The borrowing in foreign exchange may be from an overseas bank / export credit agency / supplier of equipment or foreign collaborator,
foreign equity holder, NRI, OCB, corporate / institution with a good credit rating from internationally recognised credit rating agency, or from international capital market by way of issue of bonds, floating rate notes or any other debt instrument by whatever name called.
Interest payments to
foreign holders of Australian debt rose broadly in line with growth in the stock of debt, while payments on
foreign holdings of Australian
equity rose sharply (see Box C for a more detailed discussion of Australia's net income deficit).