[Economic Indicators May, 1995]
[Page Number 37]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS--Continued

In the capital accounts, U.S. claims on foreigners reported by U.S. 
banks increased $17.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 1994, in contrast 
to a decrease of $1.3 billion in the third quarter. U.S. liabilities to 
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, increased $27.1 billion in the fourth quarter, following an 
increase of $18.4 billion in the third quarter.
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                                       [Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]                                       
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                 U.S. assets abroad, net [increase/capital outflow   Foreign assets in the U.S., net               Statistical discrepancy      U.S.    
                                        (-)]                          [increase/capital inflow (+)]               -------------------------   official  
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allocations                              reserve  
                                               Other                                                   of special  Total (sum   Of which:    assets, net
     Period                   U.S. official     U.S.       U.S.                  Foreign     Other      drawing      of the      Seasonal        \5\    
                    Total    reserve assets   Govern-     private     Total     official    foreign      rights    items with   adjustment  (unadjusted,
                                 \3\ \5\        ment      assets               assets \3\    assets      (SDRs)       sign     discrepancy     end of   
                                               assets                                                               reversed)                  period)  
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1981...........    -114,147        -5,175       -5,097    -103,875     83,032       4,960     78,072       1,093       24,992  ...........       30,074 
1982...........    -122,335        -4,965       -6,131    -111,239     92,418       3,593     88,826  ...........      41,359  ...........       33,958 
1983 ..........     -58,735        -1,196       -5,006     -52,533     83,380       5,845     77,534  ...........      19,815  ...........       33,747 
1984 ..........     -34,917        -3,131       -5,489     -26,298    113,932       3,140    110,792  ...........      20,758  ...........       34,934 
1985 ..........     -39,225        -3,858       -2,821     -32,547    141,183      -1,119    142,301  ...........      23,415  ...........       43,186 
1986 ..........    -104,818           312       -2,022    -103,109    226,111      35,648    190,463  ...........      29,908  ...........       48,511 
1987 ..........     -71,443         9,149        1,006     -81,597    242,983      45,387    197,596  ...........      -4,443  ...........       45,798 
1988 ..........     -99,360        -3,912        2,967     -98,414    240,265      39,758    200,507  ...........     -12,712  ...........       47,802 
1989 ..........    -168,744       -25,293        1,259    -144,710    218,490       8,503    209,987  ...........      53,075  ...........       74,609 
1990 ..........     -70,363        -2,158        2,307     -70,512    122,192      33,910     88,282  ...........      39,919  ...........       83,316 
1991 ..........     -51,512         5,763        2,900     -60,175     98,134      17,199     80,935  ...........     -39,670  ...........       77,721 
1992 ..........     -61,510         3,901       -1,652     -63,759    146,504      40,858    105,646  ...........     -17,108  ...........       71,323 
1993...........    -147,898        -1,379         -306    -146,213    230,698      71,681    159,017  ...........      21,096  ...........       73,442 
1994 p.........    -125,687         5,346         -278    -130,755    314,614      38,912    275,702  ...........     -33,255  ...........       74,335 
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
1993: I .......     -12,659          -983          488     -12,164     16,772      10,968      5,804  ...........      15,737       6,105        74,378 
      II ......     -35,966           822         -281     -36,507     51,829      17,492     34,337  ...........       9,739         435        73,968 
      III .....     -35,651          -545         -192     -34,915     71,934      19,259     52,675  ...........      -8,427      -6,643        75,835 
      IV ......     -63,622          -673         -321     -62,628     90,162      23,962     66,200  ...........       4,047         103        73,442 
                                                                                                                                                        
1994: I........     -48,456           -59          490     -48,887     95,130      11,530     83,600  ...........     -14,436       5,899        76,809 
      II.......      -7,251         3,537          462     -11,250     49,309       8,925     40,384  ...........      -4,231         728        75,732 
      III .....     -25,849          -165         -270     -25,414     80,254      19,460     60,794  ...........     -13,557      -6,686        76,532 
      IV p.....     -44,136         2,033         -961     -45,208     89,921      -1,003     90,924  ...........      -1,027          62        74,335 
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    \5\ Consists of gold, special 
drawing rights (SDRs), foreign 
currencies, and the U.S. reserve 
position in the IMF.
    Sources: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis) and 
Department of the Treasury.