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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 - International organizations and unallocated 20 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 12,315 12,708 13,068 13,322 13,870 13,992
2     Exports of goods and services 1,031 1,069 1,021 1,147 1,212 1,305
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 0 0 0 0 0 0
4         Services3 1,031 1,069 1,021 1,147 1,212 1,305
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 23 27 26 34 28 49
6             Travel 0 0 0 0 0 0
7             Passenger fares 0 0 0 0 0 0
8             Other transportation 366 367 390 435 509 543
9             Royalties and license fees5 (*) 0 (*) (*) (*) (*)
10             Other private services5 641 675 604 678 675 712
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services (*) (*) 1 (*) (*) (*)
12     Income receipts 11,284 11,639 12,047 12,175 12,658 12,687
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 10,894 11,249 11,652 11,774 12,258 12,285
14             Direct investment receipts 4,876 4,876 4,871 4,861 4,823 4,811
15             Other private receipts 5,975 6,332 6,744 6,876 7,406 7,450
16             U.S. government receipts 43 41 37 37 29 24
17         Compensation of employees 390 390 395 401 400 402
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -4,234 -4,350 -4,452 -4,428 -4,299 -4,284
19     Imports of goods and services -1,108 -1,183 -1,211 -1,135 -995 -1,047
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 0 0 0 0 0 0
21         Services3 -1,108 -1,183 -1,211 -1,135 -995 -1,047
22             Direct defense expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0
23             Travel 0 0 0 0 0 0
24             Passenger fares 0 0 0 0 0 0
25             Other transportation -1,090 -1,165 -1,200 -1,099 -966 -1,013
26             Royalties and license fees5 -7 -12 -7 -27 -25 -25
27             Other private services5 -6 -4 -3 -5 1 1
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -4 -2 -1 -4 -6 -9
29     Income payments -3,126 -3,167 -3,241 -3,293 -3,304 -3,237
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -3,126 -3,167 -3,241 -3,293 -3,304 -3,237
31             Direct investment payments -1,206 -1,186 -1,167 -1,144 -1,098 -1,080
32             Other private payments -1,750 -1,821 -1,923 -1,999 -2,060 -2,015
33             U.S. government payments -170 -160 -151 -150 -146 -142
34         Compensation of employees 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -5,856 -6,206 -6,749 -8,340 -6,941 -7,855
36     U.S. government grants4 -1,034 -1,015 -1,633 -1,697 -1,043 -1,343
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -491 -699 -179 -1,653 -580 -899
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -4,331 -4,492 -4,937 -4,990 -5,318 -5,613
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-803 -5,658 -2,727 -5,809 -4,730 -3,774
41     U.S. official reserve assets 169 255 193 250 83 -977
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights -43 -39 -37 -35 -29 -22
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund 212 294 230 285 112 -955
45         Foreign currencies ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -199 -1,122 98 -23 -20 -953
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -199 -1,103 -12 -23 -22 -973
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 2 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 -19 110 0 0 20
50     U.S. private assets -773 -4,791 -3,018 -6,036 -4,793 -1,844
51         Direct investment -4,876 -4,876 -4,871 -4,861 -4,823 -4,811
52         Foreign securities 2,865 62 705 67 139 -1,491
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-5 -17 9 -133 -58 -22
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 1,243 40 1,139 -1,109 -51 4,480
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-3,437 500 1,429 -1,757 859 -77
56     Foreign official assets in the United States -1 -6 279 1 4 62
57         U.S. government securities 0 0 0 0 0 0
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 0 0 0 0 0 0
59             Other10 0 0 0 0 0 0
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 -6 279 1 4 62
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 0 0 0 0 0 0
62         Other foreign official assets12 0 0 0 0 0 0
63     Other foreign assets in the United States -3,436 506 1,150 -1,758 855 -139
64         Direct investment 1,206 1,186 1,167 1,144 1,098 1,080
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 125 36 241 81 -293 118
67         U.S. currency -6,165 -1,635 655 -3,530 -914 230
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		2 -2 3 -1 -1 -1
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 1,396 18 921 18 -916 18 548 18 965 18 -1,566
70 Financial derivatives, net 112 959 -2 -418 255 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,902 2,046 -567 7,429 987 1,997
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 0 0 0 0 0 0
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -77 -113 -190 12 217 258
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -77 -113 -190 12 217 258
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 8,158 8,472 8,806 8,882 9,354 9,450
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -5,856 -6,206 -6,749 -8,340 -6,941 -7,855
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 2,226 2,152 1,867 555 2,629 1,853

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