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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 - Euro area 16 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 113,771 120,842 124,651 128,771 128,819 136,150 132,993 121,844
2     Exports of goods and services 67,711 69,084 71,855 74,407 76,759 82,560 82,434 76,145
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 44,551 43,853 43,723 46,200 50,291 53,215 50,289 47,154
4         Services3 23,160 25,231 28,132 28,206 26,468 29,345 32,145 28,992
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 295 361 269 265 329 215 224 231
6             Travel 2,530 3,489 5,018 3,510 3,366 4,764 6,718 3,862
7             Passenger fares 751 949 1,315 1,156 1,090 1,484 2,017 1,113
8             Other transportation 2,293 2,362 2,389 2,613 2,487 2,760 2,853 2,563
9             Royalties and license fees5 6,028 6,268 7,093 7,561 6,977 7,306 7,631 8,068
10             Other private services5 11,221 11,764 12,004 13,064 12,180 12,778 12,649 13,103
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 42 38 44 37 39 38 52 52
12     Income receipts 46,060 51,758 52,795 54,365 52,059 53,591 50,559 45,699
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 46,010 51,708 52,744 54,313 52,006 53,537 50,505 45,648
14             Direct investment receipts 25,513 29,122 28,765 30,325 29,247 31,207 28,590 24,814
15             Other private receipts 20,253 22,379 23,741 23,736 22,289 21,884 21,195 19,561
16             U.S. government receipts 244 207 238 252 470 446 720 1,273
17         Compensation of employees 50 50 51 52 53 54 53 51
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -120,089 -137,001 -133,846 -133,727 -122,398 -143,631 -130,213 -105,822
19     Imports of goods and services -83,445 -91,013 -91,820 -92,939 -89,539 -100,353 -95,713 -87,220
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -63,445 -67,690 -67,351 -70,287 -68,195 -74,741 -70,039 -65,071
21         Services3 -20,000 -23,323 -24,470 -22,653 -21,344 -25,612 -25,674 -22,149
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,247 -2,243 -2,366 -2,628 -2,570 -2,580 -2,785 -2,613
23             Travel -2,310 -4,982 -4,694 -2,691 -2,302 -5,793 -4,650 -2,727
24             Passenger fares -1,618 -2,285 -2,404 -1,699 -1,729 -2,711 -2,636 -1,883
25             Other transportation -3,037 -3,380 -3,623 -3,515 -3,519 -3,978 -4,230 -3,439
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1,851 -1,835 -1,808 -2,324 -2,034 -1,908 -2,007 -2,200
27             Other private services5 -8,629 -8,296 -9,251 -9,452 -8,867 -8,313 -9,008 -8,965
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -308 -302 -323 -343 -323 -330 -359 -322
29     Income payments -36,644 -45,987 -42,026 -40,787 -32,859 -43,278 -34,500 -18,602
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -36,553 -45,908 -41,951 -40,696 -32,766 -43,196 -34,421 -18,507
31             Direct investment payments -9,598 -16,497 -11,787 -10,380 -4,283 -15,783 -7,634 6,465
32             Other private payments -22,693 -25,144 -26,043 -26,240 -24,469 -23,757 -23,702 -22,090
33             U.S. government payments -4,262 -4,267 -4,121 -4,076 -4,014 -3,656 -3,085 -2,882
34         Compensation of employees -91 -79 -75 -91 -93 -82 -79 -95
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,801 -1,525 -2,088 -1,917
36     U.S. government grants4 -3 -1 -3 -3 -16 -20 -21 -10
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -295 -314 -319 -323 -323 -323 -334 -325
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,974 -1,093 -2,239 -1,919 -2,462 -1,182 -1,733 -1,581
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -64 -64 -65 -65 -67 -68 -68 -69
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-151,396 -108,756 -58,107 -94,634 -140,740 -110,551 14,038 -109,676
41     U.S. official reserve assets -179 -152 -163 -185 -249 -194 -291 -152
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 -179 -152 -163 -185 -249 -194 -291 -152
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 29 13 17 -19,988 5,019 -34,990 -124,693 -116,603
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 37 7 25 7 27 7 27 7
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -8 6 -8 -19,995 4,992 -34,997 -124,720 -116,610
50     U.S. private assets -151,246 -108,617 -57,961 -74,461 -145,510 -75,367 139,022 7,079
51         Direct investment -17,394 -47,645 -23,267 -48,036 -28,934 -35,744 -29,155 -24,043
52         Foreign securities -28,742 -26,603 -18,329 -343 -10,894 -7,570 38,705 6,847
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-19,068 12,573 -9,216 9,379 -547 -13,532 58,281 -49,636
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -86,042 -46,942 -7,149 -35,461 -105,135 -18,521 71,191 73,911
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		122,371 120,965 73,762 32,482 144,193 -75,799 -26,155 14,596
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 168 127 128 237 -19 250 71 200
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 12,491 23,541 41,167 38,264 15,803 30,103 24,841 44,089
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 54,841 63,601 -19,770 -16,783 -3,373 -32,503 -44,807 -28,761
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 		25,982 9,002 66,473 -55,607 26,940 -13,720 -7,307 -9,758
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 28,889 18 24,694 18 -14,236 18 66,371 18 104,842 18 -59,929 18 1,047 18 8,826
70 Financial derivatives, net -3,380 3,462 -1,018 -2,324 -2,368 -13,613 1,148 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 41,059 1,960 -2,816 71,741 -4,638 209,036 10,344 81,043
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -18,894 -23,837 -23,627 -24,086 -17,903 -21,526 -19,750 -17,917
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 3,160 1,908 3,662 5,554 5,124 3,733 6,471 6,843
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -15,734 -21,930 -19,965 -18,532 -12,779 -17,794 -13,279 -11,074
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 9,416 5,771 10,770 13,577 19,200 10,313 16,059 27,096
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,272 -1,408 -2,561 -2,245 -2,801 -1,525 -2,088 -1,917
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -8,590 -17,567 -11,756 -7,201 3,620 -9,005 692 14,106

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