[Economic Indicators March, 2002]
[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 $53.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2001, compared 
with a decrease of $59.1 billion in the third quarter. U.S. liabilities 
to private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, increased $103.4 billion in the fourth quarter, compared 
with a decrease of $59.4 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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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
2001 p............................................          726      -439,563        -4,911          -573    -434,079     895,459       6,092     889,367     -39,193  ...........       68,654
 
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 r..........................................          173      -243,302           190            21    -243,513     347,006       4,898     342,108       8,252       9,008        64,222
      II r........................................          177       -72,357        -1,343          -786     -70,228     226,927     -20,879     247,806     -46,815      -1,643        64,847
      III r.......................................          182       -17,443        -3,559            21     -13,905      57,718      16,877      40,841      58,074      -8,580        70,963
      IV p........................................          194      -106,460          -199           171    -106,432     263,806       5,196     258,610     -58,705       1,214        68,654
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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.