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 - Argentina 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 2,352 2,676 3,210 3,122 3,287 3,967 3,853 2,862
2     Exports of goods and services 1,874 2,035 2,347 2,348 2,530 3,132 3,007 2,327
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 1,228 1,362 1,605 1,636 1,650 2,249 2,033 1,595
4         Services3 646 673 742 711 879 882 973 732
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 3 4 2 3 4 7 6 7
6             Travel 223 226 242 163 251 292 362 179
7             Passenger fares 102 91 106 104 161 144 159 110
8             Other transportation 36 29 34 33 39 39 47 35
9             Royalties and license fees5 55 77 75 99 114 102 78 83
10             Other private services5 226 244 282 307 308 295 319 316
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2
12     Income receipts 478 641 863 774 758 835 846 535
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 476 639 861 772 755 833 844 533
14             Direct investment receipts 298 438 641 559 563 653 662 363
15             Other private receipts 173 199 218 212 190 179 180 167
16             U.S. government receipts 5 2 2 1 2 1 2 3
17         Compensation of employees 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -1,585 -1,462 -1,554 -1,935 -1,885 -1,992 -1,984 -2,063
19     Imports of goods and services -1,392 -1,264 -1,355 -1,745 -1,734 -1,857 -1,850 -1,928
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -1,065 -999 -1,055 -1,370 -1,346 -1,491 -1,472 -1,514
21         Services3 -327 -265 -300 -374 -388 -366 -378 -414
22             Direct defense expenditures -1 -3 -2 -1 -1 -1 -3 -1
23             Travel -188 -118 -141 -199 -196 -153 -159 -202
24             Passenger fares -18 -18 -22 -25 -23 -21 -21 -28
25             Other transportation -30 -28 -29 -33 -38 -43 -46 -38
26             Royalties and license fees5 -5 -3 -4 -3 -4 -4 -3 -3
27             Other private services5 -83 -92 -99 -111 -123 -141 -143 -138
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -3 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3 -4 -4
29     Income payments -193 -198 -199 -190 -151 -135 -134 -135
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -190 -196 -197 -186 -148 -133 -132 -132
31             Direct investment payments -5 -4 -8 -5 6 9 (D) (D)
32             Other private payments -135 -140 -139 -134 -109 -100 -104 -103
33             U.S. government payments -50 -52 -50 -47 -45 -42 (D) (D)
34         Compensation of employees -3 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 -3
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -56 -61 -74 -72 -80 -90 -134 -91
36     U.S. government grants4 (*) -1 (*) (*) (*) -1 (*) -1
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 -8 -8
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -49 -53 -67 -65 -73 -81 -125 -82
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 1 -9 -3 1 1 (*) 1 1
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-470 -2,949 -1,478 170 77 537 -1,951 1,814
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 89 19 4 11 (*) 9 2 8
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -1 (*) 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 90 13 (*) 9 0 8 0 8
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 6 4 2 (*) 1 2 (*)
50     U.S. private assets -559 -2,968 -1,482 159 76 528 -1,953 1,806
51         Direct investment -240 -70 -558 -443 -289 -747 -656 -602
52         Foreign securities -48 -2,423 -131 786 689 1,018 -446 979
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-445 494 -64 29 -106 -65 99 43
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 174 -969 -729 -213 -218 322 -950 1,386
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
685 -202 526 893 904 58 1,808 -1,030
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 0 2 3 1 9 -4 -3 -1
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 -138 -76 -59 34 360 322 111 -1
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 122 67 122 142 12 400 93 -109
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
45 45 -73 42 54 -40 -38 -27
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 656 18 -240 18 533 18 674 18 469 18 -620 18 1,645 18 -892
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -928 2,008 -627 -2,179 -2,303 -2,481 -1,593 -1,494
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 163 363 550 266 305 759 562 81
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 319 408 442 337 491 517 595 319
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 482 771 992 603 795 1,275 1,157 400
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 285 443 663 584 607 700 712 400
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -56 -61 -74 -72 -80 -90 -134 -91
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 711 1,153 1,581 1,115 1,322 1,886 1,735 709

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