[Economic Indicators October, 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 $35.5 billion in the second quarter of 1995, following 
an increase of $29.3 billion in the first quarter. U.S. liabilities to 
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, increased $15.0 billion in the second quarter, in contrast 
to a decrease of $0.5 billion in the first 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      Foreign assets in the U.S., net               Statistical discrepancy      U.S.    
                                                                            outflow (-)]                      [increase/capital inflow (+)]               -------------------------   official  
                                                        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allocations                              reserve  
                                                                                       Other                                                   of special  Total (sum   Of which:      assets,  
                         Period                                      U.S.  official     U.S.       U.S.                  Foreign     Other      drawing      of the      Seasonal      net\5\   
                                                            Total        reserve      Govern-     private     Total     official    foreign      rights    items with   adjustment  (unadjusted,
                                                                      assets\3\\5\      ment      assets                assets\3\    assets      (SDRs)       sign     discrepancy     end of   
                                                                                       assets                                                               reversed)                  period)  
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1983...................................................     -61,573        -1,196       -5,006     -55,372     83,380       5,845     77,534  ...........      22,179  ...........       33,747 
1984...................................................     -36,313        -3,131       -5,489     -27,694    113,932       3,140    110,792  ...........      21,331  ...........       34,934 
1985...................................................     -39,889        -3,858       -2,821     -33,211    141,183      -1,119    142,301  ...........      22,950  ...........       43,186 
1986...................................................    -106,753           312       -2,022    -105,044    226,111      35,648    190,463  ...........      31,501  ...........       48,511 
1987...................................................     -72,617         9,149        1,006     -82,771    242,983      45,387    197,596  ...........      -4,028  ...........       45,798 
1988...................................................    -100,087        -3,912        2,967     -99,141    240,265      39,758    200,507  ...........     -13,095  ...........       47,802 
1989...................................................    -168,744       -25,293        1,259    -144,710    218,490       8,503    209,987  ...........      54,094  ...........       74,609 
1990...................................................     -74,011        -2,158        2,307     -74,160    122,192      33,910     88,282  ...........      44,480  ...........       83,316 
1991...................................................     -57,881         5,763        2,911     -66,555     94,241      17,389     76,853  ...........     -28,936  ...........       77,721 
1992...................................................     -65,875         3,901       -1,661     -68,115    153,823      40,466    113,358  ...........     -26,399  ...........       71,323 
1993...................................................    -184,589        -1,379         -330    -182,880    248,529      72,146    176,383  ...........      35,985  ...........       73,442 
1994...................................................    -125,851         5,346         -322    -130,875    291,365      39,409    251,956  ...........     -14,269  ...........       74,335 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1993:I.................................................     -19,729          -983          467     -19,213     19,867      10,955      8,912  ...........      17,245       5,367        74,378 
      II...............................................     -40,933           822         -281     -41,474     51,277      17,495     33,782  ...........      13,993         154        73,968 
      III..............................................     -46,270          -545         -197     -45,529     77,928      19,386     58,542  ...........      -4,626      -6,353        75,835 
      IV...............................................     -77,657          -673         -318     -76,666     99,458      24,311     75,147  ...........       9,375         834        73,442 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:I.................................................     -36,783           -59          401     -37,125     80,390      10,977     69,413  ...........     -13,336       5,274        76,809 
      II...............................................      -5,973         3,537          491     -10,001     46,526       9,162     37,364  ...........      -2,567         587        75,732 
      III..............................................     -27,940          -165         -283     -27,492     79,736      19,691     60,045  ...........     -12,082      -6,641        76,532 
      IV...............................................     -55,156         2,033         -931     -56,258     84,715        -421     85,136  ...........      13,718         782        74,335 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:I.................................................     -75,343        -5,318         -152     -69,873     94,841      22,308     72,533  ...........      19,527       6,183        86,761 
      IIp..............................................     -75,107        -2,722         -157     -72,228    114,218      37,759     76,459  ...........       4,511         410        90,063 
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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.