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Today's Date: September 20, 2008     Release Date: September 17, 2008     Next Release Date: December 17, 2008
Earliest Quarter Revised on September 17, 2008: 2008: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 II p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 113,771 120,842 124,651 128,771 128,819 135,364
2     Exports of goods and services 67,711 69,084 71,855 74,407 76,759 81,606
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 44,551 43,853 43,723 46,200 50,291 53,215
4         Services3 23,160 25,231 28,132 28,206 26,468 28,392
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 295 361 269 265 329 218
6             Travel 2,530 3,489 5,018 3,510 3,366 4,189
7             Passenger fares 751 949 1,315 1,156 1,090 1,241
8             Other transportation 2,293 2,362 2,389 2,613 2,487 2,724
9             Royalties and license fees5 6,028 6,268 7,093 7,561 6,977 7,374
10             Other private services5 11,221 11,764 12,004 13,064 12,180 12,599
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 42 38 44 37 39 46
12     Income receipts 46,060 51,758 52,795 54,365 52,059 53,758
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 46,010 51,708 52,744 54,313 52,006 53,704
14             Direct investment receipts 25,513 29,122 28,765 30,325 29,247 31,191
15             Other private receipts 20,253 22,379 23,741 23,736 22,289 22,067
16             U.S. government receipts 244 207 238 252 470 446
17         Compensation of employees 50 50 51 52 53 54
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -120,089 -137,001 -133,846 -133,727 -122,398 -142,588
19     Imports of goods and services -83,445 -91,013 -91,820 -92,939 -89,539 -100,813
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -63,445 -67,690 -67,351 -70,287 -68,195 -74,741
21         Services3 -20,000 -23,323 -24,470 -22,653 -21,344 -26,072
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,247 -2,243 -2,366 -2,628 -2,570 -2,574
23             Travel -2,310 -4,982 -4,694 -2,691 -2,302 -5,494
24             Passenger fares -1,618 -2,285 -2,404 -1,699 -1,729 -2,639
25             Other transportation -3,037 -3,380 -3,623 -3,515 -3,519 -3,978
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1,851 -1,835 -1,808 -2,324 -2,034 -2,064
27             Other private services5 -8,629 -8,296 -9,251 -9,452 -8,867 -8,998
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -308 -302 -323 -343 -323 -326
29     Income payments -36,644 -45,987 -42,026 -40,787 -32,859 -41,775
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -36,553 -45,908 -41,951 -40,696 -32,766 -41,693
31             Direct investment payments -9,598 -16,497 -11,787 -10,380 -4,283 -14,223
32             Other private payments -22,693 -25,144 -26,043 -26,240 -24,469 -23,814
33             U.S. government payments -4,262 -4,267 -4,121 -4,076 -4,014 -3,656
34         Compensation of employees -91 -79 -75 -91 -93 -82
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,801 -2,203
36     U.S. government grants4 -3 -1 -3 -3 -16 -14
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -295 -314 -319 -323 -323 -325
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,974 -1,093 -2,239 -1,919 -2,462 -1,864
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -64 -64 -65 -65 -67 -68
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-151,396 -108,756 -58,107 -94,634 -140,740 -72,275
41     U.S. official reserve assets -179 -152 -163 -185 -249 -194
42         Gold7 0 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 -194
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 29 13 17 -19,988 5,019 -34
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 37 7 25 7 27 7
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -8 6 -8 -19,995 4,992 -41
50     U.S. private assets -151,246 -108,617 -57,961 -74,461 -145,510 -72,047
51         Direct investment -17,394 -47,645 -23,267 -48,036 -28,934 -28,854
52         Foreign securities -28,742 -26,603 -18,329 -343 -10,894 -7,535
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-19,068 12,573 -9,216 9,379 -547 -17,469
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -86,042 -46,942 -7,149 -35,461 -105,135 -18,189
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		122,371 120,965 73,762 32,482 144,193 -80,390
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 168 127 128 237 -19 250
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 12,491 23,541 41,167 38,264 15,803 26,502
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 54,841 63,601 -19,770 -16,783 -3,373 -32,483
67         U.S. currency n.a. 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 26,940 -14,249
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 28,889 18 24,694 18 -14,236 18 66,371 18 104,842 18 -60,410
70 Financial derivatives, net -3,380 3,462 -1,018 -2,324 -2,368 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 41,059 1,960 -2,816 71,741 -4,638 162,161
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -18,894 -23,837 -23,627 -24,086 -17,903 -21,526
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 3,160 1,908 3,662 5,554 5,124 2,319
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -15,734 -21,930 -19,965 -18,532 -12,779 -19,207
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 9,416 5,771 10,770 13,577 19,200 11,982
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,801 -2,203
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -8,590 -17,567 -11,756 -7,201 3,620 -9,428

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