U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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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 - Brazil 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 10,514 10,732 12,714 13,715 13,438 14,787
2     Exports of goods and services 7,767 7,751 9,027 9,876 9,805 10,817
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 5,547 5,508 6,430 7,011 6,911 7,900
4         Services3 2,220 2,242 2,597 2,865 2,894 2,917
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 30 6 17 30 12 8
6             Travel 489 543 643 609 668 652
7             Passenger fares 208 165 182 290 283 236
8             Other transportation 204 206 229 229 241 273
9             Royalties and license fees5 323 356 385 411 434 465
10             Other private services5 965 964 1,139 1,292 1,254 1,279
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 1 2 2 4 2 3
12     Income receipts 2,746 2,981 3,688 3,839 3,633 3,971
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 2,741 2,976 3,683 3,834 3,627 3,965
14             Direct investment receipts 1,753 1,790 2,381 2,401 2,218 2,520
15             Other private receipts 985 1,141 1,299 1,391 1,406 1,405
16             U.S. government receipts 3 45 3 42 3 40
17         Compensation of employees 5 5 5 5 6 6
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -7,776 -8,641 -9,583 -9,271 -9,459 -11,075
19     Imports of goods and services -6,756 -7,391 -8,029 -7,525 -7,753 -9,273
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -5,915 -6,439 -6,855 -6,441 -6,682 -8,186
21         Services3 -841 -952 -1,174 -1,084 -1,071 -1,086
22             Direct defense expenditures -2 -4 -2 -2 -7 -4
23             Travel -176 -183 -321 -239 -209 -202
24             Passenger fares -62 -74 -81 -76 -83 -87
25             Other transportation -121 -119 -121 -123 -149 -161
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1 -2 -1 -2 -2 -2
27             Other private services5 -475 -565 -643 -637 -618 -626
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -4 -5 -5 -5 -4 -5
29     Income payments -1,020 -1,250 -1,554 -1,746 -1,706 -1,802
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,013 -1,246 -1,551 -1,739 -1,699 -1,798
31             Direct investment payments -7 (D) (D) (D) 22 -71
32             Other private payments -247 -228 -312 -325 -185 -133
33             U.S. government payments -759 (D) (D) (D) -1,536 -1,594
34         Compensation of employees -7 -4 -3 -6 -6 -4
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -243 -227 -251 -226 -254 -261
36     U.S. government grants4 -6 -5 -6 -4 -4 -6
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -5 -5 -7 -6 -5 -6
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -232 -217 -237 -216 -245 -249
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -1 -1 -2 -1 -1 -1
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-3,320 -6,236 -11,881 -4,597 6,147 -11,169
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 11 88 18 86 7 80
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets (*) -1 (*) 0 -6 -6
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 14 90 14 87 14 88
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -3 -1 4 -1 -1 -2
50     U.S. private assets -3,331 -6,324 -11,899 -4,683 6,140 -11,249
51         Direct investment -801 265 -1,153 -2,426 -299 -517
52         Foreign securities -1,092 -3,404 -3,693 -3,247 3,192 480
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
362 54 121 -275 -6 -463
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,800 -3,239 -7,174 1,265 3,253 -10,749
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
22,111 27,064 23,486 13,993 11,210 9,973
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 -27 8 -10 -6 0 17
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 -79 -76 197 331 407 1,439
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 386 -567 51 -744 -264 458
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
-99 209 72 493 241 -55
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 21,930 18 27,490 18 23,176 18 13,919 18 10,826 18 8,114
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -21,284 -22,690 -14,483 -13,614 -21,081 -2,255
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -368 -930 -424 570 229 -287
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,379 1,290 1,422 1,781 1,823 1,830
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 1,012 360 998 2,351 2,052 1,544
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 1,726 1,731 2,133 2,093 1,927 2,169
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -243 -227 -251 -226 -254 -261
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 2,494 1,864 2,881 4,218 3,725 3,452

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