[Economic Indicators March, 2001]
[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 $67.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000, compared 
with an increase of $6.0 billion in the third quarter. U.S. liabilities 
to private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, increased $42.8 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with 
a decrease of $1.4 billion in the third quarter.
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                                               [Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted. Credits (+), debits (-)]
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                                                                                                      Financial account                                    Statistical discrepancy
                                                                  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     U.S.
                                                                   U.S.-owned assets abroad, net  [increase/financial   Foreign-owned assets in the U.S.,                             official
                                                       Capital                        outflow (-)]                       net  [increase/financial inflow   Total (sum                  reserve
                      Period                           account    ----------------------------------------------------                (+)]                   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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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
2000 p............................................          680      -553,349          -290          -715    -552,344     952,430      35,909     916,521      35,616  ...........       67,647
 
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 r..........................................          166      -178,947          -554          -131    -178,262     236,638      22,015     214,623      43,911       5,873        70,789
      II r........................................          170       -92,413         2,020          -574     -93,859     245,252       6,346     238,906     -47,770      -2,361        67,955
      III r.......................................          167       -93,420          -346           114     -93,188     195,325      11,901     183,424      11,038      -9,215        66,256
      IV p........................................          177      -188,566        -1,410          -124    -187,032     275,211      -4,353     279,564      28,444       5,710        67,647
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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.