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Today's Date: November 5, 2008     Release Date: September 17, 2008     Next Release Date: December 17, 2008
Earliest Quarter Revised on September 17, 2008: No Revision

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 1984 1985
I II III IV I II III IV
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 3,021 3,357 3,369 3,119 2,786 2,872 3,043 2,905
2     Exports of goods and services 2,465 2,730 2,795 2,586 2,356 2,448 2,675 2,446
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 1,939 2,059 1,930 1,921 1,704 1,678 1,880 1,704
4         Services3 526 671 865 665 652 770 795 742
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 54 59 263 77 129 143 120 145
6             Travel 24 111 226 178 166 131 208 213 149
7             Passenger fares 24 52 76 87 68 57 85 87 76
8             Other transportation 79 84 90 94 111 109 116 111
9             Royalties and license fees5 71 75 86 96 70 75 85 95
10             Other private services5 157 148 160 163 150 149 161 156
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 1 2 2 1 4 1 14 10
12     Income receipts 556 628 574 534 430 423 368 460
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 556 628 574 534 430 423 368 460
14             Direct investment receipts 368 436 322 317 268 269 222 312
15             Other private receipts 183 187 241 207 157 151 135 140
16             U.S. government receipts 5 5 11 10 5 4 12 7
17         Compensation of employees ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -1,827 -1,860 -1,976 -1,933 -1,712 -1,901 -1,997 -1,814
19     Imports of goods and services -1,637 -1,712 -1,789 -1,794 -1,579 -1,775 -1,897 -1,737
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -1,345 -1,396 -1,449 -1,441 -1,272 -1,456 -1,541 -1,332
21         Services3 -292 -316 -340 -353 -307 -319 -356 -405
22             Direct defense expenditures -14 -17 -8 -21 -14 -13 -17 -14
23             Travel 24 -99 -108 -137 -133 -113 -115 -147 -176
24             Passenger fares 24 -54 -42 -55 -66 -60 -77 -76 -91
25             Other transportation -94 -104 -109 -109 -95 -104 -104 -113
26             Royalties and license fees5 -3 -6 -3 -4 -4 -3 -4 -4
27             Other private services5 -20 -19 -17 -13 -5 1 1 1
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -9 -19 -10 -7 -17 -8 -9 -8
29     Income payments -191 -149 -187 -139 -134 -126 -101 -77
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -191 -149 -187 -139 -134 -126 -101 -77
31             Direct investment payments 11 42 -3 34 16 -3 6 13
32             Other private payments -36 -38 -38 -39 -34 -32 -32 -35
33             U.S. government payments -165 -153 -146 -134 -116 -91 -75 -55
34         Compensation of employees ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -22 -23 -19 -16 -21 -17 -25 -18
36     U.S. government grants4 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) -1 (*)
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -17 -18 -14 -11 -16 -12 -19 -13
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .....
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-674 -119 -630 -273 224 281 220 -503
41     U.S. official reserve assets ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
42         Gold7 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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 1 10 -19 25 6 15 9 19
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -2 -6 -32 ..... ..... ..... -6 .....
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 3 16 13 25 5 16 17 19
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets (*) (*) (*) (*) 1 -1 -2 1
50     U.S. private assets -675 -129 -611 -298 218 267 211 -522
51         Direct investment -462 322 -90 18 -219 77 -119 -79
52         Foreign securities -46 -36 -92 -418 86 -23 55 -119
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		29 -12 -12 46 4 25 3 .....
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -196 -404 -417 56 346 187 272 -324
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-568 639 -482 -242 -122 733 -563 -794
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 97 176 -112 88 30 52 15 79
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment -88 1,267 45 -84 273 1,016 -46 -68
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -20 7 62 100 94 -18 -49 140
67         U.S. currency ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		108 22 84 4 -44 -69 -59 -62
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -665 18 -833 18 -561 18 -350 18 -475 18 -248 18 -424 18 -883
70 Financial derivatives, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 68 -1,995 -263 -657 -1,155 -1,969 -679 224
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 594 663 481 480 432 222 339 372
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 234 355 526 312 346 452 439 337
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 828 1,018 1,007 792 778 674 778 709
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 366 479 387 395 296 298 268 382
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -22 -23 -19 -16 -21 -17 -25 -18
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 1,172 1,474 1,374 1,170 1,052 954 1,021 1,073

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