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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: September 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 2006 2007 2008 2008.Q2 2008.Q3 2008.Q4 2009.Q1/r 2009.Q2/p
1 Balance on current account -803,547 -726,573 -706,068 -187,719 -184,178 -154,875 -104,450 -98,792
2 Balance on goods and services -760,359 -701,422 -695,936 -182,847 -185,942 -144,495 -92,408 -83,004
3 Exports 1,451,684 1,643,168 1,826,596 473,090 478,064 424,151 372,201 367,816
4 Imports -2,212,043 -2,344,590 -2,522,532 -655,937 -664,006 -568,646 -464,609 -450,821
5 Income, net 48,085 90,845 118,231 26,274 34,125 21,146 18,301 16,438
6 Investment, net 54,692 97,941 125,550 28,077 35,936 23,024 20,110 18,197
7 Direct 174,046 236,715 249,885 60,467 66,997 51,263 51,198 49,203
8 Portfolio -119,354 -138,774 -124,335 -32,389 -31,061 -28,239 -31,088 -31,006
9 Compensation of employees -6,607 -7,095 -7,320 -1,804 -1,811 -1,878 -1,809 -1,759
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -91,273 -115,996 -128,363 -31,147 -32,361 -31,527 -30,343 -32,226
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,346 -22,273 -529,615 -41,592 -225,997 -265,293 244,102 193,862
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -1,267 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -223 -154 -106 -22 -30 -25 -15 -8
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 3,331 1,021 -3,473 -955 256 -2,886 -754 -3,485
16 Foreign currencies -734 -989 -1,269 -290 -405 -215 -213 -139
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,293,449 -1,449,731 534,357 150,202 255,498 383,150 -148,387 -148,365
18 Bank-reported claims2 -502,099 -644,093 433,379 229,481 143,079 293,882 -89,401 -34,380
19 Nonbank reported claims -181,299 -40,517 372,229 64,906 87,352 103,739 17,477 23,282
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -365,129 -366,524 60,761 -40,566 79,182 70,015 -36,201 -92,406
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -244,922 -398,597 -332,012 -103,619 -54,115 -84,486 -40,262 -44,861
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 487,939 480,949 487,021 178,826 115,573 -16,024 70,892 124,989
23 U.S. Treasury securities 208,564 98,432 477,652 76,220 116,479 178,948 118,309 123,495
24 Other U.S. government obligations 219,837 171,465 65,846 93,145 -10,559 -95,974 256 -3,052
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 2,816 5,342 8,626 2,439 1,642 2,900 2,720 1,905
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 22,365 109,019 -153,443 -29,697 9,797 -109,370 -51,891 -501
27 Other foreign official assets3 34,357 96,691 88,340 36,719 -1,786 7,472 1,498 3,142
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,577,230 1,648,511 47,050 -176,823 2,324 4,136 -138,649 -108,596
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 462,043 509,288 -326,589 -261,693 -120,255 -35,171 -163,770 -144,391
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 244,793 201,681 -45,167 -54,996 76,442 -139,824 -8,270 20,160
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -58,229 66,807 196,619 18,947 80,049 81,496 53,716 -22,740
32 U.S. currency flows 2,227 -10,675 29,187 230 5,845 29,862 11,816 -1,935
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 683,245 605,652 -126,737 19,983 -102,512 -29,029 -55,992 14,173
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 243,151 275,758 319,737 100,706 62,755 96,802 23,851 26,137
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -3,906 -1,895 953 -682 2,967 -695 -710 -693
36 Discrepancy -1,698 64,912 200,055 81,410 38,067 67,236 69,777 41,227
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... -3,037 -25,884 14,264 10,571 -1,677
38 Before seasonal adjustment -1,697 64,912 200,055 84,447 63,951 52,972 59,206 42,904
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -1,267 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 485,123 475,607 478,395 176,387 113,931 -18,924 68,172 123,084
  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: September 25, 2009