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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 - Australia 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 9,994 11,382 12,403 12,925 12,581 13,441 13,764 12,169
2     Exports of goods and services 6,499 7,436 7,880 7,897 8,525 8,896 9,270 8,328
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 4,249 4,484 4,879 5,024 5,491 5,721 5,876 5,101
4         Services3 2,249 2,952 3,001 2,872 3,034 3,175 3,394 3,227
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 82 280 115 135 480 89 84 88
6             Travel 513 752 808 638 601 846 904 701
7             Passenger fares 133 147 161 184 165 191 209 195
8             Other transportation 80 76 97 102 101 118 123 115
9             Royalties and license fees5 416 545 580 565 518 593 635 693
10             Other private services5 1,021 1,148 1,236 1,243 1,165 1,333 1,433 1,428
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 4 4 4 6 4 5 5 8
12     Income receipts 3,496 3,946 4,523 5,029 4,056 4,545 4,494 3,841
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,489 3,939 4,516 5,022 4,049 4,538 4,487 3,834
14             Direct investment receipts 1,456 1,698 2,094 2,657 1,708 2,173 2,030 1,547
15             Other private receipts 2,033 2,241 2,422 2,365 2,341 2,365 2,457 2,248
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
17         Compensation of employees 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -6,358 -7,648 -7,286 -6,710 -6,520 -7,242 -7,174 -4,908
19     Imports of goods and services -3,361 -3,689 -3,851 -3,850 -3,946 -4,681 -4,808 -4,207
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -1,885 -2,188 -2,250 -2,247 -2,190 -2,874 -3,056 -2,440
21         Services3 -1,476 -1,501 -1,601 -1,604 -1,756 -1,807 -1,752 -1,768
22             Direct defense expenditures -34 -49 -27 -39 -35 -61 -39 -40
23             Travel -355 -312 -322 -354 -432 -323 -291 -359
24             Passenger fares -253 -222 -256 -239 -267 -224 -290 -267
25             Other transportation -80 -76 -83 -91 -97 -104 -65 -85
26             Royalties and license fees5 -100 -108 -100 -109 -98 -131 -119 -127
27             Other private services5 -637 -716 -789 -747 -816 -943 -929 -872
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -17 -18 -24 -25 -11 -20 -19 -18
29     Income payments -2,996 -3,960 -3,435 -2,860 -2,574 -2,561 -2,367 -700
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -2,991 -3,956 -3,431 -2,854 -2,568 -2,557 -2,363 -695
31             Direct investment payments -1,612 -2,347 -1,867 -1,620 -1,387 -1,358 -1,220 400
32             Other private payments -929 -1,074 -1,089 -909 -912 -927 -899 -878
33             U.S. government payments -450 -535 -475 -325 -269 -272 -244 -217
34         Compensation of employees -5 -4 -4 -5 -5 -4 -4 -5
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 63 -20 46 89 30 -53 -16 -59
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -19 -19 -20 -19 -23 -21 -21 -22
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 82 -1 66 108 54 -32 5 -37
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 -8 -8 -8
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-16,388 -7,855 946 -5,539 -8,204 -16,201 2,406 -3,994
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 (*) (*) -1 -1 (*) -6 -10,000 -12,836
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 (*) -6 -10,000 -12,836
50     U.S. private assets -16,389 -7,855 947 -5,538 -8,205 -16,195 12,406 8,842
51         Direct investment -2,961 -1,223 -2,214 -2,899 -940 -2,181 -1,152 1,390
52         Foreign securities -5,143 -1,890 1,888 -287 -12,007 -8,778 7,823 1,273
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-1,868 -1,318 7,188 1,865 3,152 176 359 -1,690
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -6,417 -3,424 -5,915 -4,217 1,590 -5,412 5,376 7,869
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
13,211 19,215 -22,570 -16,591 17,628 9,373 -6,453 8,324
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 95 -21 143 41 -223 26 123 244
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 -895 5,101 3,999 1,068 7,662 1,758 1,608 671
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 4,293 4,910 -3 2,248 1,708 2,653 -2,362 -1,472
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
611 -123 486 86 117 186 -162 77
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 9,107 18 9,348 18 -27,195 18 -20,034 18 8,364 18 4,750 18 -5,660 18 8,804
70 Financial derivatives, net -649 -2,012 -36 1,080 1,352 53 1,758 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 134 -13,055 16,504 14,753 -16,860 635 -4,277 -11,525
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 2,364 2,296 2,629 2,778 3,301 2,847 2,820 2,661
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 773 1,451 1,401 1,269 1,278 1,368 1,642 1,460
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 3,137 3,747 4,029 4,046 4,579 4,215 4,462 4,121
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 499 -13 1,088 2,169 1,482 1,984 2,128 3,141
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 63 -20 46 89 30 -53 -16 -59
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 3,699 3,713 5,163 6,304 6,092 6,147 6,574 7,203

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