## Figure 1.14. Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies (dataset)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Figure 1.14. Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies (dataset)](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-14d-v2.csv)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-14d-v2.csv.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-14d-v2.csv.json)

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### Dataset structure and scope
- Worksheet name: "csv"
- Row count: 93
- Column count: 25
- Principal labeled sections (as they appear in the file):
  - "1. Nonresident Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies"
  - "2. Emerging Market Quarterly Portfolio Flows by Investor Type, 2010-16"
  - "5. Equity Market Returns versus Gross Manufacturing Exports"
  - "6. Emerging Market Exchange Rates"
- Units and notes appearing in header rows:
  - "(Billions of U.S. dollars)"
  - "(Median and 25th-75th percenties; index 100 = Nov. 1, 2016)"

### Key labeled columns and headings preserved exactly
- "Foreign direct investment"
- "Portfolio equity"
- "Portfolio debt"
- "Other"
- "Total institutional flows"
- "Total retail flows"
- "Institutional equity"
- "Mean (billions of dollars)"
- "Standard deviation (billions of U.S. dollars)"
- "Equity market return since November 8, 2016 (percent)"
- "Manufacturing exports to the U.S./GDP (natural log)"
- "Commodity median"
- "Manufacturing median"

### Sample row values (preserved exactly from the dataset)
- Row labeled "2012:Q1":
  - Foreign direct investment: "148.7"
  - Portfolio equity: "48.23"
  - Portfolio debt: "74.33"
  - Other: "31.99"
  - "Total institutional flows": "62.78" (Mean (billions of dollars))
  - "Standard deviation (billions of U.S. dollars)": "26.75"
  - Equity market country code sample: "VNM"
  - "Equity market return since November 8, 2016 (percent)": "2.85"
  - "Manufacturing exports to the U.S./GDP (natural log)": "5.47"
  - "Commodity median": "8-Mar"
  - "Manufacturing median": "102.009" and "97.752"
- Row labeled "2012:Q2":
  - Foreign direct investment: "137.47"
  - Portfolio equity: "-5.51"
  - Portfolio debt: "41.04"
  - Other: "79.85"
  - "Total retail flows": "2.58" (Mean (billions of dollars))
  - "Standard deviation (billions of U.S. dollars)": "33.95"
  - Equity market country code sample: "HUN"
  - "Equity market return since November 8, 2016 (percent)": "1.08"
  - "Manufacturing exports to the U.S./GDP (natural log)": "8.03"
  - "Commodity median": "7-Mar"
  - "Manufacturing median": "103.213" and "97.993"
- Row labeled "2012:Q3":
  - Foreign direct investment: "145.52"
  - Portfolio equity: "41.24"
  - Portfolio debt: "77.98"
  - Other: "-62.98"
  - "Institutional equity": "25.59" (Mean (billions of dollars))
  - "Standard deviation (billions of U.S. dollars)": "13.22"
  - Equity market country code sample: "MYS"
  - "Equity market return since November 8, 2016 (percent)": "1.85"
  - "Manufacturing exports to the U.S./GDP (natural log)": "2.05"
  - "Commodity median": "6-Mar"
  - "Manufacturing median": "102.6" and "97.837"

### Analytical use cases enabled by the dataset
- Time-series analysis of nonresident capital flows to emerging market economies by component:
  - Foreign direct investment, Portfolio equity, Portfolio debt, and Other (values in billions of U.S. dollars).
- Cross-sectional and investor-type decomposition:
  - Institutional versus retail flows, institutional equity.
- Volatility and central tendency analysis:
  - Mean (billions of dollars) and Standard deviation (billions of U.S. dollars) fields included.
- Linkage of equity market performance to trade structure:
  - "Equity market return since November 8, 2016 (percent)" versus "Manufacturing exports to the U.S./GDP (natural log)".
- Exchange-rate indexing and medians:
  - "Commodity median" and "Manufacturing median" with index base "index 100 = Nov. 1, 2016".

*Dataset: figure1-14d-v2 (csv worksheet) — source file contents as provided.*

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-14d-v2.csv_