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 - Singapore 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 13,040 12,692 13,187 14,621 14,613 15,302 14,374 12,982
2     Exports of goods and services 8,324 7,859 8,128 8,992 9,518 10,157 9,221 8,177
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 6,687 6,175 6,267 6,745 7,565 8,105 6,957 5,917
4         Services3 1,637 1,685 1,860 2,247 1,953 2,052 2,264 2,261
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 19 78 44 29 61 31 33 34
6             Travel 94 150 122 131 112 171 129 144
7             Passenger fares (*) 2 (*) 1 (*) 4 1 1
8             Other transportation 194 202 219 232 252 272 288 238
9             Royalties and license fees5 389 418 519 554 497 518 504 521
10             Other private services5 933 826 947 1,292 1,022 1,047 1,300 1,314
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
12     Income receipts 4,716 4,832 5,059 5,629 5,095 5,145 5,153 4,805
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 4,708 4,824 5,051 5,621 5,087 5,137 5,144 4,796
14             Direct investment receipts 4,262 4,355 4,564 5,133 4,570 4,637 4,627 4,323
15             Other private receipts 446 469 487 488 517 500 517 473
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -7,301 -7,419 -7,285 -7,348 -7,380 -6,930 -6,944 -6,289
19     Imports of goods and services -5,726 -5,734 -5,605 -5,611 -5,706 -5,183 -5,347 -4,793
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -4,657 -4,738 -4,543 -4,486 -4,499 -3,971 -3,918 -3,504
21         Services3 -1,069 -996 -1,061 -1,126 -1,207 -1,213 -1,429 -1,289
22             Direct defense expenditures -101 -20 -72 -127 -206 -144 -284 -150
23             Travel -111 -106 -94 -110 -113 -135 -100 -111
24             Passenger fares -87 -79 -94 -89 -99 -70 -76 -99
25             Other transportation -312 -330 -340 -332 -325 -324 -335 -288
26             Royalties and license fees5 -72 -8 -6 -2 (D) -6 -28 (D)
27             Other private services5 -380 -449 -451 -461 -428 -528 -601 -611
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -5 -4 -4 -5 (D) -5 -5 (D)
29     Income payments -1,576 -1,685 -1,681 -1,737 -1,674 -1,746 -1,597 -1,495
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,573 -1,683 -1,680 -1,734 -1,671 -1,745 -1,596 -1,492
31             Direct investment payments -44 -79 -30 -41 -40 -178 -73 -18
32             Other private payments -1,106 -1,158 -1,178 -1,208 -1,187 -1,176 -1,178 -1,140
33             U.S. government payments -423 -446 -472 -485 -444 -391 -345 -334
34         Compensation of employees -3 -2 -1 -3 -3 -2 -1 -3
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2 7 (*) 11 -5 7 -3 3
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1 8 1 12 -4 8 -2 4
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-2,848 -1,482 -924 -1,214 -320 2,874 -904 1,331
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -2 2 1 -5 5 (*) 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 -2 2 1 -5 5 (*) 1 (*)
50     U.S. private assets -2,846 -1,484 -925 -1,209 -325 2,875 -905 1,331
51         Direct investment -3,967 -588 -4,761 3,175 -753 -2,958 -2,644 -1,611
52         Foreign securities 581 367 3,169 -2,610 1,496 5,642 1,292 4,489
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
291 -115 -298 -656 93 -244 -32 767
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 249 -1,148 965 -1,118 -1,161 435 479 -2,314
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
1,615 3,022 -1,208 16,674 4,760 -5,894 -15,347 17,674
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 7 -30 -5 30 -20 2 57 23
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 1,211 484 -468 3,875 -191 700 -792 128
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 473 -169 -1,638 173 1,324 -284 -9,509 1,835
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
( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -76 18 2,737 18 903 18 12,596 18 3,647 18 -6,312 18 -5,103 18 15,688
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -4,505 -6,820 -3,769 -22,744 -11,668 -5,360 8,825 -25,701
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 2,030 1,437 1,724 2,260 3,065 4,134 3,039 2,413
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 569 689 799 1,121 746 839 835 972
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 2,598 2,126 2,523 3,380 3,812 4,973 3,874 3,384
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 3,141 3,147 3,379 3,892 3,421 3,399 3,556 3,309
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2 7 (*) 11 -5 7 -3 3
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 5,737 5,281 5,901 7,284 7,228 8,380 7,427 6,696

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