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 - Italy 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 7,102 7,564 7,437 8,274 7,797 8,710 8,756 7,149
2     Exports of goods and services 5,356 5,716 5,722 6,239 5,894 6,923 6,768 5,710
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 3,436 3,420 3,253 3,785 3,830 4,399 3,676 3,374
4         Services3 1,920 2,296 2,469 2,454 2,065 2,524 3,092 2,335
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 55 56 26 21 15 19 20 21
6             Travel 300 433 719 468 388 633 1,059 515
7             Passenger fares 105 162 272 193 161 247 456 204
8             Other transportation 146 213 160 232 211 246 228 251
9             Royalties and license fees5 396 411 367 521 435 455 398 430
10             Other private services5 917 1,018 923 1,015 852 921 927 909
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 4
12     Income receipts 1,746 1,848 1,715 2,035 1,903 1,787 1,988 1,439
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,742 1,843 1,710 2,030 1,898 1,782 1,983 1,435
14             Direct investment receipts 652 819 636 842 767 711 945 510
15             Other private receipts 1,090 1,024 1,074 1,188 1,131 1,071 1,038 925
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -10,234 -11,792 -12,160 -11,754 -11,184 -13,625 -12,849 -10,372
19     Imports of goods and services -9,529 -11,121 -11,660 -11,048 -10,486 -12,459 -12,090 -9,945
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -8,060 -8,603 -9,102 -9,263 -8,857 -9,689 -9,485 -8,118
21         Services3 -1,469 -2,518 -2,558 -1,785 -1,629 -2,770 -2,605 -1,826
22             Direct defense expenditures -259 -299 -272 -276 -300 -293 -316 -280
23             Travel -401 -1,164 -1,208 -586 -419 -1,403 -1,166 -594
24             Passenger fares -174 -192 -224 -123 -151 -150 -155 -131
25             Other transportation -166 -257 -291 -260 -260 -341 -384 -283
26             Royalties and license fees5 -42 -76 -44 -39 -32 -41 -26 -26
27             Other private services5 -399 -499 -487 -469 -439 -513 -527 -479
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -28 -31 -32 -32 -29 -29 -32 -33
29     Income payments -704 -672 -500 -706 -699 -1,166 -759 -428
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -690 -660 -488 -693 -685 -1,153 -747 -414
31             Direct investment payments -238 -218 -51 -291 -330 -866 -454 -107
32             Other private payments -274 -261 -263 -224 -195 -154 -176 -180
33             U.S. government payments -178 -181 -174 -178 -160 -133 -117 -127
34         Compensation of employees -14 -12 -12 -13 -14 -13 -12 -14
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -108 -105 -109 -118 -124 -174 -165 -160
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -63 -63 -63 -62 -63 -63 -63 -63
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -45 -42 -46 -56 -61 -111 -102 -97
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
7,390 1,044 -7,079 -7,988 -11,718 2,019 5,312 4,678
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 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 7,390 1,045 -7,078 -7,989 -11,719 2,018 5,311 4,677
51         Direct investment -549 -1,128 -770 -1,394 -1,581 -457 230 -462
52         Foreign securities 1,828 -1,728 2,628 2,412 244 3,780 3,702 368
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-129 -83 131 -77 -501 798 650 -2,899
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 6,240 3,984 -9,067 -8,930 -9,881 -2,103 729 7,670
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-2,332 -2,061 4,017 -6,094 -2,987 -1,106 5,398 -1,795
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 -42 -33 12 31 20 -2 5 13
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 -84 313 4,298 1,195 623 1,336 484 426
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -1,506 -1,680 18 -9,587 -1,299 -144 -635 -333
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
49 56 121 -155 -97 -649 927 -911
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -749 18 -717 18 -432 18 2,422 18 -2,234 18 -1,647 18 4,617 18 -990
70 Financial derivatives, net -269 55 641 314 -249 44 -1,004 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -1,543 5,303 7,260 17,372 18,473 4,140 -5,440 507
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -4,624 -5,183 -5,849 -5,478 -5,027 -5,289 -5,808 -4,744
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 451 -222 -89 669 436 -247 486 509
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -4,173 -5,405 -5,938 -4,808 -4,592 -5,536 -5,322 -4,235
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 1,042 1,177 1,215 1,329 1,204 621 1,229 1,012
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -108 -105 -109 -118 -124 -174 -165 -160
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -3,239 -4,333 -4,832 -3,598 -3,511 -5,089 -4,258 -3,383

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