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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: April 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 2007.Q4 2008.Q1 2008.Q2 2008.Q3 2008.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -788,116 -731,214 -673,265 -167,241 -176,909 -182,237 -181,299 -132,822
2 Balance on goods and services -753,283 -700,258 -681,130 -173,783 -178,443 -181,419 -180,882 -140,386
3 Exports 1,457,015 1,645,726 1,835,786 435,465 451,517 475,365 485,911 422,993
4 Imports -2,210,298 -2,345,984 -2,516,915 -609,248 -629,960 -656,784 -666,792 -563,379
5 Income, net 57,194 81,749 127,577 36,327 33,266 28,216 29,581 36,513
6 Investment, net 63,804 88,776 134,816 38,151 35,063 29,996 31,381 38,375
7 Direct 184,146 233,861 267,887 74,835 70,326 64,930 64,073 68,558
8 Portfolio -120,342 -145,085 -133,071 -36,684 -35,263 -34,934 -32,692 -30,183
9 Compensation of employees -6,609 -7,027 -7,238 -1,824 -1,796 -1,780 -1,800 -1,862
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -92,027 -112,705 -119,713 -29,784 -31,731 -29,034 -29,998 -28,949
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,346 -22,273 -529,510 -22,744 3,265 -41,592 -225,990 -265,193
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -22 -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -223 -154 -106 -35 -29 -22 -30 -25
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 3,331 1,021 -3,473 285 112 -955 256 -2,886
16 Foreign currencies -734 -989 -1,269 -272 -359 -290 -405 -215
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,259,469 -1,267,459 481,899 -130,990 -267,855 142,769 254,226 352,760
18 Bank-reported claims2 -488,424 -644,751 425,018 -115,926 -221,316 213,859 134,444 298,031
19 Nonbank reported claims -164,597 -706 283,765 100,043 81,848 49,324 89,523 63,070
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -365,204 -288,731 90,951 -4,202 -35,066 -33,576 82,615 76,978
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -241,244 -333,271 -317,835 -110,905 -93,321 -86,838 -52,356 -85,319
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 487,939 411,058 421,375 145,497 173,533 145,391 116,078 -13,627
23 U.S. Treasury securities 208,564 58,865 442,219 42,728 88,649 58,143 116,479 178,948
24 Other U.S. government obligations 219,837 171,465 65,846 12,109 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 2,816 5,342 8,626 4,132 1,645 2,439 1,642 2,900
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 22,365 108,695 -153,656 52,537 -26,930 -30,055 10,302 -106,973
27 Other foreign official assets3 34,357 66,691 58,340 33,991 30,935 21,719 -1,786 7,472
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,573,174 1,646,645 177,674 234,905 286,572 -122,183 7,268 6,016
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 461,100 532,813 -337,343 123,987 79,088 -256,616 -124,679 -35,136
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 242,727 156,290 -29,323 -111,846 84,085 -54,350 71,053 -130,111
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -58,204 156,825 307,631 60,059 63,263 65,692 89,134 89,542
32 U.S. currency flows 2,227 -10,675 35,023 -3,530 -914 230 5,845 29,862
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 683,363 573,850 -123,568 110,489 -20,475 17,068 -91,398 -28,763
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 241,961 237,542 325,254 55,746 81,525 105,793 57,313 80,622
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -3,880 -1,843 -2,600 -571 -600 -631 -735 -633
36 Discrepancy -47,078 -41,287 129,275 -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 -47,078 -41,287 143,869 -54,491 -23,403 62,045 63,254 41,973
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -22 -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 485,123 405,716 412,749 141,365 171,888 142,952 114,436 -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: April 24, 2009