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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 - Other European Union 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 10,547 11,654 11,863 11,784 11,436 12,500
2     Exports of goods and services 7,696 7,990 7,932 8,203 7,951 8,969
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 3,643 3,949 3,597 3,994 3,790 4,637
4         Services3 4,053 4,041 4,335 4,208 4,161 4,332
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 467 367 363 224 322 176
6             Travel 536 724 667 602 634 872
7             Passenger fares 50 84 98 100 126 233
8             Other transportation 710 739 769 873 794 815
9             Royalties and license fees5 736 620 757 850 771 818
10             Other private services5 1,548 1,501 1,676 1,556 1,509 1,417
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 5 5 4 4 5 1
12     Income receipts 2,851 3,664 3,931 3,581 3,485 3,531
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 2,837 3,649 3,917 3,567 3,470 3,516
14             Direct investment receipts 1,057 1,526 1,482 1,487 1,607 1,753
15             Other private receipts 1,779 2,122 2,435 2,079 1,863 1,763
16             U.S. government receipts 1 1 0 1 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 14 15 14 14 15 15
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -12,483 -13,841 -13,688 -13,515 -13,167 -14,514
19     Imports of goods and services -10,006 -10,721 -10,478 -10,592 -10,107 -11,073
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -7,583 -7,817 -7,604 -8,038 -7,680 -8,132
21         Services3 -2,423 -2,905 -2,874 -2,554 -2,427 -2,941
22             Direct defense expenditures -44 -63 -52 -49 -43 -24
23             Travel -168 -401 -432 -286 -229 -442
24             Passenger fares -107 -234 -294 -128 -108 -272
25             Other transportation -1,095 -1,199 -1,240 -1,145 -1,128 -1,250
26             Royalties and license fees5 -394 -379 -340 -352 -360 -366
27             Other private services5 -600 -611 -498 -582 -547 -575
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -15 -17 -18 -11 -12 -13
29     Income payments -2,477 -3,119 -3,210 -2,923 -3,061 -3,441
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -2,462 -3,113 -3,205 -2,909 -3,046 -3,434
31             Direct investment payments -1,044 -1,589 -1,650 -1,289 -1,453 -1,845
32             Other private payments -802 -886 -932 -1,005 -1,018 -1,026
33             U.S. government payments -616 -638 -623 -615 -575 -563
34         Compensation of employees -15 -6 -5 -14 -14 -7
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -253 -187 -167 -143 -202 -173
36     U.S. government grants4 -31 -39 -35 -40 -48 -32
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -32 -33 -33 -32 -30 -36
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -190 -115 -99 -71 -124 -105
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -37 -38 -39 -40 -39 -39
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-11,997 -10,189 -7,414 -119 -16,509 -46,132
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -2 2 -2 5 1 -34,957
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -51 -61 -21 -74 -3 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 51 61 22 75 4 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -2 2 -3 4 (*) -34,957
50     U.S. private assets -11,996 -10,191 -7,412 -123 -16,510 -11,175
51         Direct investment -4,055 -9,355 -481 5,938 -7,595 -5,770
52         Foreign securities -5,490 548 4,350 3,038 833 3,384
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		28 -72 -5,720 1,975 -8,512 -1,625
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -2,479 -1,312 -5,561 -11,074 -1,236 -7,164
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		10,413 19,004 1,221 9,887 26,516 1,705
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 -485 -390 -390 -162 -61 -174
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 7,262 10,019 2,612 26 8,758 -1,339
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 713 2,023 91 -1,046 3,792 5,100
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 		-93 3 1,034 -632 -932 -101
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 3,016 18 7,349 18 -2,126 18 11,701 18 14,959 18 -1,781
70 Financial derivatives, net -138 -90 800 -427 1,327 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 3,948 -6,314 7,424 -7,427 -9,363 46,653
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -3,940 -3,867 -4,007 -4,044 -3,890 -3,495
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,629 1,136 1,461 1,655 1,734 1,391
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,311 -2,731 -2,545 -2,389 -2,155 -2,104
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 374 545 721 658 425 90
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -253 -187 -167 -143 -202 -173
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -2,189 -2,373 -1,992 -1,875 -1,933 -2,187

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