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Today's Date: November 21, 2009     Release Date: September 16, 2009     Next Release Date: December 16, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on September 16, 2009: 2009:I
Table 1. U.S. International Transactions
[Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2008 2009
I II III IV I II p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 654,217 671,886 673,383 591,747 507,553 500,835
2     Exports of goods and services 451,290 473,090 478,064 424,151 372,201 367,816
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 315,637 332,876 337,912 290,569 249,374 246,134
4         Services3 135,653 140,214 140,152 133,583 122,827 121,682
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 6,226 5,931 5,120 5,295 5,437 5,846
6             Travel 27,072 28,005 28,835 26,178 23,491 22,476
7             Passenger fares 7,522 7,950 8,254 7,896 7,146 6,507
8             Other transportation 14,541 15,601 15,621 13,182 10,779 10,652
9             Royalties and license fees5 22,633 23,212 23,069 22,685 19,997 19,991
10             Other private services5 57,359 59,209 58,940 58,021 55,665 55,891
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 299 307 313 326 312 319
12     Income receipts 202,927 198,796 195,319 167,596 135,352 133,019
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 202,163 198,028 194,554 166,847 134,611 132,282
14             Direct investment receipts 98,426 100,538 96,047 75,736 63,168 69,829
15             Other private receipts 103,024 96,756 97,196 88,964 68,995 61,360
16             U.S. government receipts 713 735 1,311 2,147 2,448 1,093
17         Compensation of employees 764 767 765 749 741 737
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -800,185 -828,458 -825,200 -715,096 -581,660 -567,401
19     Imports of goods and services -633,943 -655,937 -664,006 -568,646 -464,609 -450,821
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -534,482 -554,372 -559,002 -469,389 -373,411 -361,621
21         Services3 -99,461 -101,565 -105,004 -99,257 -91,199 -89,200
22             Direct defense expenditures -8,769 -8,986 -9,784 -8,913 -8,454 -8,629
23             Travel -20,235 -20,109 -19,848 -19,551 -18,504 -17,598
24             Passenger fares -7,868 -8,029 -8,343 -8,357 -6,979 -6,322
25             Other transportation -17,956 -18,496 -18,924 -16,767 -13,948 -12,722
26             Royalties and license fees5 -6,427 -6,537 -7,644 -6,007 -5,687 -5,689
27             Other private services5 -37,122 -38,315 -39,331 -38,498 -36,521 -37,054
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -1,083 -1,092 -1,130 -1,164 -1,105 -1,186
29     Income payments -166,241 -172,521 -161,194 -146,450 -117,051 -116,581
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -163,652 -169,951 -158,618 -143,823 -114,501 -114,085
31             Direct investment payments -27,269 -40,071 -29,050 -24,473 -11,970 -20,626
32             Other private payments -94,416 -87,061 -88,504 -79,890 -66,038 -58,747
33             U.S. government payments -41,967 -42,819 -41,064 -39,460 -36,493 -34,712
34         Compensation of employees -2,590 -2,571 -2,576 -2,627 -2,550 -2,496
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -33,330 -31,147 -32,361 -31,527 -30,343 -32,226
36     U.S. government grants4 -10,335 -7,893 -8,568 -9,207 -8,342 -10,488
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -2,082 -2,097 -2,100 -2,113 -2,300 -2,280
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -20,913 -21,157 -21,693 -20,207 -19,701 -19,458
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -637 -682 2,967 -695 -710 -693
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-251,501 107,343 29,322 114,730 94,734 41,865
41     U.S. official reserve assets -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights -29 -22 -30 -25 -15 -8
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund 112 -955 256 -2,886 -754 -3,485
45         Foreign currencies -359 -290 -405 -215 -213 -139
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 3,268 -41,592 -225,997 -265,293 244,102 193,862
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -179 -1,106 -475 -442 -240 -1,949
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 490 497 695 672 484 471
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 2,957 -40,983 -226,217 -265,523 243,858 195,340
50     U.S. private assets -254,493 150,202 255,498 383,150 -148,387 -148,365
51         Direct investment -89,792 -103,619 -54,115 -84,486 -40,262 -44,861
52         Foreign securities -47,870 -40,566 79,182 70,015 -36,201 -92,406
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		116,232 64,906 87,352 103,739 17,477 23,282
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -233,063 229,481 143,079 293,882 -89,401 -34,380
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		426,058 2,003 117,897 -11,888 -67,757 16,393
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 208,646 178,826 115,573 -16,024 70,892 124,989
57         U.S. government securities 185,239 169,365 105,920 82,974 118,565 120,443
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 106,005 76,220 116,479 178,948 118,309 123,495
59             Other10 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974 256 -3,052
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 1,645 2,439 1,642 2,900 2,720 1,905
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers -24,173 -29,697 9,797 -109,370 -51,891 -501
62         Other foreign official assets12 45,935 36,719 -1,786 7,472 1,498 3,142
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 217,412 -176,823 2,324 4,136 -138,649 -108,596
64         Direct investment 59,473 100,706 62,755 96,802 23,851 26,137
65         U.S. Treasury securities 16,127 18,947 80,049 81,496 53,716 -22,740
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -15,179 19,983 -102,512 -29,029 -55,992 14,173
67         U.S. currency -6,750 230 5,845 29,862 11,816 -1,935
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		73,211 -54,996 76,442 -139,824 -8,270 20,160
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 90,530 -261,693 -120,255 -35,171 -163,770 -144,391
70 Financial derivatives, net -7,966 -2,355 -4,075 -14,509 8,407 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed) 13,344 81,410 38,067 67,236 69,777 41,227
71a     Of which: Seasonal adjustment discrepancy 14,659 -3,037 -25,884 14,264 10,571 -1,677
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -218,846 -221,496 -221,090 -178,820 -124,036 -115,487
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 36,192 38,649 35,148 34,326 31,628 32,482
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -182,653 -182,847 -185,942 -144,495 -92,408 -83,004
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 36,686 26,274 34,125 21,146 18,301 16,438
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -33,330 -31,147 -32,361 -31,527 -30,343 -32,226
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -179,298 -187,719 -184,178 -154,875 -104,450 -98,792

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