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Today's Date: September 16, 2008     Release Date: June 17, 2008     Next Release Date: September 17, 2008
Earliest Quarter Revised on June 17, 2008: 2002:I

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Euro area 16 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2007 2008
I II III IV I p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 114,112 121,426 125,281 129,448 128,149
2     Exports of goods and services 68,052 69,668 72,486 75,084 78,028
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 44,551 43,853 43,723 46,200 50,291
4         Services3 23,501 25,815 28,763 28,883 27,736
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 295 361 269 265 302
6             Travel 2,530 3,489 5,018 3,510 3,000
7             Passenger fares 751 949 1,315 1,156 826
8             Other transportation 2,293 2,362 2,389 2,613 2,670
9             Royalties and license fees5 6,369 6,852 7,723 8,238 7,836
10             Other private services5 11,221 11,764 12,004 13,064 13,066
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 42 38 44 37 37
12     Income receipts 46,060 51,758 52,795 54,365 50,122
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 46,010 51,708 52,744 54,313 50,071
14             Direct investment receipts 25,513 29,122 28,765 30,325 27,552
15             Other private receipts 20,253 22,379 23,741 23,736 22,186
16             U.S. government receipts 244 207 238 252 333
17         Compensation of employees 50 50 51 52 51
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -119,112 -136,133 -133,168 -132,614 -126,469
19     Imports of goods and services -82,468 -90,146 -91,142 -91,827 -89,601
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -63,445 -67,690 -67,351 -70,287 -68,195
21         Services3 -19,023 -22,456 -23,791 -21,540 -21,406
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,247 -2,243 -2,366 -2,628 -2,640
23             Travel -2,310 -4,982 -4,694 -2,691 -2,599
24             Passenger fares -1,618 -2,285 -2,404 -1,699 -1,888
25             Other transportation -3,037 -3,380 -3,623 -3,515 -3,519
26             Royalties and license fees5 -874 -968 -1,130 -1,212 -1,195
27             Other private services5 -8,629 -8,296 -9,251 -9,452 -9,235
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -308 -302 -323 -343 -330
29     Income payments -36,644 -45,987 -42,026 -40,787 -36,869
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -36,553 -45,908 -41,951 -40,696 -36,776
31             Direct investment payments -9,598 -16,497 -11,787 -10,380 -8,283
32             Other private payments -22,693 -25,144 -26,043 -26,240 -24,469
33             U.S. government payments -4,262 -4,267 -4,121 -4,076 -4,024
34         Compensation of employees -91 -79 -75 -91 -93
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,328
36     U.S. government grants4 -3 -1 -3 -3 -3
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -295 -314 -319 -323 -300
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,974 -1,093 -2,239 -1,919 -2,025
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -64 -64 -65 -65 -67
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-151,396 -108,756 -58,107 -94,634 -132,546
41     U.S. official reserve assets -179 -152 -163 -185 -249
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -179 -152 -163 -185 -249
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 29 13 17 -19,988 3,027
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 37 7 25 7 27
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -8 6 -8 -19,995 3,000
50     U.S. private assets -151,246 -108,617 -57,961 -74,461 -135,324
51         Direct investment -17,394 -47,645 -23,267 -48,036 -29,293
52         Foreign securities -28,742 -26,603 -18,329 -343 -11,561
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-19,068 12,573 -9,216 9,379 10,641
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -86,042 -46,942 -7,149 -35,461 -105,111
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		122,371 120,965 73,762 32,482 126,234
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 168 127 128 237 100
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 12,491 23,541 41,167 38,264 11,720
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 54,841 63,601 -19,770 -16,783 -3,305
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		25,982 9,002 66,473 -55,607 11,813
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 28,889 18 24,694 18 -14,236 18 66,371 18 105,906
70 Financial derivatives, net -3,380 3,462 -1,018 -2,324 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 39,742 509 -4,125 69,952 7,028
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -18,894 -23,837 -23,627 -24,086 -17,903
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 4,478 3,359 4,971 7,343 6,330
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -14,416 -20,478 -18,656 -16,743 -11,573
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 9,416 5,771 10,770 13,577 13,253
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,328
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -7,272 -16,116 -10,447 -5,411 -648

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