" "UK financial account balances, Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 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 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","14.5" "2020 Q1","-32.6","-69.0","86.5","20.0","1.6" "2020 Q2","-3.8","17.8","-29.8","4.9","-10.5" "2020 Q3","-1.2","10.7","-22.4","9.8","-8.9" "2020 Q4","-27.5","31.3","-52.1","-4.3","-46.7" "2021 Q1","7.8","-120.8","112.5","-3.2","-5.3" "2021 Q2","-23.8","-20.7","68.7","-18.1","3.1" "2021 Q3","38.2","-38.6","-30.6","-0.9","-11.3"