U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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Today's Date: February 9, 2010     Release Date: December 16, 2009     Next Release Date: March 18, 2010
Earliest Quarter Revised on December 16, 2009: 2009:II
Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Europe 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2008 2009
I II III IV I II III p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 230,307 241,464 234,381 207,946 174,999 178,767 177,571
2     Exports of goods and services 132,781 145,335 142,285 129,393 111,508 115,789 114,982
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 80,386 86,033 81,846 72,885 64,517 63,083 60,595
4         Services3 52,395 59,301 60,439 56,508 46,991 52,706 54,387
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 1,166 840 964 865 1,150 1,561 1,166
6             Travel 7,362 9,956 12,502 8,477 6,112 7,841 10,415
7             Passenger fares 2,112 2,771 3,583 2,834 1,897 2,276 2,783
8             Other transportation 5,187 5,630 5,778 5,115 3,970 4,115 4,191
9             Royalties and license fees5 12,882 15,270 12,646 13,477 10,766 13,325 11,630
10             Other private services5 23,613 24,761 24,878 25,649 23,008 23,504 24,106
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 73 72 88 91 89 84 96
12     Income receipts 97,526 96,130 92,096 78,553 63,491 62,978 62,590
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 97,411 96,013 91,979 78,442 63,380 62,867 62,474
14             Direct investment receipts 45,632 47,361 43,747 35,751 31,488 35,210 36,178
15             Other private receipts 51,270 48,148 47,401 40,985 30,427 26,988 25,883
16             U.S. government receipts 509 504 831 1,706 1,465 669 413
17         Compensation of employees 115 117 117 111 111 111 116
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -225,655 -255,105 -242,425 -211,231 -168,590 -180,214 -186,462
19     Imports of goods and services -145,695 -166,367 -163,631 -142,286 -113,805 -121,655 -128,270
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -106,613 -119,011 -115,111 -100,067 -77,619 -78,894 -83,666
21         Services3 -39,082 -47,356 -48,521 -42,219 -36,186 -42,761 -44,605
22             Direct defense expenditures -3,386 -3,551 -3,881 -3,631 -3,435 -3,612 -3,657
23             Travel -3,868 -8,874 -7,833 -4,194 -3,290 -6,942 -7,518
24             Passenger fares -2,942 -4,740 -4,504 -3,114 -2,586 -3,197 -3,294
25             Other transportation -6,700 -7,570 -7,883 -6,512 -5,039 -5,152 -5,555
26             Royalties and license fees5 -4,039 -4,037 -4,488 -4,423 -4,012 -4,059 -4,146
27             Other private services5 -17,641 -18,062 -19,401 -19,747 -17,278 -19,206 -19,804
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -506 -521 -530 -597 -545 -593 -631
29     Income payments -79,959 -88,738 -78,794 -68,945 -54,785 -58,560 -58,192
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -79,776 -88,589 -78,656 -68,760 -54,596 -58,405 -58,047
31             Direct investment payments -17,610 -30,772 -21,623 -18,600 -11,708 -20,417 -22,497
32             Other private payments -53,404 -49,335 -49,361 -42,987 -36,612 -32,782 -30,892
33             U.S. government payments -8,762 -8,482 -7,672 -7,173 -6,276 -5,206 -4,658
34         Compensation of employees -183 -149 -139 -185 -189 -155 -145
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,537 -2,228 -3,592 -2,816 -3,177 -3,328 -3,578
36     U.S. government grants4 -499 -493 -562 -696 -510 -461 -461
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -456 -459 -470 -470 -480 -492 -494
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -2,582 -1,276 -2,560 -1,650 -2,187 -2,375 -2,623
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -230 -235 1,811 -241 -240 -239 -237
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-196,958 73,157 -4,856 302,532 68,315 13,614 -141,212
41     U.S. official reserve assets -316 -263 -365 -183 -191 -114 -170
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -316 -263 -365 -183 -191 -114 -170
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 3,058 -40,954 -186,566 -149,191 174,593 140,103 35,223
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -6 -13 -45 -106 -1 -19 -105
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 70 49 106 134 60 43 80
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 2,994 -40,990 -186,627 -149,219 174,534 140,079 35,248
50     U.S. private assets -199,700 114,375 182,075 451,906 -106,087 -126,375 -176,265
51         Direct investment -48,742 -65,261 -33,429 -32,740 -20,741 -30,320 -31,309
52         Foreign securities -41,529 -27,766 66,522 45,687 -13,182 -52,259 -7,970
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
47,611 53,307 124,264 65,198 10,222 4,285 -5,160
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -157,040 154,095 24,718 373,761 -82,386 -48,081 -131,826
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
175,568 -184,379 -10,418 -254,543 -92,162 -63,103 56,035
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 48,075 27,756 1,074 -103,225 -22,205 29,891 -16,906
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -43 113 398 1,092 175 -78 356
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 127,493 -212,135 -11,492 -151,318 -69,957 -92,994 72,941
64         Direct investment 30,011 45,727 56,083 74,632 16,988 24,910 26,614
65         U.S. Treasury securities -11,710 4,812 14,650 12,407 -6,919 -39,972 -22,024
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -10,308 -7,386 -56,689 17,124 -24,809 -15,963 1,121
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
63,431 -47,583 64,650 -124,329 -21,630 11,923 7,481
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 56,069 -207,705 -90,186 -131,152 -33,587 -73,892 59,749
70 Financial derivatives, net -8,027 -8,425 -11,180 -8,447 8,601 9,496 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 28,531 135,750 36,280 -33,200 12,256 45,007 97,884
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -26,226 -32,978 -33,264 -27,183 -13,102 -15,810 -23,071
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 13,312 11,946 11,918 14,290 10,805 9,945 9,782
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -12,914 -21,032 -21,346 -12,893 -2,297 -5,866 -13,289
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 17,567 7,391 13,302 9,608 8,705 4,418 4,398
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,537 -2,228 -3,592 -2,816 -3,177 -3,328 -3,578
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 1,116 -15,869 -11,637 -6,101 3,231 -4,775 -12,470

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