[Economic Indicators August, 2006]
[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 $183.6 billion in the first quarter of 2006, in contrast 
to a decrease of $10.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005. U.S. 
liabilities to private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding 
Treasury securities, increased $154.0 billion in the first quarter, 
following an increase of $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter.
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                                                       [Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted. Credits (+), debits (-)]
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                                                                                                        Financial account                                  Statistical discrepancy
                                                                      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     U.S.
                                                                          U.S.-owned assets abroad, net  [increase/     Foreign-owned assets in the U.S.,                             official
                                                           Capital                 financial outflow (-)]                net  [increase/financial inflow   Total (sum                  reserve
                        Period                             account    ------------------------------------------------                (+)]                   of the     Of which:    assets, net
                                                        transactions,                 U.S.     Other U.S.             ------------------------------------ items with    Seasonal        \4\
                                                              net                   official     Govern-      U.S.                   Foreign      Other       sign      adjustment  (unadjusted,
                                                                          Total      reserve      ment       private      Total     official     foreign    reversed)  discrepancy     end of
                                                                                   assets \4\    assets      assets                  assets      assets                                period)
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1996 .................................................         -735      -413,409       6,668        -989    -419,088     551,096     126,724     424,372     -12,188  ...........       75,089
1997 .................................................       -1,027      -485,475      -1,010          68    -484,533     706,809      19,036     687,773     -79,905  ...........       69,954
1998 .................................................         -766      -353,829      -6,783        -422    -346,624     423,569     -19,903     443,472     144,554  ...........       81,761
1999 .................................................       -4,939      -504,062       8,747       2,750    -515,559     740,210      43,543     696,667      68,617  ...........       71,516
2000 .................................................       -1,010      -560,523        -290        -941    -559,292   1,046,896      42,758   1,004,138     -70,213  ...........       67,647
2001 .................................................       -1,270      -382,616      -4,911        -486    -377,219     782,859      28,059     754,800     -10,014  ...........       68,654
2002 .................................................       -1,470      -294,646      -3,681         345    -291,310     797,813     115,945     681,868     -29,251  ...........       79,006
2003 .................................................       -3,321      -326,424       1,523         537    -328,484     864,769     278,275     586,494      -7,510  ...........       85,938
2004 .................................................       -2,261      -867,802       2,805       1,710    -872,317   1,450,221     387,809   1,062,412      85,128  ...........       86,824
2005 .................................................       -4,351      -426,801      14,096       5,539    -446,436   1,212,250     199,495   1,012,755      10,410  ...........       65,127
 
 
 
2003:I ...............................................         -450       -82,375          83          53     -82,511     242,159      50,622     191,537     -22,171       8,275        80,049
      II .............................................       -1,623      -158,245        -170         310    -158,385     220,780      66,889     153,891      70,191      -1,477        81,660
      III ............................................         -864          -847        -611         483        -719     130,592      64,595      65,997       2,661     -11,821        84,431
      IV .............................................         -384       -84,954       2,221        -309     -86,866     271,239      96,169     175,070     -58,190       5,024        85,938
 
2004:I ...............................................         -457      -309,212         557         727    -310,496     438,930     147,627     291,303      16,577      10,471        85,192
      II .............................................         -399      -135,173       1,122          -2    -136,293     314,152      79,944     234,208     -11,809      -2,405        82,652
      III ............................................         -923      -144,528         429         484    -145,441     260,132      71,285     188,847      51,646     -12,227        82,578
      IV .............................................         -482      -278,884         697         501    -280,082     437,006      88,953     348,053      28,716       4,163        86,824
 
2005:I................................................       -2,691       -87,391       5,331       2,591     -95,313     224,128      18,965     205,163      57,678      13,192        78,942
      II .............................................         -589      -196,376        -797         989    -196,568     346,179      74,613     271,566      44,044      -4,862        76,594
      III ............................................         -557      -132,380       4,766       1,501    -138,647     388,592      33,983     354,609     -72,240     -17,549        71,273
      IV .............................................         -514       -10,656       4,796         459     -15,911     253,350      71,934     181,416     -19,071       9,219        65,127
 
2006:I p..............................................       -1,756      -333,925         513         943    -335,381     491,554      75,207     416,347      52,799      12,137        65,354
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    \4\ 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.