"Figure 3: UK primary income account balances (seasonally adjusted)","" "Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2015 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2018","" "","" "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)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Total" "2015 Q4","-4.8","-11.3","-2.0","-18.2" "2016 Q1","-2.6","-10.0","-1.9","-14.5" "2016 Q2","-2.5","-9.9","-1.6","-13.9" "2016 Q3","0.7","-10.0","-1.7","-11.1" "2016 Q4","2.7","-10.6","-1.8","-9.9" "2017 Q1","8.1","-10.4","-2.1","-4.2" "2017 Q2","5.9","-11.4","-1.8","-7.4" "2017 Q3","9.1","-12.1","-2.2","-5.3" "2017 Q4","7.9","-12.1","-2.3","-6.7" "2018 Q1","5.7","-10.5","-2.1","-7.0" "2018 Q2","4.7","-9.9","-2.2","-7.5" "2018 Q3","-0.5","-9.6","-1.1","-11.1"