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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 - United Kingdom 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 56,516 61,676 63,918 63,905 58,092 56,844 55,576 48,002
2     Exports of goods and services 25,871 28,184 27,870 27,935 28,927 31,292 29,669 27,277
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 12,481 13,048 11,334 11,871 13,965 14,770 12,909 11,170
4         Services3 13,390 15,137 16,536 16,064 14,962 16,521 16,760 16,107
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 110 108 91 97 122 97 105 108
6             Travel 2,413 2,950 3,514 3,059 2,702 3,523 4,005 3,363
7             Passenger fares 518 631 760 1,093 687 895 1,130 1,150
8             Other transportation 1,036 1,115 1,127 1,189 1,183 1,267 1,304 1,131
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,971 2,337 2,239 2,311 2,055 2,565 2,122 2,242
10             Other private services5 7,329 7,982 8,786 8,299 8,198 8,161 8,080 8,094
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 13 13 19 16 14 14 14 19
12     Income receipts 30,645 33,492 36,048 35,970 29,165 25,552 25,906 20,725
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 30,620 33,467 36,022 35,944 29,139 25,526 25,879 20,698
14             Direct investment receipts 6,392 6,921 7,816 8,506 6,990 6,398 5,842 4,039
15             Other private receipts 24,228 26,546 28,206 27,438 22,149 19,128 20,022 16,393
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 266
17         Compensation of employees 25 25 26 26 25 26 27 27
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -56,841 -64,909 -61,900 -55,713 -55,390 -57,817 -59,952 -49,634
19     Imports of goods and services -22,307 -26,457 -26,277 -25,920 -24,050 -27,257 -28,585 -24,156
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -12,485 -14,581 -14,243 -15,058 -13,739 -15,075 -16,033 -13,073
21         Services3 -9,821 -11,876 -12,034 -10,862 -10,311 -12,182 -12,552 -11,083
22             Direct defense expenditures -325 -363 -309 -426 -419 -511 -535 -505
23             Travel -1,031 -1,814 -2,052 -1,092 -1,020 -1,839 -1,994 -1,107
24             Passenger fares -914 -1,409 -1,241 -952 -936 -1,564 -1,313 -1,066
25             Other transportation -1,039 -1,175 -1,197 -1,212 -1,209 -1,398 -1,471 -1,178
26             Royalties and license fees5 -693 -603 -712 -613 -685 -621 -735 -748
27             Other private services5 -5,771 -6,467 -6,461 -6,516 -5,983 -6,215 -6,464 -6,424
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -49 -45 -61 -51 -59 -34 -40 -55
29     Income payments -34,534 -38,452 -35,623 -29,793 -31,340 -30,560 -31,367 -25,478
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -34,506 -38,427 -35,599 -29,764 -31,311 -30,534 -31,342 -25,448
31             Direct investment payments -7,571 -7,913 -3,833 470 -5,205 -7,314 -8,215 -5,587
32             Other private payments -26,489 -29,767 -30,162 -27,653 -23,101 -19,751 -19,497 -16,117
33             U.S. government payments -446 -747 -1,604 -2,581 -3,005 -3,469 -3,630 -3,744
34         Compensation of employees -28 -25 -24 -28 -29 -26 -25 -30
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 825 794 1,041 1,863 760 758 731 944
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -69 -71 -70 -70 -71 -71 -71 -71
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 894 865 1,111 1,933 831 829 802 1,015
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -14 480 -15 -15 -15 -15 -16 -16
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-121,414 -173,616 -129,159 -1,320 -34,570 153,412 -35,404 363,222
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 7 1 -1 -1 (*) 2 -39,999 6,921
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 1 -1 -1 (*) 2 -39,999 6,921
50     U.S. private assets -121,421 -173,617 -129,158 -1,319 -34,571 153,410 4,595 356,301
51         Direct investment -4,069 -6,927 -11,033 -9,151 -6,700 -3,033 -4,939 -6,884
52         Foreign securities -51,245 -46,351 -53,205 -13,083 -21,679 -26,857 15,807 26,155
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-22,813 -51,108 43,772 -191 45,990 61,522 60,131 80,907
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -43,294 -69,231 -108,692 21,106 -52,182 121,778 -66,404 256,123
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		324,206 242,114 63,546 -948 51,888 -102,948 5,037 -209,419
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 14 35 -8 32 93 44 131
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 -10,028 9,005 30,856 -16,799 10,930 16,660 18,607 11,224
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 73,043 134,688 -377 61,990 -8,669 21,301 -3,397 40,610
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 		63,606 66,905 -16,386 -42,413 53,362 -34,360 71,562 -103,834
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 197,627 18 31,502 18 49,418 18 -3,718 18 -3,767 18 -106,642 18 -81,779 18 -157,550
70 Financial derivatives, net 11,476 -1,185 8,408 -5,566 -1,900 5,424 -10,318 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -214,755 -65,354 54,160 -2,207 -18,865 -55,657 44,346 -153,100
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -5 -1,533 -2,909 -3,187 226 -304 -3,123 -1,903
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 3,569 3,260 4,503 5,202 4,651 4,339 4,208 5,024
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 3,565 1,727 1,594 2,015 4,877 4,035 1,084 3,121
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -3,889 -4,960 425 6,177 -2,175 -5,008 -5,461 -4,753
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 825 794 1,041 1,863 760 758 731 944
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 501 -2,439 3,060 10,056 3,462 -215 -3,645 -688

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