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Today's Date: October 17, 2008     Release Date: September 17, 2008     Next Release Date: December 17, 2008
Earliest Quarter Revised on September 17, 2008: 2008:I

Table 1. U.S. International Transactions
[Millions of dollars, 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 572,182 602,122 638,393 650,808 651,473 669,691
2     Exports of goods and services 385,436 399,951 424,873 435,465 451,645 474,819
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 270,318 279,488 295,494 303,180 317,813 337,312
4         Services3 115,118 120,463 129,378 132,285 133,833 137,506
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 4,629 4,000 3,881 3,542 4,371 3,516
6             Travel 21,818 23,154 25,241 26,499 27,060 28,243
7             Passenger fares 5,800 5,996 6,530 7,259 7,623 7,904
8             Other transportation 12,076 12,639 13,081 13,790 14,632 15,577
9             Royalties and license fees5 18,991 19,866 21,940 21,817 21,559 22,264
10             Other private services5 51,508 54,521 58,396 59,058 58,289 59,677
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 296 288 309 320 299 325
12     Income receipts 186,746 202,171 213,520 215,343 199,827 194,873
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 186,013 201,434 212,774 214,587 199,064 194,106
14             Direct investment receipts 83,391 89,673 94,953 100,259 97,262 99,612
15             Other private receipts 102,063 111,187 117,275 113,774 101,088 93,728
16             U.S. government receipts 559 574 546 554 714 766
17         Compensation of employees 733 737 746 756 763 767
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -738,938 -771,262 -783,548 -788,264 -795,371 -822,898
19     Imports of goods and services -564,979 -578,770 -592,986 -609,248 -628,756 -655,369
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -473,681 -485,375 -496,698 -512,099 -528,845 -553,641
21         Services3 -91,298 -93,395 -96,288 -97,149 -99,910 -101,729
22             Direct defense expenditures -7,915 -8,085 -8,132 -8,688 -8,769 -8,856
23             Travel -18,538 -18,849 -19,247 -19,533 -20,403 -20,560
24             Passenger fares -6,721 -6,979 -7,422 -7,364 -7,928 -8,133
25             Other transportation -16,022 -16,767 -17,119 -17,142 -17,869 -18,560
26             Royalties and license fees5 -6,643 -6,260 -6,155 -5,991 -6,663 -6,809
27             Other private services5 -34,444 -35,437 -37,145 -37,350 -37,196 -37,732
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -1,016 -1,018 -1,069 -1,081 -1,083 -1,079
29     Income payments -173,959 -192,492 -190,562 -179,016 -166,615 -167,529
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -171,560 -189,991 -188,045 -176,436 -164,055 -164,979
31             Direct investment payments -33,128 -40,620 -35,243 -25,424 -27,001 -35,750
32             Other private payments -99,373 -107,963 -110,898 -108,281 -94,302 -86,265
33             U.S. government payments -39,059 -41,408 -41,904 -42,731 -42,752 -42,964
34         Compensation of employees -2,399 -2,501 -2,517 -2,580 -2,560 -2,549
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -30,174 -24,953 -27,796 -29,784 -31,742 -29,941
36     U.S. government grants4 -10,567 -5,611 -7,109 -9,950 -9,990 -7,138
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1,805 -1,834 -1,837 -1,849 -1,951 -1,976
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -17,802 -17,508 -18,850 -17,985 -19,801 -20,827
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -543 -112 -617 -571 -600 -652
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-442,065 -523,556 -170,476 -153,757 -260,644 110,431
41     U.S. official reserve assets -72 26 -54 -22 -276 -1,267
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights -43 -39 -37 -35 -29 -22
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund 212 294 230 285 112 -955
45         Foreign currencies -241 -229 -247 -272 -359 -290
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 445 -596 623 -22,744 3,265 -41,265
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -608 -1,405 -182 -279 -179 -1,173
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 1,091 687 780 1,546 487 860
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -38 122 25 -24,011 2,957 -40,952
50     U.S. private assets -442,438 -522,985 -171,045 -130,990 -263,634 152,963
51         Direct investment -66,706 -93,616 -62,043 -110,905 -89,100 -65,549
52         Foreign securities -99,541 -84,671 -100,317 -4,202 -35,066 -32,457
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-46,048 -134,713 80,012 100,043 81,848 25,224
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -230,143 -209,985 -88,697 -115,926 -221,316 225,745
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		692,713 718,112 266,476 380,402 459,017 26,301
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 163,270 88,822 13,469 145,497 173,533 144,417
57         U.S. government securities 121,640 61,641 -7,788 54,837 167,883 150,390
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 40,337 1,610 -25,810 42,728 88,649 57,245
59             Other10 81,303 60,031 18,022 12,109 79,234 93,145
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 366 -69 913 4,132 1,645 2,439
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 30,329 15,956 9,873 52,537 -26,930 -30,131
62         Other foreign official assets12 10,935 11,294 10,471 33,991 30,935 21,719
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 529,443 629,290 253,007 234,905 285,484 -118,116
64         Direct investment 14,026 61,862 105,908 55,746 80,437 93,767
65         U.S. Treasury securities 42,882 -13,522 67,406 60,059 63,263 66,950
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 183,507 310,340 -30,486 110,489 -20,475 16,532
67         U.S. currency -6,165 -1,635 655 -3,530 -914 230
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		90,061 122,476 55,599 -111,846 84,085 -61,972
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 205,132 149,769 53,925 123,987 79,088 -233,623
70 Financial derivatives, net 14,795 -1,007 5,942 -13,234 -8,001 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed) -67,970 656 71,627 -45,600 -14,131 47,067
71a     Of which: Seasonal adjustment discrepancy 12,192 722 -21,805 8,892 9,271 -3,464
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -203,363 -205,887 -201,204 -208,919 -211,032 -216,328
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 23,820 27,068 33,090 35,136 33,922 35,777
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -179,543 -178,819 -168,114 -173,783 -177,110 -180,551
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 12,787 9,679 22,958 36,327 33,212 27,344
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -30,174 -24,953 -27,796 -29,784 -31,742 -29,941
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -196,930 -194,093 -172,952 -167,241 -175,640 -183,147

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