"Figure 3: UK earnings on foreign direct investment abroad continue to recover in Quarter 4 2020","" "UK foreign direct investment earnings, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2020","" "","" "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" "","" "","FDI credits","FDI debits^1^","Net FDI income" "2018 Q1 ","26.5","-20.0","6.5" "2018 Q2 ","25.8","-19.3","6.5" "2018 Q3 ","28.2","-23.0","5.2" "2018 Q4 ","22.2","-18.9","3.3" "2019 Q1 ","26.7","-14.7","12.0" "2019 Q2 ","27.0","-11.6","15.3" "2019 Q3 ","23.2","-13.5","9.7" "2019 Q4 ","22.6","-11.5","11.1" "2020 Q1 ","16.5","-15.6","0.9" "2020 Q2 ","2.0","-9.9","-7.9" "2020 Q3 ","15.7","-9.1","6.6" "2020 Q4 ","17.2","-8.8","8.4"