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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: 1970:I
Table 1. U.S. International Transactions
[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 645,378 678,730 672,971 594,153 499,388 511,272 533,946
2     Exports of goods and services 443,619 477,608 478,003 427,366 364,527 374,661 393,675
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 311,581 337,116 334,254 294,043 244,070 248,891 262,030
4         Services3 132,038 140,492 143,749 133,324 120,457 125,769 131,645
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 6,226 5,931 5,120 5,295 5,437 6,976 7,142
6             Travel 24,065 29,099 32,831 24,095 20,734 23,822 27,339
7             Passenger fares 7,078 7,735 9,104 7,705 6,696 6,486 7,310
8             Other transportation 14,183 15,519 15,796 13,447 10,441 10,704 11,482
9             Royalties and license fees5 21,563 25,195 21,682 23,160 18,897 22,874 19,779
10             Other private services5 58,624 56,707 58,902 59,296 57,939 54,589 58,239
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 299 307 313 326 312 319 355
12     Income receipts 201,760 201,122 194,969 166,787 134,861 136,611 140,271
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 200,996 200,355 194,204 166,038 134,120 135,873 139,540
14             Direct investment receipts 97,256 102,871 95,752 74,868 62,689 73,119 78,861
15             Other private receipts 103,024 96,756 97,196 88,964 68,995 61,673 60,010
16             U.S. government receipts 716 727 1,256 2,206 2,436 1,081 669
17         Compensation of employees 764 767 765 749 741 738 731
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -767,973 -837,977 -846,599 -716,389 -554,995 -577,468 -623,034
19     Imports of goods and services -603,146 -664,059 -684,619 -570,708 -439,427 -457,641 -505,413
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -509,145 -558,740 -576,158 -473,202 -353,710 -363,611 -408,619
21         Services3 -94,001 -105,319 -108,461 -97,506 -85,718 -94,029 -96,794
22             Direct defense expenditures -8,769 -8,986 -9,784 -8,913 -8,454 -8,831 -9,186
23             Travel -17,462 -22,972 -22,410 -16,899 -16,083 -20,082 -20,614
24             Passenger fares -7,296 -8,722 -8,784 -7,795 -6,444 -6,661 -6,412
25             Other transportation -17,232 -18,870 -19,483 -16,558 -12,966 -12,954 -13,713
26             Royalties and license fees5 -6,390 -6,398 -7,493 -6,334 -5,672 -5,984 -6,111
27             Other private services5 -35,768 -38,279 -39,377 -39,843 -34,993 -38,331 -39,534
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -1,083 -1,092 -1,130 -1,164 -1,105 -1,186 -1,223
29     Income payments -164,827 -173,918 -161,980 -145,681 -115,567 -119,827 -117,621
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -162,272 -171,483 -159,471 -142,816 -113,062 -117,479 -115,184
31             Direct investment payments -25,889 -41,603 -29,903 -23,466 -10,531 -25,402 -28,567
32             Other private payments -94,416 -87,061 -88,504 -79,890 -66,038 -58,782 -55,186
33             U.S. government payments -41,967 -42,819 -41,064 -39,460 -36,493 -33,295 -31,431
34         Compensation of employees -2,555 -2,434 -2,509 -2,866 -2,505 -2,348 -2,437
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -33,906 -30,428 -32,052 -31,977 -30,910 -32,179 -34,964
36     U.S. government grants4 -10,335 -7,893 -8,568 -9,207 -8,342 -10,841 -11,917
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1,680 -2,014 -1,538 -3,158 -1,842 -1,832 -2,679
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -21,891 -20,521 -21,946 -19,612 -20,727 -19,507 -20,368
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -637 -682 2,967 -695 -710 -719 -686
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-258,949 104,059 22,567 132,217 88,456 33,873 -301,505
41     U.S. official reserve assets -276 -1,267 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632 -49,021
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights -29 -22 -30 -25 -15 -8 -47,720
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund 112 -955 256 -2,886 -754 -3,485 -1,098
45         Foreign currencies -359 -290 -405 -215 -213 -139 -203
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 3,268 -41,592 -225,997 -265,293 244,102 193,750 57,928
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -179 -1,106 -475 -442 -240 -1,947 -397
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 490 497 695 672 484 432 476
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 2,957 -40,983 -226,217 -265,523 243,858 195,265 57,849
50     U.S. private assets -261,941 146,918 248,743 400,637 -154,664 -156,245 -310,412
51         Direct investment -97,240 -106,903 -60,870 -66,999 -46,539 -50,967 -70,145
52         Foreign securities -47,870 -40,566 79,182 70,015 -36,201 -92,589 -47,847
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		116,232 64,906 87,352 103,739 17,477 14,519 47,656
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -233,063 229,481 143,079 293,882 -89,401 -27,208 -240,076
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		425,368 4,205 120,270 -15,772 -68,842 16,728 335,149
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 208,646 178,826 115,573 -16,024 70,892 124,299 123,584
57         U.S. government securities 185,239 169,365 105,920 82,974 118,565 120,661 94,135
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 106,005 76,220 116,479 178,948 118,309 123,713 123,763
59             Other10 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974 256 -3,052 -29,628
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 1,645 2,439 1,642 2,900 2,720 1,228 53,313
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers -24,173 -29,697 9,797 -109,370 -51,891 -732 -27,483
62         Other foreign official assets12 45,935 36,719 -1,786 7,472 1,498 3,142 3,619
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 216,722 -174,621 4,697 252 -139,734 -107,571 211,565
64         Direct investment 58,783 102,908 65,128 92,918 22,766 39,089 42,765
65         U.S. Treasury securities 16,127 18,947 80,049 81,496 53,716 -22,755 -9,156
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -15,179 19,983 -102,512 -29,029 -55,992 13,917 24,720
67         U.S. currency -6,750 230 5,845 29,862 11,816 -1,935 4,179
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		73,211 -54,996 76,442 -139,824 -8,270 43,003 22,079
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 90,530 -261,693 -120,255 -35,171 -163,770 -178,890 126,978
70 Financial derivatives, net -7,966 -2,355 -4,075 -14,509 8,407 11,265 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed) -1,315 84,447 63,951 52,972 59,206 37,227 91,094
71a     Of which: Seasonal adjustment discrepancy ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -197,564 -221,624 -241,904 -179,160 -109,640 -114,720 -146,589
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 38,037 35,173 35,287 35,818 34,740 31,740 34,851
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -159,527 -186,451 -206,617 -143,341 -74,901 -82,980 -111,738
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 36,933 27,204 32,989 21,105 19,294 16,784 22,650
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -33,906 -30,428 -32,052 -31,977 -30,910 -32,179 -34,964
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -156,501 -189,674 -205,680 -154,213 -86,517 -98,375 -124,052

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