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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 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 2004 2005 2006 2007.Q4 2008.Q1/r 2008.Q2/r 2008.Q3/r 2008.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -624,993 -728,993 -788,116 -167,241 -176,909 -182,237 -181,299 -132,822
2 Balance on goods and services -607,730 -711,567 -753,283 -173,783 -178,443 -181,419 -180,882 -140,386
3 Exports 1,160,588 1,283,753 1,457,015 435,465 451,517 475,365 485,911 422,993
4 Imports -1,768,318 -1,995,320 -2,210,298 -609,248 -629,960 -656,784 -666,792 -563,379
5 Income, net 67,219 72,358 57,194 36,327 33,266 28,216 29,581 36,513
6 Investment, net 73,361 78,758 63,804 38,151 35,063 29,996 31,381 38,375
7 Direct 150,852 173,205 184,146 74,835 70,326 64,930 64,073 68,558
8 Portfolio -77,491 -94,447 -120,342 -36,684 -35,263 -34,934 -32,692 -30,183
9 Compensation of employees -6,141 -6,400 -6,609 -1,824 -1,796 -1,780 -1,800 -1,862
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -84,482 -89,784 -92,027 -29,784 -31,731 -29,034 -29,998 -28,949
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 1,710 5,539 5,346 -22,744 3,265 -41,592 -225,990 -265,193
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,805 14,096 2,374 -22 -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -398 4,511 -223 -35 -29 -22 -30 -25
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 3,826 10,200 3,331 285 112 -955 256 -2,886
16 Foreign currencies -623 -615 -734 -272 -359 -290 -405 -215
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,005,385 -566,266 -1,259,469 -130,990 -267,855 142,769 254,226 352,760
18 Bank-reported claims2 -366,047 -207,625 -488,424 -115,926 -221,316 213,859 134,444 298,031
19 Nonbank reported claims -152,566 -71,207 -164,597 100,043 81,848 49,324 89,523 63,070
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -170,549 -251,199 -365,204 -4,202 -35,066 -33,576 82,615 76,978
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -316,223 -36,235 -241,244 -110,905 -93,321 -86,838 -52,356 -85,319
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 397,755 259,268 487,939 145,497 173,533 145,391 116,078 -13,627
23 U.S. Treasury securities 273,279 112,841 208,564 42,728 88,649 58,143 116,479 178,948
24 Other U.S. government obligations 41,662 100,493 219,837 12,109 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 -134 -421 2,816 4,132 1,645 2,439 1,642 2,900
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 69,245 26,260 22,365 52,537 -26,930 -30,055 10,302 -106,973
27 Other foreign official assets3 13,703 20,095 34,357 33,991 30,935 21,719 -1,786 7,472
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,135,446 988,079 1,573,174 234,905 286,572 -122,183 7,268 6,016
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 335,206 214,736 461,100 123,987 79,088 -256,616 -124,679 -35,136
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 165,872 69,572 242,727 -111,846 84,085 -54,350 71,053 -130,111
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 93,608 132,300 -58,204 60,059 63,263 65,692 89,134 89,542
32 U.S. currency flows 13,301 8,447 2,227 -3,530 -914 230 5,845 29,862
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 381,493 450,386 683,363 110,489 -20,475 17,068 -91,398 -28,763
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 145,966 112,638 241,961 55,746 81,525 105,793 57,313 80,622
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -2,369 -4,036 -3,880 -571 -600 -631 -735 -633
36 Discrepancy 95,030 32,313 -47,078 -45,600 -9,729 62,269 34,706 56,625
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 8,892 13,673 223 -28,548 14,652
38 Before seasonal adjustment 95,030 32,313 -47,078 -54,491 -23,403 62,045 63,254 41,973
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,805 14,096 2,374 -22 -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 397,889 259,689 485,123 141,365 171,888 142,952 114,436 -16,527
  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: March 27, 2009