[Economic Indicators July, 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 $90.0 billion in the first quarter of 2001, following an
increase of $71.6 billion in the fourth quarter. U.S. liabilities to
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury
securities, decreased $0.5 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to
an increase of $43.4 billion in the fourth 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 -45,688 ........... 77,721
1992 ............................................. 612 -74,410 3,901 -1,667 -76,644 170,663 40,477 130,186 -48,350 ........... 71,323
1993 ............................................. -88 -200,552 -1,379 -351 -198,822 282,040 71,753 210,287 1,123 ........... 73,442
1994 ............................................. -469 -176,056 5,346 -390 -181,012 305,989 39,583 266,406 -11,220 ........... 74,335
1995 ............................................. 372 -352,376 -9,742 -984 -341,650 465,684 109,880 355,804 -3,782 ........... 85,832
1996 ............................................. 693 -413,923 6,668 -989 -419,602 586,038 126,724 459,314 -51,871 ........... 75,089
1997 ............................................. 350 -487,599 -1,010 68 -486,657 759,290 19,036 740,254 -132,232 ........... 69,954
1998 ............................................. 678 -359,632 -6,783 -422 -352,427 504,464 -19,948 524,412 71,947 ........... 81,761
1999 ............................................. -3,491 -437,067 8,747 2,751 -448,565 813,744 43,551 770,193 -48,822 ........... 71,516
2000 ............................................. 705 -580,952 -290 -944 -579,718 1,024,218 37,619 986,599 696 ........... 67,647
1998:I ........................................... 163 -75,937 -444 -80 -75,413 96,654 10,999 85,655 22,611 6,211 69,353
II ......................................... 168 -139,964 -1,945 -483 -137,536 173,254 -10,230 183,484 18,943 -1,431 71,161
III ........................................ 164 -60,247 -2,025 188 -58,410 96,248 -46,639 142,887 24,373 -11,256 75,676
IV ......................................... 183 -83,486 -2,369 -47 -81,070 138,308 25,922 112,386 6,020 6,476 81,761
1999:I ........................................... 158 -43,657 4,068 118 -47,843 130,758 4,164 126,594 -20,811 6,425 74,359
II ......................................... 167 -170,707 1,159 -392 -171,474 278,047 -736 278,783 -30,129 -711 71,689
III ........................................ 173 -114,931 1,951 -686 -116,196 172,119 12,721 159,398 30,702 -10,320 73,414
IV ......................................... -3,989 -107,769 1,569 3,711 -113,049 232,820 27,402 205,418 -28,588 4,602 71,516
2000:I ........................................... 173 -198,105 -554 -127 -197,424 256,782 22,498 234,284 46,053 8,501 70,789
II ......................................... 173 -93,573 2,020 -572 -95,021 250,007 6,447 243,560 -48,473 -2,380 67,955
III ........................................ 175 -107,727 -346 114 -107,495 222,108 12,247 209,861 749 -9,977 66,256
IV ......................................... 184 -181,548 -1,410 -359 -179,779 295,321 -3,573 298,894 2,367 3,856 67,647
2001:I p.......................................... 174 -156,937 190 68 -157,195 237,503 4,091 233,412 28,822 8,945 64,222
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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.