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 - Germany 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 22,819 24,077 25,742 26,611 26,740 27,913 27,128 25,134
2     Exports of goods and services 17,594 18,188 19,375 19,501 19,951 21,467 21,096 19,785
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 11,737 12,171 12,392 12,726 13,227 14,541 13,594 12,941
4         Services3 5,858 6,017 6,983 6,775 6,724 6,926 7,502 6,844
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 41 62 50 41 54 36 37 39
6             Travel 740 1,007 1,355 905 1,016 1,336 1,651 995
7             Passenger fares 250 274 328 297 334 410 442 312
8             Other transportation 925 832 878 938 796 866 919 845
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,508 1,447 1,620 1,874 1,761 1,795 1,849 1,950
10             Other private services5 2,371 2,382 2,737 2,704 2,748 2,469 2,586 2,684
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 23 13 16 16 15 14 17 19
12     Income receipts 5,224 5,890 6,367 7,110 6,789 6,446 6,032 5,349
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 5,205 5,871 6,348 7,090 6,767 6,424 6,011 5,330
14             Direct investment receipts 1,950 2,343 2,464 3,187 2,722 2,670 2,164 1,783
15             Other private receipts 3,031 3,324 3,665 3,654 3,729 3,491 3,482 3,363
16             U.S. government receipts 224 204 219 249 316 263 365 184
17         Compensation of employees 19 19 19 20 22 22 22 19
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -34,797 -39,143 -38,241 -37,083 -36,578 -41,669 -37,030 -27,643
19     Imports of goods and services -29,508 -31,249 -32,438 -32,704 -32,480 -35,417 -33,434 -30,464
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -22,227 -23,322 -24,099 -24,632 -24,220 -26,552 -24,511 -22,382
21         Services3 -7,282 -7,926 -8,339 -8,071 -8,260 -8,865 -8,923 -8,082
22             Direct defense expenditures -1,690 -1,664 -1,787 -1,821 -1,803 -1,810 -1,890 -1,810
23             Travel -577 -846 -858 -586 -555 -983 -893 -594
24             Passenger fares -615 -946 -891 -626 -623 -1,074 -992 -700
25             Other transportation -1,267 -1,329 -1,389 -1,362 -1,379 -1,550 -1,550 -1,283
26             Royalties and license fees5 -610 -632 -692 -908 -652 -682 -712 -804
27             Other private services5 -2,404 -2,394 -2,600 -2,654 -3,128 -2,642 -2,763 -2,775
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -119 -115 -122 -114 -120 -123 -123 -116
29     Income payments -5,289 -7,895 -5,803 -4,379 -4,098 -6,252 -3,596 2,821
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,262 -7,872 -5,780 -4,352 -4,070 -6,228 -3,572 2,849
31             Direct investment payments -1,325 -3,600 -1,255 401 762 -1,610 875 7,079
32             Other private payments -3,282 -3,609 -3,891 -4,149 -4,268 -4,091 -3,972 -3,778
33             U.S. government payments -655 -663 -634 -604 -564 -527 -475 -452
34         Compensation of employees -27 -23 -23 -27 -28 -25 -24 -28
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -58 -247 -522 -359 -1,258 -499 -387 -373
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -108 -108 -108 -110 -111 -111 -112 -113
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 50 -139 -414 -249 -1,147 -388 -275 -260
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
1,389 -18,208 -6,982 10,286 -1,109 -18,306 12,306 -10,431
41     U.S. official reserve assets -95 -41 -40 -71 -122 -52 -110 -69
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 -95 -41 -40 -71 -122 -52 -110 -69
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -7 4 -1 2 -7 1 8 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 -7 4 -1 2 -7 1 8 1
50     U.S. private assets 1,491 -18,171 -6,941 10,355 -980 -18,255 12,408 -10,363
51         Direct investment -867 -3,382 -1,757 -2,286 -1,645 -3,857 -454 -1,143
52         Foreign securities 3,747 -2,541 6,660 -1,447 10,228 -2,949 4,569 4,134
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
6,046 -1,090 1,816 5,274 815 -5,300 5,178 -20,357
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -7,435 -11,158 -13,660 8,814 -10,378 -6,149 3,115 7,003
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-11,697 28,323 7,229 31,736 41,043 -34,080 20,445 -33,550
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 -23 -12 -3 11 -1 32 -11 56
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 -9,758 4,596 -1,308 1,154 1,037 5,693 5,303 -10,152
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 9,218 2,819 -3,017 5,791 -1,540 -10,041 -2,829 -3,121
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
-9,340 10,339 1,566 -2,498 8,468 -13,048 10,151 -9,651
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -1,794 18 10,581 18 9,991 18 27,278 18 33,079 18 -16,716 18 7,831 18 -10,682
70 Financial derivatives, net 1,974 -424 -1,804 153 -564 -2,746 1,310 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 20,377 5,627 14,584 -31,339 -28,269 69,393 -23,766 46,870
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -10,490 -11,152 -11,707 -11,907 -10,993 -12,011 -10,917 -9,442
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -1,424 -1,909 -1,356 -1,296 -1,536 -1,939 -1,421 -1,238
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -11,914 -13,061 -13,063 -13,203 -12,529 -13,950 -12,339 -10,679
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -65 -2,005 564 2,731 2,691 194 2,437 8,170
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -58 -247 -522 -359 -1,258 -499 -387 -373
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -12,037 -15,313 -13,022 -10,831 -11,095 -14,255 -10,289 -2,883

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