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Today's Date: November 4, 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 - France 26 27
[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 17,317 18,339 18,191 18,316 18,154 19,652
2     Exports of goods and services 10,470 10,921 10,785 11,089 11,064 12,496
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 6,912 6,929 6,438 6,854 6,954 7,948
4         Services3 3,559 3,992 4,346 4,236 4,110 4,548
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 11 10 18 12 18 11
6             Travel 452 680 982 582 555 817
7             Passenger fares 122 132 167 206 173 189
8             Other transportation 373 409 409 445 424 488
9             Royalties and license fees5 759 767 905 929 825 876
10             Other private services5 1,833 1,979 1,851 2,054 2,104 2,152
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 9 15 14 8 10 15
12     Income receipts 6,847 7,418 7,406 7,227 7,090 7,156
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 6,836 7,407 7,395 7,216 7,079 7,144
14             Direct investment receipts 1,599 1,662 1,521 1,633 1,793 2,097
15             Other private receipts 5,237 5,745 5,874 5,583 5,286 5,047
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 11 11 11 11 12 12
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -17,411 -20,378 -20,195 -19,520 -15,936 -23,182
19     Imports of goods and services -12,978 -14,384 -14,835 -14,440 -13,889 -15,840
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -9,645 -10,244 -10,797 -10,857 -10,642 -11,424
21         Services3 -3,332 -4,140 -4,038 -3,582 -3,248 -4,416
22             Direct defense expenditures -24 -25 -25 -35 -25 -25
23             Travel -501 -1,171 -928 -529 -508 -1,291
24             Passenger fares -311 -473 -504 -387 -356 -551
25             Other transportation -427 -480 -584 -541 -490 -609
26             Royalties and license fees5 -776 -611 -597 -772 -742 -756
27             Other private services5 -1,198 -1,291 -1,310 -1,220 -1,044 -1,094
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -95 -89 -90 -98 -82 -89
29     Income payments -4,433 -5,994 -5,360 -5,080 -2,046 -7,342
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -4,403 -5,967 -5,334 -5,051 -2,016 -7,314
31             Direct investment payments -2,172 -3,603 -3,099 -2,685 297 -5,253
32             Other private payments -1,916 -2,075 -1,978 -2,119 -2,055 -1,847
33             U.S. government payments -315 -289 -257 -247 -258 -214
34         Compensation of employees -30 -27 -26 -30 -30 -28
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 113 154 20 61 178 115
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -22 -22 -23 -29 -23 -25
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 135 176 43 90 201 140
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-42,018 -16,069 9,537 -10,035 -33,616 4,471
41     U.S. official reserve assets -44 -67 -75 -63 -71 -84
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -44 -67 -75 -63 -71 -84
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -1 1 -1 (*) -1 -1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 1 -1 (*) -1 -1
50     U.S. private assets -41,973 -16,003 9,613 -9,972 -33,544 4,556
51         Direct investment -242 -2,839 -982 -667 -2,599 -2,801
52         Foreign securities -7,782 -9,349 -1,047 5,479 -1,724 1,174
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-13,607 8,841 733 -997 488 -2,077
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -20,342 -12,656 10,909 -13,787 -29,709 8,260
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		7,825 17,653 -478 15,555 18,656 -21,984
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 -1 9 -1 13 10 16
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 7,489 6,610 3,835 3,830 -616 3,567
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 9,180 9,198 2,329 7,220 11,708 -5,908
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 		-1 -248 883 -3 259 -1,257
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -8,842 18 2,084 18 -7,524 18 4,495 18 7,295 18 -18,402
70 Financial derivatives, net -728 -1,679 -1,175 -200 -156 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 34,910 1,990 -5,891 -4,168 12,729 20,937
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -2,734 -3,315 -4,359 -4,004 -3,688 -3,476
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 226 -148 308 653 862 132
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,507 -3,463 -4,050 -3,350 -2,826 -3,344
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,413 1,424 2,046 2,147 5,044 -186
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 113 154 20 61 178 115
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 19 -1,886 -1,984 -1,143 2,396 -3,415

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