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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 - Canada 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 78,148 85,596 84,731 89,971 88,741 96,287
2     Exports of goods and services 68,500 74,546 72,710 77,228 77,076 84,221
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 58,178 63,922 61,452 66,159 64,624 71,897
4         Services3 10,322 10,624 11,258 11,069 12,452 12,324
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 68 74 52 86 76 124
6             Travel 2,972 3,207 3,254 3,419 4,406 4,195
7             Passenger fares 804 857 909 748 1,050 998
8             Other transportation 811 916 839 857 884 933
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,410 1,554 1,648 1,681 1,689 1,794
10             Other private services5 4,235 3,989 4,525 4,254 4,330 4,242
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 22 28 31 23 17 39
12     Income receipts 9,648 11,049 12,020 12,743 11,665 12,066
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 9,613 11,012 11,980 12,701 11,623 12,024
14             Direct investment receipts 4,315 5,245 5,739 6,385 5,462 5,980
15             Other private receipts 5,298 5,767 6,241 6,316 6,161 6,044
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 35 37 40 42 42 42
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -89,623 -95,643 -93,923 -94,829 -95,662 -106,944
19     Imports of goods and services -82,151 -87,949 -86,432 -88,944 -89,425 -99,383
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -76,833 -81,618 -78,764 -83,108 -83,995 -92,714
21         Services3 -5,318 -6,331 -7,668 -5,836 -5,430 -6,669
22             Direct defense expenditures -54 -51 -52 -65 -65 -65
23             Travel -974 -1,951 -3,176 -1,147 -1,031 -2,044
24             Passenger fares -71 -76 -136 -116 -79 -95
25             Other transportation -1,185 -1,240 -1,232 -1,259 -1,245 -1,350
26             Royalties and license fees5 -201 -176 -162 -209 -184 -188
27             Other private services5 -2,762 -2,746 -2,818 -2,942 -2,722 -2,813
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -71 -91 -92 -98 -105 -115
29     Income payments -7,472 -7,694 -7,491 -5,884 -6,237 -7,561
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -7,340 -7,568 -7,365 -5,737 -6,086 -7,422
31             Direct investment payments -3,929 -3,945 -3,638 -1,994 -2,393 -3,738
32             Other private payments -3,048 -3,256 -3,429 -3,483 -3,412 -3,325
33             U.S. government payments -363 -367 -298 -260 -281 -359
34         Compensation of employees -132 -126 -126 -147 -151 -139
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -485 -318 -433 -497 -323 -405
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -161 -163 -163 -161 -165 -167
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -324 -155 -270 -336 -158 -238
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 39 39 46 47 34 36
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-9,779 -33,481 -10,987 -12,931 -31,291 11,043
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 (*) 0 0 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 (*) 0 0 1 (*) 1
50     U.S. private assets -9,779 -33,481 -10,987 -12,932 -31,291 11,042
51         Direct investment -5,572 -3,153 -6,602 -7,445 -12,463 -1,195
52         Foreign securities -3,371 -3,360 -877 -5,153 1,278 -10,923
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		2,928 -3,136 1,559 -2,040 1,833 -732
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -3,764 -23,832 -5,067 1,706 -21,939 23,892
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		17,549 28,101 22,617 5,426 29,867 33,824
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 626 304 -1,056 847 -17 197
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -2 -10 107 56 79 -53
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 16,923 27,797 23,673 4,579 29,884 33,627
64         Direct investment 5,174 12,236 14,048 5,468 9,446 11,239
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 5,750 5,432 6,896 7,451 7,346 10,758
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 		( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 3,208 8,740 8,424 -7,610 12,021 4,356
70 Financial derivatives, net 2,630 -3,865 -625 -1,093 3,139 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,521 19,571 -1,426 13,904 5,494 -33,840
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -18,655 -17,696 -17,312 -16,949 -19,371 -20,817
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 5,004 4,293 3,590 5,233 7,023 5,655
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -13,651 -13,403 -13,722 -11,717 -12,348 -15,162
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,176 3,355 4,530 6,859 5,428 4,504
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -485 -318 -433 -497 -323 -405
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -11,960 -10,365 -9,625 -5,355 -7,243 -11,062

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