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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: 2008:I

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Germany 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 22,819 24,077 25,742 26,611 26,740 28,240
2     Exports of goods and services 17,594 18,188 19,375 19,501 19,951 21,769
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 11,737 12,171 12,392 12,726 13,227 14,541
4         Services3 5,858 6,017 6,983 6,775 6,724 7,228
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 41 62 50 41 54 37
6             Travel 740 1,007 1,355 905 1,016 1,210
7             Passenger fares 250 274 328 297 334 388
8             Other transportation 925 832 878 938 796 866
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,508 1,447 1,620 1,874 1,761 1,857
10             Other private services5 2,371 2,382 2,737 2,704 2,748 2,855
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 23 13 16 16 15 15
12     Income receipts 5,224 5,890 6,367 7,110 6,789 6,471
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 5,205 5,871 6,348 7,090 6,767 6,448
14             Direct investment receipts 1,950 2,343 2,464 3,187 2,722 2,591
15             Other private receipts 3,031 3,324 3,665 3,654 3,729 3,595
16             U.S. government receipts 224 204 219 249 316 262
17         Compensation of employees 19 19 19 20 22 23
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -34,797 -39,143 -38,241 -37,083 -36,578 -41,277
19     Imports of goods and services -29,508 -31,249 -32,438 -32,704 -32,480 -35,906
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -22,227 -23,322 -24,099 -24,632 -24,220 -26,552
21         Services3 -7,282 -7,926 -8,339 -8,071 -8,260 -9,354
22             Direct defense expenditures -1,690 -1,664 -1,787 -1,821 -1,803 -1,770
23             Travel -577 -846 -858 -586 -555 -933
24             Passenger fares -615 -946 -891 -626 -623 -1,081
25             Other transportation -1,267 -1,329 -1,389 -1,362 -1,379 -1,550
26             Royalties and license fees5 -610 -632 -692 -908 -652 -661
27             Other private services5 -2,404 -2,394 -2,600 -2,654 -3,128 -3,239
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -119 -115 -122 -114 -120 -120
29     Income payments -5,289 -7,895 -5,803 -4,379 -4,098 -5,371
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,262 -7,872 -5,780 -4,352 -4,070 -5,347
31             Direct investment payments -1,325 -3,600 -1,255 401 762 -753
32             Other private payments -3,282 -3,609 -3,891 -4,149 -4,268 -4,067
33             U.S. government payments -655 -663 -634 -604 -564 -527
34         Compensation of employees -27 -23 -23 -27 -28 -25
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -58 -247 -522 -359 -1,258 -1,106
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -108 -108 -108 -110 -111 -113
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 50 -139 -414 -249 -1,147 -993
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		1,389 -18,208 -6,982 10,286 -1,109 -15,968
41     U.S. official reserve assets -95 -41 -40 -71 -122 -52
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -95 -41 -40 -71 -122 -52
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -7 4 -1 2 -7 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 -7 4 -1 2 -7 1
50     U.S. private assets 1,491 -18,171 -6,941 10,355 -980 -15,917
51         Direct investment -867 -3,382 -1,757 -2,286 -1,645 -2,446
52         Foreign securities 3,747 -2,541 6,660 -1,447 10,228 -2,948
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		6,046 -1,090 1,816 5,274 815 -4,645
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -7,435 -11,158 -13,660 8,814 -10,378 -5,878
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-11,697 28,323 7,229 31,736 41,043 -39,468
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 -23 -12 -3 11 -1 32
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 -9,758 4,596 -1,308 1,154 1,037 2,068
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 9,218 2,819 -3,017 5,791 -1,540 -10,034
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 		-9,340 10,339 1,566 -2,498 8,468 -14,310
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -1,794 18 10,581 18 9,991 18 27,278 18 33,079 18 -17,224
70 Financial derivatives, net 1,974 -424 -1,804 153 -564 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 20,377 5,627 14,584 -31,339 -28,269 69,585
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -10,490 -11,152 -11,707 -11,907 -10,993 -12,011
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -1,424 -1,909 -1,356 -1,296 -1,536 -2,125
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -11,914 -13,061 -13,063 -13,203 -12,529 -14,137
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -65 -2,005 564 2,731 2,691 1,099
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -58 -247 -522 -359 -1,258 -1,106
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -12,037 -15,313 -13,022 -10,831 -11,095 -14,144

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