U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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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 - France 26 27
[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 17,317 18,339 18,191 18,316 18,154 19,959 19,312 17,415
2     Exports of goods and services 10,470 10,921 10,785 11,089 11,064 12,477 12,441 11,430
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 6,912 6,929 6,438 6,854 6,954 7,948 7,045 6,991
4         Services3 3,559 3,992 4,346 4,236 4,110 4,529 5,395 4,438
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 11 10 18 12 18 11 13 14
6             Travel 452 680 982 582 555 937 1,496 640
7             Passenger fares 122 132 167 206 173 235 318 217
8             Other transportation 373 409 409 445 424 488 481 395
9             Royalties and license fees5 759 767 905 929 825 863 966 1,035
10             Other private services5 1,833 1,979 1,851 2,054 2,104 1,980 2,105 2,127
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 9 15 14 8 10 14 16 11
12     Income receipts 6,847 7,418 7,406 7,227 7,090 7,482 6,871 5,986
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 6,836 7,407 7,395 7,216 7,079 7,470 6,859 5,974
14             Direct investment receipts 1,599 1,662 1,521 1,633 1,793 2,423 2,008 1,769
15             Other private receipts 5,237 5,745 5,874 5,583 5,286 5,047 4,851 4,205
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -17,411 -20,378 -20,195 -19,520 -15,936 -23,550 -18,654 -15,980
19     Imports of goods and services -12,978 -14,384 -14,835 -14,440 -13,889 -16,033 -15,548 -14,410
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -9,645 -10,244 -10,797 -10,857 -10,642 -11,424 -11,191 -10,731
21         Services3 -3,332 -4,140 -4,038 -3,582 -3,248 -4,609 -4,357 -3,679
22             Direct defense expenditures -24 -25 -25 -35 -25 -30 -35 -35
23             Travel -501 -1,171 -928 -529 -508 -1,349 -916 -536
24             Passenger fares -311 -473 -504 -387 -356 -591 -601 -433
25             Other transportation -427 -480 -584 -541 -490 -609 -717 -524
26             Royalties and license fees5 -776 -611 -597 -772 -742 -759 -751 -826
27             Other private services5 -1,198 -1,291 -1,310 -1,220 -1,044 -1,186 -1,240 -1,230
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -95 -89 -90 -98 -82 -85 -97 -95
29     Income payments -4,433 -5,994 -5,360 -5,080 -2,046 -7,518 -3,106 -1,570
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -4,403 -5,967 -5,334 -5,051 -2,016 -7,489 -3,078 -1,539
31             Direct investment payments -2,172 -3,603 -3,099 -2,685 297 -5,445 -1,142 255
32             Other private payments -1,916 -2,075 -1,978 -2,119 -2,055 -1,830 -1,772 -1,662
33             U.S. government payments -315 -289 -257 -247 -258 -214 -164 -132
34         Compensation of employees -30 -27 -26 -30 -30 -28 -28 -31
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 113 154 20 61 178 102 68 108
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -22 -22 -23 -29 -23 -23 -33 -28
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 135 176 43 90 201 125 101 136
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-42,018 -16,069 9,537 -10,035 -33,616 4,906 54,439 27,824
41     U.S. official reserve assets -44 -67 -75 -63 -71 -84 -109 -31
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -44 -67 -75 -63 -71 -84 -109 -31
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -1 1 -1 (*) -1 -1 (*) -1
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 1 -1 (*) -1 -1 (*) -1
50     U.S. private assets -41,973 -16,003 9,613 -9,972 -33,544 4,991 54,548 27,856
51         Direct investment -242 -2,839 -982 -667 -2,599 -2,083 -747 -2,155
52         Foreign securities -7,782 -9,349 -1,047 5,479 -1,724 1,219 20,050 7,306
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-13,607 8,841 733 -997 488 -2,382 20,358 -1,071
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -20,342 -12,656 10,909 -13,787 -29,709 8,237 14,887 23,776
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
7,825 17,653 -478 15,555 18,656 -21,688 14,556 -28,285
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 9 -1 13 10 16 1 4
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 7,489 6,610 3,835 3,830 -616 3,202 5,082 745
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 9,180 9,198 2,329 7,220 11,708 -5,900 -7,429 -3,431
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. 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
-1 -248 883 -3 259 -736 500 160
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -8,842 18 2,084 18 -7,524 18 4,495 18 7,295 18 -18,270 18 16,402 18 -25,763
70 Financial derivatives, net -728 -1,679 -1,175 -200 -156 -2,675 -3,983 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 34,910 1,990 -5,891 -4,168 12,729 22,955 -65,729 -1,073
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -2,734 -3,315 -4,359 -4,004 -3,688 -3,476 -4,145 -3,740
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 226 -148 308 653 862 -80 1,038 759
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,507 -3,463 -4,050 -3,350 -2,826 -3,556 -3,107 -2,981
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,413 1,424 2,046 2,147 5,044 -36 3,765 4,416
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 113 154 20 61 178 102 68 108
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 19 -1,886 -1,984 -1,143 2,396 -3,489 726 1,544

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