[Economic Indicators January, 2003]
[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 decreased $46.4 billion in the third quarter of 2002, in contrast
to an increase of $68.7 billion in the second quarter. U.S. liabilities
to private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury
securities, increased $8.3 billion in the third quarter, following an
increase of $32.2 billion in the second 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
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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 -341,650 438,562 109,880 328,682 19,265 ........... 85,832
1996 ............................................. 693 -413,923 6,668 -989 -419,602 551,096 126,724 424,372 -20,045 ........... 75,089
1997 ............................................. 350 -487,599 -1,010 68 -486,657 706,809 19,036 687,773 -91,188 ........... 69,954
1998 ............................................. 704 -359,760 -6,783 -422 -352,555 423,569 -19,903 443,472 139,314 ........... 81,761
1999 ............................................. -3,340 -477,569 8,747 2,750 -489,066 742,479 43,666 698,813 31,286 ........... 71,516
2000 ............................................. 837 -606,489 -290 -941 -605,258 1,015,986 37,640 978,346 7 ........... 67,647
2001 ............................................. 826 -370,962 -4,911 -486 -365,565 752,806 5,224 747,582 10,701 ........... 68,654
2000:I ........................................... 210 -228,888 -554 -127 -228,207 240,723 22,711 218,012 82,053 7,951 70,789
II ......................................... 206 -110,470 2,020 -570 -111,920 245,787 6,563 239,224 -37,436 -838 67,955
III ........................................ 207 -93,029 -346 114 -92,797 244,933 12,904 232,029 -44,934 -10,675 66,256
IV ......................................... 214 -174,104 -1,410 -358 -172,336 284,544 -4,538 289,082 328 3,566 67,647
2001:I ........................................... 208 -215,815 190 77 -216,082 302,510 4,087 298,423 20,819 7,691 64,222
II ......................................... 207 -80,036 -1,343 -783 -77,910 181,610 -20,831 202,441 -2,547 875 64,847
III ........................................ 206 24,978 -3,559 77 28,460 17,889 16,882 1,007 48,258 -10,286 70,963
IV ......................................... 205 -100,088 -199 143 -100,032 250,797 5,086 245,711 -55,828 1,721 68,654
2002:I ........................................... 208 -25,918 390 133 -26,441 113,496 7,641 105,855 24,668 10,019 67,574
II ......................................... 200 -131,079 -1,843 42 -129,278 204,307 47,252 157,055 54,183 1,256 74,696
III p....................................... 223 23,920 -1,416 172 25,164 148,510 9,319 139,191 -45,612 -14,063 75,860
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\5\ Consists of gold, special
drawing rights (SDRs), foreign
currencies, and the U.S. reserve
position in the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
Sources: Department of Commerce
(Bureau of Economic Analysis) and
Department of the Treasury.