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Today's Date: May 7, 2009     Release Date: March 18, 2009     Next Release Date: June 17, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on March 18, 2009: 2008:III

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 III IV p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 12,315 12,708 13,068 13,322 13,870 14,059 13,977 13,905
2     Exports of goods and services 1,031 1,069 1,021 1,147 1,212 1,283 1,240 1,257
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4         Services3 1,031 1,069 1,021 1,147 1,212 1,283 1,240 1,257
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 23 27 26 34 28 32 34 52
6             Travel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7             Passenger fares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8             Other transportation 366 367 390 435 509 543 561 473
9             Royalties and license fees5 (*) 0 (*) (*) (*) (*) 1 1
10             Other private services5 641 675 604 678 675 708 643 730
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services (*) (*) 1 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
12     Income receipts 11,284 11,639 12,047 12,175 12,658 12,776 12,737 12,649
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 10,894 11,249 11,652 11,774 12,258 12,374 12,359 12,235
14             Direct investment receipts 4,876 4,876 4,871 4,861 4,823 4,811 4,804 4,800
15             Other private receipts 5,975 6,332 6,744 6,876 7,406 7,539 7,525 7,409
16             U.S. government receipts 43 41 37 37 29 24 30 26
17         Compensation of employees 390 390 395 401 400 402 378 414
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -4,234 -4,350 -4,452 -4,428 -4,299 -4,284 -5,249 -4,332
19     Imports of goods and services -1,108 -1,183 -1,211 -1,135 -995 -1,047 -1,960 -964
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21         Services3 -1,108 -1,183 -1,211 -1,135 -995 -1,047 -1,960 -964
22             Direct defense expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23             Travel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24             Passenger fares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25             Other transportation -1,090 -1,165 -1,200 -1,099 -966 -1,013 -1,034 -934
26             Royalties and license fees5 -7 -12 -7 -27 -25 -9 -902 -7
27             Other private services5 -6 -4 -3 -5 1 -19 -16 -16
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -4 -2 -1 -4 -6 -6 -9 -7
29     Income payments -3,126 -3,167 -3,241 -3,293 -3,304 -3,237 -3,289 -3,368
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -3,126 -3,167 -3,241 -3,293 -3,304 -3,237 -3,289 -3,368
31             Direct investment payments -1,206 -1,186 -1,167 -1,144 -1,098 -1,080 -1,067 -1,061
32             Other private payments -1,750 -1,821 -1,923 -1,999 -2,060 -2,015 -2,085 -2,173
33             U.S. government payments -170 -160 -151 -150 -146 -142 -137 -134
34         Compensation of employees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -5,856 -6,206 -6,749 -8,340 -6,941 -7,521 -8,303 -8,282
36     U.S. government grants4 -1,034 -1,015 -1,633 -1,697 -1,043 -936 -2,205 -1,398
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -491 -699 -179 -1,653 -580 -899 -420 -1,505
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -4,331 -4,492 -4,937 -4,990 -5,318 -5,686 -5,678 -5,379
  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 -3,795 -4,698 -4,821
41     U.S. official reserve assets 169 255 193 250 83 -977 226 -2,911
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights -43 -39 -37 -35 -29 -22 -30 -25
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund 212 294 230 285 112 -955 256 -2,886
45         Foreign currencies ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -199 -1,122 98 -23 -20 -974 -25 -5
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -199 -1,103 -12 -23 -22 -974 -25 -25
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 -19 110 0 0 0 0 20
50     U.S. private assets -773 -4,791 -3,018 -6,036 -4,793 -1,844 -4,899 -1,905
51         Direct investment -4,876 -4,876 -4,871 -4,861 -4,823 -4,811 -4,804 -4,800
52         Foreign securities 2,865 62 705 67 139 -1,491 415 1,441
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-5 -17 9 -133 -58 -22 203 7
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 1,243 40 1,139 -1,109 -51 4,480 -713 1,447
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-3,437 500 1,429 -1,757 859 -292 6,566 32,043
56     Foreign official assets in the United States -1 -6 279 1 4 62 280 6
57         U.S. government securities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59             Other10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 -6 279 1 4 62 280 6
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62         Other foreign official assets12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63     Other foreign assets in the United States -3,436 506 1,150 -1,758 855 -354 6,286 32,037
64         Direct investment 1,206 1,186 1,167 1,144 1,098 1,080 1,067 1,061
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 125 36 241 81 -293 118 160 285
67         U.S. currency -6,165 -1,635 655 -3,530 -914 230 5,845 29,862
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		2 -2 3 -1 -1 -1 0 7
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 1,396 18 921 18 -916 18 548 18 965 18 -1,781 18 -786 18 822
70 Financial derivatives, net 112 959 -2 -418 255 -247 -98 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,902 2,046 -567 7,429 987 2,079 -2,196 -28,513
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -77 -113 -190 12 217 236 -720 293
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -77 -113 -190 12 217 236 -720 293
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 8,158 8,472 8,806 8,882 9,354 9,539 9,448 9,281
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -5,856 -6,206 -6,749 -8,340 -6,941 -7,521 -8,303 -8,282
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 2,254 426 1,291

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