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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: January 2009

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U.S. International Transactions Summary (3.10) 
Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted except as noted1
Item credits or debits 2005 2006 2007 2007.Q3 2007.Q4 2008.Q1 2008.Q2/r 2008.Q3/p
1 Balance on current account -728,993 -788,116 -731,214 -172,952 -167,241 -175,640 -180,944 -174,091
2 Balance on goods and services -711,567 -753,283 -700,258 -168,114 -173,783 -177,110 -180,079 -176,536
3 Exports 1,283,753 1,457,015 1,645,726 424,873 435,465 451,645 475,498 489,053
4 Imports -1,995,320 -2,210,298 -2,345,984 -592,986 -609,248 -628,756 -655,578 -665,589
5 Income, net 72,358 57,194 81,749 22,958 36,327 33,212 28,164 30,835
6 Investment, net 78,758 63,804 88,776 24,729 38,151 35,009 29,945 32,636
7 Direct 173,205 184,146 233,861 59,710 74,835 70,261 64,868 65,299
8 Portfolio -94,447 -120,342 -145,085 -34,981 -36,684 -35,252 -34,923 -32,663
9 Compensation of employees -6,400 -6,609 -7,027 -1,771 -1,824 -1,797 -1,780 -1,800
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -89,784 -92,027 -112,705 -27,796 -29,784 -31,742 -29,028 -28,390
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,539 5,346 -22,273 623 -22,744 3,265 -41,592 -225,994
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 14,096 2,374 -122 -54 -22 -276 -1,267 -179
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) 4,511 -223 -154 -37 -35 -29 -22 -30
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 10,200 3,331 1,021 230 285 112 -955 256
16 Foreign currencies -615 -734 -989 -247 -272 -359 -290 -405
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -566,266 -1,259,469 -1,267,459 -171,045 -130,990 -263,634 145,558 235,678
18 Bank-reported claims2 -207,625 -488,424 -644,751 -88,697 -115,926 -221,316 213,859 151,994
19 Nonbank reported claims -71,207 -164,597 -706 80,012 100,043 81,848 49,324 53,787
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -251,199 -365,204 -288,731 -100,317 -4,202 -35,066 -33,576 86,768
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -36,235 -241,244 -333,271 -62,043 -110,905 -89,100 -84,049 -56,871
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 259,268 487,939 411,058 13,469 145,497 173,533 145,391 117,663
23 U.S. Treasury securities 112,841 208,564 58,865 -25,810 42,728 88,649 58,143 116,479
24 Other U.S. government obligations 100,493 219,837 171,465 18,022 12,109 79,234 93,145 -8,361
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 -421 2,816 5,342 913 4,132 1,645 2,439 1,714
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 26,260 22,365 108,695 9,873 52,537 -26,930 -30,055 9,617
27 Other foreign official assets3 20,095 34,357 66,691 10,471 33,991 30,935 21,719 -1,786
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 988,079 1,573,174 1,646,645 253,007 234,905 285,484 -122,672 8,029
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 214,736 461,100 532,813 53,925 123,987 79,088 -256,616 -147,874
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 69,572 242,727 156,290 55,599 -111,846 84,085 -54,350 83,598
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 132,300 -58,204 156,825 67,406 60,059 63,263 65,692 89,506
32 U.S. currency flows 8,447 2,227 -10,675 655 -3,530 -914 230 5,845
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 450,386 683,363 573,850 -30,486 110,489 -20,475 17,068 -89,163
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 112,638 241,961 237,542 105,908 55,746 80,437 105,304 66,117
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -4,036 -3,880 -1,843 -617 -571 -600 -631 -593
36 Discrepancy 32,313 -47,078 -41,287 71,627 -45,600 -14,131 58,677 39,487
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... -21,805 8,892 9,271 -3,368 -33,739
38 Before seasonal adjustment 32,313 -47,078 -41,287 93,431 -54,491 -23,403 62,045 73,226
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 14,096 2,374 -122 -54 -22 -276 -1,267 -179
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 259,689 485,123 405,716 12,556 141,365 171,888 142,952 115,949
  1. Seasonal factors are not calculated for lines 11-16, 18-20, 22-35, and 38-41.   Return to table
  2. Associated primarily with military sales contracts and other transactions arranged with or through foreign official agencies.   Return to table
  3. Consists of investments in U.S. corporate stocks and in debt securities of private corporations and state and local governments.   Return to table
  4. Reporting banks included all types of depository institutions as well as some brokers and dealers.   Return to table
  5. Consists of capital transfers (such as those of accompanying migrants entering or leaving the country and debt forgiveness) and the acquisition and disposal of nonproduced nonfinancial assets.   Return to table
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business.
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Last update: February 6, 2009