[Economic Indicators August, 2000]
[Page Number 37]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS--Continued

In the financial account, U.S. claims on foreigners reported by U.S. 
banks increased $45.1 billion in the first quarter of 2000, following an 
increase of $45.3 billion in the fourth quarter. U.S. liabilities to 
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, decreased $6.7 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to 
an increase of $19.6 billion in the fourth quarter.
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                                                           [Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]
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                                                                                                       Financial account                                   Statistical discrepancy
                                                                    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     U.S.
                                                                     U.S.-owned assets abroad, net  [increase/financial     Foreign-owned assets in the                               official
                                                         Capital                        outflow (-)]                      U.S., net  [increase/financial   Total (sum                  reserve
                       Period                            account    ----------------------------------------------------            inflow (+)]              of the     Of which:    assets, net
                                                      transactions,                              Other U.S.             ---------------------------------- items with    Seasonal        \5\
                                                          net \3\                U.S.  official    Govern-      U.S.                  Foreign     Other       sign      adjustment  (unadjusted,
                                                                        Total        reserve        ment       private     Total     official    foreign    reversed)  discrepancy     end of
                                                                                 assets \3\ \5\  assets \3\    assets               assets \3\    assets                               period)
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1990 ...............................................       -6,579       -81,234        -2,158         2,317     -81,393    141,571      33,910    107,661      23,204  ...........       83,316
1991 ...............................................       -4,479       -64,388         5,763         2,924     -73,075    110,808      17,389     93,420     -48,557  ...........       77,721
1992 ...............................................          612       -74,410         3,901        -1,667     -76,644    170,663      40,477    130,186     -49,141  ...........       71,323
1993 ...............................................          -88      -200,552        -1,379          -351    -198,822    282,040      71,753    210,287       1,281  ...........       73,442
1994 ...............................................         -469      -176,056         5,346          -390    -181,012    305,989      39,583    266,406     -10,859  ...........       74,335
1995 ...............................................          372      -352,376        -9,742          -984    -341,650    465,684     109,880    355,804      -4,223  ...........       85,832
1996 ...............................................          693      -413,923         6,668          -989    -419,602    571,706     126,724    444,982     -35,158  ...........       75,089
1997 ...............................................          350      -488,940        -1,010            68    -487,998    756,962      18,876    738,086    -127,832  ...........       69,954
1998 ...............................................          637      -335,436        -6,783          -422    -328,231    482,235     -20,127    502,362      69,702  ...........       81,761
1999 ...............................................       -3,500      -430,187         8,747         2,751    -441,685    753,564      42,864    710,700      11,602  ...........       71,516
 
1997:I .............................................          138      -153,009         4,480           -76    -157,413    183,682      27,751    155,931       3,565       5,563        67,222
      II ...........................................           68       -93,350          -236          -298     -92,816    151,459      -6,046    157,505     -28,192      -1,760        67,813
      III ..........................................           41      -119,826          -730           377    -119,473    183,959      23,461    160,498     -30,767     -11,491        67,148
      IV ...........................................          103      -122,757        -4,524            65    -118,298    237,862     -26,290    264,152     -72,436       7,690        69,954
 
1998:I .............................................          149       -68,887          -444           -80     -68,363     86,840      10,967     75,873      24,288       5,720        69,353
      II ...........................................          157      -141,617        -1,945          -483    -139,189    167,085     -10,235    177,320      25,850      -1,578        71,161
      III ..........................................          155       -53,027        -2,025           188     -51,190     82,790     -46,651    129,441      31,391     -11,014        75,676
      IV ...........................................          176       -71,904        -2,369           -47     -69,488    145,520      25,792    119,728     -11,827       6,872        81,761
 
1999:I .............................................          157       -21,555         4,068           118     -25,741    102,780       4,274     98,506     -14,755       5,514        74,359
      II ...........................................          165      -170,842         1,159          -392    -171,609    272,008      -1,096    273,104     -22,349      -1,511        71,689
      III ..........................................          171      -122,909         1,951          -686    -124,174    194,210      12,191    182,019      18,177      -9,739        73,414
      IV ...........................................       -3,993      -114,882         1,569         3,711    -120,162    184,567      27,495    157,072      30,531       5,738        71,516
 
2000:I p............................................          166      -143,283          -554           -82    -142,647    215,008      20,442    194,566      30,410       5,588        70,789
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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.