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 - Other Euro area 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 28,328 29,776 30,926 31,487 30,834 31,940 31,112 29,481
2     Exports of goods and services 15,480 15,335 16,390 16,971 17,212 18,038 18,403 17,351
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 7,952 6,850 7,178 7,532 8,693 8,476 7,968 7,440
4         Services3 7,528 8,485 9,212 9,439 8,519 9,561 10,435 9,911
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 134 140 103 123 171 102 105 107
6             Travel 718 896 1,373 1,109 976 1,193 1,715 1,222
7             Passenger fares 137 190 296 275 245 330 479 185
8             Other transportation 343 376 400 418 500 564 616 491
9             Royalties and license fees5 2,471 2,843 3,235 3,239 3,087 3,305 3,483 3,645
10             Other private services5 3,720 4,036 3,800 4,269 3,534 4,065 4,026 4,250
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 5 4 6 6 7 3 10 11
12     Income receipts 12,848 14,441 14,535 14,516 13,622 13,902 12,709 12,130
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 12,843 14,437 14,530 14,511 13,618 13,898 12,704 12,125
14             Direct investment receipts 7,083 8,215 8,097 8,140 7,674 8,121 7,003 6,288
15             Other private receipts 5,740 6,219 6,414 6,368 5,790 5,594 5,346 4,748
16             U.S. government receipts 20 3 19 3 154 183 355 1,089
17         Compensation of employees 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -26,351 -27,818 -26,845 -28,768 -25,359 -27,589 -26,876 -24,866
19     Imports of goods and services -21,224 -21,933 -20,686 -21,656 -20,021 -21,429 -20,959 -20,239
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -16,166 -16,674 -14,704 -16,195 -15,166 -15,955 -14,947 -15,200
21         Services3 -5,057 -5,259 -5,981 -5,462 -4,854 -5,474 -6,011 -5,039
22             Direct defense expenditures -198 -152 -213 -409 -360 -377 -452 -400
23             Travel -573 -1,364 -1,347 -698 -513 -1,510 -1,269 -708
24             Passenger fares -385 -477 -544 -363 -422 -606 -643 -394
25             Other transportation -475 -499 -527 -512 -583 -558 -620 -567
26             Royalties and license fees5 -148 -187 -165 -259 -254 -165 -231 -246
27             Other private services5 -3,250 -2,548 -3,147 -3,157 -2,668 -2,202 -2,730 -2,686
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -28 -31 -38 -63 -55 -55 -66 -38
29     Income payments -5,128 -5,885 -6,159 -7,112 -5,339 -6,161 -5,918 -4,628
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,115 -5,874 -6,150 -7,098 -5,324 -6,150 -5,909 -4,613
31             Direct investment payments -539 -814 -724 -1,650 -276 -1,318 -1,093 -437
32             Other private payments -3,767 -4,216 -4,577 -4,564 -4,145 -3,997 -4,092 -3,462
33             U.S. government payments -809 -844 -849 -884 -903 -835 -724 -714
34         Compensation of employees -13 -11 -9 -14 -14 -11 -9 -15
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,157 -1,259 -1,863 -1,918 -1,516 -1,049 -1,518 -1,479
36     U.S. government grants4 -3 -1 -3 -3 -16 -20 -21 -10
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -89 -107 -109 -108 -112 -112 -111 -106
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -2,065 -1,151 -1,751 -1,807 -1,388 -917 -1,386 -1,363
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -39 -39 -39 -39 -41 -41 -42 -42
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-69,019 -13,144 5,309 -42,353 -38,247 -52,163 -75,472 -103,814
41     U.S. official reserve assets -40 -44 -48 -51 -56 -58 -72 -52
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 -40 -44 -48 -51 -56 -58 -72 -52
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 36 10 21 -19,991 5,026 -34,992 -124,706 -116,605
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 -1 3 -4 -19,998 4,999 -34,999 -124,733 -116,612
50     U.S. private assets -69,015 -13,110 5,335 -22,311 -43,216 -17,113 49,306 12,844
51         Direct investment -6,025 -5,023 -4,123 -7,683 -6,256 -8,938 -6,901 -5,923
52         Foreign securities -11,906 -6,256 -4,324 2,554 4,357 6,006 18,541 8,859
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-6,757 -7,792 19,428 6,841 6,847 -4,190 5,093 -11,963
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -44,327 5,961 -5,646 -24,023 -48,164 -9,991 32,573 21,871
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
30,105 22,951 16,208 23,569 41,507 8,188 -16,953 29,816
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 197 188 122 198 -1 191 0 71
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 -871 1,669 13,070 2,935 -1,590 10,090 15,301 3,801
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 12,049 9,833 1,157 345 81 -164 -10,418 -10,731
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
7,609 13,314 561 1,020 341 764 41 -213
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 11,121 18 -2,053 18 1,298 18 19,071 18 42,676 18 -2,693 18 -21,877 18 36,888
70 Financial derivatives, net -3,798 4,443 1,340 -223 -828 -5,135 4,513 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 42,932 -14,910 -25,034 18,244 -6,350 45,849 85,236 70,904
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -8,215 -9,825 -7,527 -8,662 -6,474 -7,479 -6,979 -7,759
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 2,471 3,226 3,231 3,977 3,665 4,088 4,423 4,872
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -5,744 -6,598 -4,296 -4,685 -2,809 -3,391 -2,556 -2,887
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 7,720 8,556 8,376 7,405 8,283 7,742 6,791 7,502
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,157 -1,259 -1,863 -1,918 -1,516 -1,049 -1,518 -1,479
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -180 699 2,217 802 3,958 3,302 2,717 3,136

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