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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 2010

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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 2008.Q4 2009.Q1/r 2009.Q2/r 2009.Q3/r 2009.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -748,683 -803,547 -726,573 -154,875 -104,182 -97,743 -102,348 -115,593
2 Balance on goods and services -715,268 -760,359 -701,422 -144,495 -92,219 -81,076 -96,383 -108,948
3 Exports 1,281,460 1,451,684 1,643,168 424,151 372,024 371,217 392,800 418,679
4 Imports -1,996,728 -2,212,043 -2,344,590 -568,646 -464,244 -452,293 -489,183 -527,627
5 Income, net 72,358 48,085 90,845 21,146 18,223 16,589 29,060 25,132
6 Investment, net 78,758 54,692 97,941 23,024 20,030 18,338 30,827 26,896
7 Direct 173,205 174,046 236,715 51,263 51,114 47,642 56,765 51,275
8 Portfolio -94,447 -119,354 -138,774 -28,239 -31,084 -29,304 -25,938 -24,379
9 Compensation of employees -6,400 -6,607 -7,095 -1,878 -1,807 -1,750 -1,767 -1,764
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -105,772 -91,273 -115,996 -31,527 -30,185 -33,256 -35,025 -31,777
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,539 5,346 -22,273 -265,293 244,102 193,750 57,736 46,187
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 14,096 2,374 -122 -3,126 -982 -3,632 -49,021 1,379
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) 4,511 -223 -154 -25 -15 -8 -47,720 -487
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 10,200 3,331 1,021 -2,886 -754 -3,485 -1,098 1,980
16 Foreign currencies -615 -734 -989 -215 -213 -139 -203 -114
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -566,266 -1,293,449 -1,449,731 383,150 -149,028 -153,356 -277,907 -146,682
18 Bank-reported claims2 -207,625 -502,099 -644,093 293,882 -89,401 -27,208 -244,103 -59,587
19 Nonbank reported claims -71,207 -181,299 -40,517 103,739 17,477 14,519 81,700 22,140
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -251,199 -365,129 -366,524 70,015 -36,201 -92,589 -46,967 -45,782
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -36,235 -244,922 -398,597 -84,486 -40,903 -48,078 -68,537 -63,453
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 259,268 487,939 480,949 -16,024 70,892 124,299 123,786 128,598
23 U.S. Treasury securities 112,841 208,564 98,432 178,948 118,309 123,713 123,675 124,428
24 Other U.S. government obligations 100,493 219,837 171,465 -95,974 256 -3,052 -29,608 -6,613
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 -421 2,816 5,342 2,900 2,720 1,228 53,304 1,209
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 26,260 22,365 109,019 -109,370 -51,891 -732 -27,188 8,223
27 Other foreign official assets3 20,095 34,357 96,691 7,472 1,498 3,142 3,603 1,351
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 988,079 1,577,230 1,648,511 4,136 -138,475 -109,651 219,602 16,184
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 214,736 462,043 509,288 -35,171 -163,770 -178,890 134,235 -26,603
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 69,572 244,793 201,681 -139,824 -8,270 43,003 13,880 -21,648
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 132,300 -58,229 66,807 81,496 53,716 -22,755 -8,896 15,555
32 U.S. currency flows 8,447 2,227 -10,675 29,862 11,816 -1,935 4,179 -1,428
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 450,386 683,245 605,652 -29,029 -55,992 13,917 28,732 6,729
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 112,638 243,151 275,758 96,802 24,025 37,009 47,472 43,579
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 11,344 -3,906 -1,895 -695 -710 -719 -718 -713
36 Discrepancy 36,623 -1,698 64,912 67,236 69,976 35,787 17,373 70,640
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 14,264 10,770 -1,441 -21,440 12,108
38 Before seasonal adjustment 36,622 -1,697 64,912 52,972 59,206 37,227 38,813 58,531
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 14,096 2,374 -122 -3,126 -982 -3,632 -49,021 1,379
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 259,689 485,123 475,607 -18,924 68,172 123,071 70,482 127,389
  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 26, 2010