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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:I

Table 1. U.S. International Transactions
[Millions of dollars, 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 572,182 602,122 638,393 650,808 651,416 671,888 678,258 589,692
2     Exports of goods and services 385,436 399,951 424,873 435,465 451,517 475,365 485,911 422,993
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 270,318 279,488 295,494 303,180 317,548 337,048 346,272 290,505
4         Services3 115,118 120,463 129,378 132,285 133,969 138,318 139,639 132,489
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 4,629 4,000 3,881 3,542 4,371 3,554 3,570 3,620
6             Travel 21,818 23,154 25,241 26,499 27,200 28,193 28,864 26,212
7             Passenger fares 5,800 5,996 6,530 7,259 7,643 7,707 8,683 7,605
8             Other transportation 12,076 12,639 13,081 13,790 14,591 15,743 15,724 13,349
9             Royalties and license fees5 18,991 19,866 21,940 21,817 21,568 22,587 22,057 22,000
10             Other private services5 51,508 54,521 58,396 59,058 58,297 60,226 60,428 59,384
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 296 288 309 320 299 308 313 319
12     Income receipts 186,746 202,171 213,520 215,343 199,900 196,523 192,347 166,699
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 186,013 201,434 212,774 214,587 199,137 195,756 191,603 165,925
14             Direct investment receipts 83,391 89,673 94,953 100,259 97,346 101,612 95,708 76,603
15             Other private receipts 102,063 111,187 117,275 113,774 101,088 93,412 94,583 87,166
16             U.S. government receipts 559 574 546 554 703 732 1,312 2,156
17         Compensation of employees 733 737 746 756 763 767 745 774
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -738,938 -771,262 -783,548 -788,264 -796,593 -825,091 -829,558 -693,564
19     Imports of goods and services -564,979 -578,770 -592,986 -609,248 -629,960 -656,784 -666,792 -563,379
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -473,681 -485,375 -496,698 -512,099 -530,126 -554,922 -562,526 -464,624
21         Services3 -91,298 -93,395 -96,288 -97,149 -99,834 -101,862 -104,267 -98,756
22             Direct defense expenditures -7,915 -8,085 -8,132 -8,688 -8,769 -8,986 -9,784 -9,003
23             Travel -18,538 -18,849 -19,247 -19,533 -20,379 -20,268 -19,846 -19,507
24             Passenger fares -6,721 -6,979 -7,422 -7,364 -7,927 -8,032 -8,317 -8,153
25             Other transportation -16,022 -16,767 -17,119 -17,142 -17,833 -18,528 -18,943 -16,536
26             Royalties and license fees5 -6,643 -6,260 -6,155 -5,991 -6,637 -6,599 -7,220 -6,011
27             Other private services5 -34,444 -35,437 -37,145 -37,350 -37,206 -38,361 -39,031 -38,446
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -1,016 -1,018 -1,069 -1,081 -1,083 -1,088 -1,125 -1,100
29     Income payments -173,959 -192,492 -190,562 -179,016 -166,633 -168,307 -162,766 -130,185
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -171,560 -189,991 -188,045 -176,436 -164,074 -165,760 -160,222 -127,550
31             Direct investment payments -33,128 -40,620 -35,243 -25,424 -27,020 -36,682 -31,635 -8,045
32             Other private payments -99,373 -107,963 -110,898 -108,281 -94,302 -86,115 -87,097 -79,440
33             U.S. government payments -39,059 -41,408 -41,904 -42,731 -42,752 -42,963 -41,490 -40,065
34         Compensation of employees -2,399 -2,501 -2,517 -2,580 -2,559 -2,547 -2,545 -2,636
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -30,174 -24,953 -27,796 -29,784 -31,731 -29,034 -29,998 -28,949
36     U.S. government grants4 -10,567 -5,611 -7,109 -9,950 -9,990 -7,305 -8,257 -9,051
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1,805 -1,834 -1,837 -1,849 -1,951 -1,966 -1,969 -1,973
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -17,802 -17,508 -18,850 -17,985 -19,790 -19,763 -19,772 -17,925
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -543 -112 -617 -571 -600 -631 -735 -633
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-442,065 -523,556 -170,476 -153,757 -264,866 99,910 28,056 84,441
41     U.S. official reserve assets -72 26 -54 -22 -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126
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 -241 -229 -247 -272 -359 -290 -405 -215
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 445 -596 623 -22,744 3,265 -41,592 -225,990 -265,193
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -608 -1,405 -182 -279 -179 -1,106 -465 -389
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 1,091 687 780 1,546 487 497 692 651
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -38 122 25 -24,011 2,957 -40,983 -226,217 -265,455
50     U.S. private assets -442,438 -522,985 -171,045 -130,990 -267,855 142,769 254,226 352,760
51         Direct investment -66,706 -93,616 -62,043 -110,905 -93,321 -86,838 -52,356 -85,319
52         Foreign securities -99,541 -84,671 -100,317 -4,202 -35,066 -33,576 82,615 76,978
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-46,048 -134,713 80,012 100,043 81,848 49,324 89,523 63,070
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -230,143 -209,985 -88,697 -115,926 -221,316 213,859 134,444 298,031
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		692,713 718,112 266,476 380,402 460,105 23,208 123,346 -7,611
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 163,270 88,822 13,469 145,497 173,533 145,391 116,078 -13,627
57         U.S. government securities 121,640 61,641 -7,788 54,837 167,883 151,288 105,920 82,974
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 40,337 1,610 -25,810 42,728 88,649 58,143 116,479 178,948
59             Other10 81,303 60,031 18,022 12,109 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 366 -69 913 4,132 1,645 2,439 1,642 2,900
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 30,329 15,956 9,873 52,537 -26,930 -30,055 10,302 -106,973
62         Other foreign official assets12 10,935 11,294 10,471 33,991 30,935 21,719 -1,786 7,472
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 529,443 629,290 253,007 234,905 286,572 -122,183 7,268 6,016
64         Direct investment 14,026 61,862 105,908 55,746 81,525 105,793 57,313 80,622
65         U.S. Treasury securities 42,882 -13,522 67,406 60,059 63,263 65,692 89,134 89,542
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 183,507 310,340 -30,486 110,489 -20,475 17,068 -91,398 -28,763
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 		90,061 122,476 55,599 -111,846 84,085 -54,350 71,053 -130,111
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 205,132 149,769 53,925 123,987 79,088 -256,616 -124,679 -35,136
70 Financial derivatives, net 14,795 -1,007 5,942 -13,234 -8,001 -2,519 -4,075 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed) -67,970 656 71,627 -45,600 -9,729 62,269 34,706 56,625
71a     Of which: Seasonal adjustment discrepancy 12,192 722 -21,805 8,892 13,673 223 -28,548 14,652
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -203,363 -205,887 -201,204 -208,919 -212,578 -217,874 -216,254 -174,119
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 23,820 27,068 33,090 35,136 34,135 36,455 35,372 33,733
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -179,543 -178,819 -168,114 -173,783 -178,443 -181,419 -180,882 -140,386
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 12,787 9,679 22,958 36,327 33,266 28,216 29,581 36,513
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -30,174 -24,953 -27,796 -29,784 -31,731 -29,034 -29,998 -28,949
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -196,930 -194,093 -172,952 -167,241 -176,909 -182,237 -181,299 -132,822

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