[Economic Indicators April, 2008]
[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 $43.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, following
an increase of $102.5 billion in the third quarter. U.S. liabilities to
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury
securities, increased $94.9 billion in the fourth quarter, following an
increase of $68.4 billion in the third quarter.
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[Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted. Credits (+), debits (-)]
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Financial account Statistical discrepancy
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U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial Foreign-owned assets in the U.S., official
Capital derivatives [increase/financial outflow (-)] excluding financial derivatives Total (sum reserve
Period account -------------------------------------------------- [increase/financial inflow (+)] Financial of the Of which: assets, net
transactions, U.S. Other U.S. ------------------------------------ derivatives, items with Seasonal \4\
net official Govern- U.S. Foreign Other net 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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1998.................................. -766 -353,829 -6,783 -422 -346,624 423,569 -19,903 443,472 ............ 146,088 ........... 81,761
1999.................................. -4,939 -504,062 8,747 2,750 -515,559 740,210 43,543 696,667 ............ 70,421 ........... 71,516
2000.................................. -1,010 -560,523 -290 -941 -559,292 1,046,896 42,758 1,004,138 ............ -67,937 ........... 67,647
2001.................................. -1,270 -382,616 -4,911 -486 -377,219 782,859 28,059 754,800 ............ -14,274 ........... 68,654
2002.................................. -1,470 -294,646 -3,681 345 -291,310 797,813 115,945 681,868 ............ -42,056 ........... 79,006
2003.................................. -3,480 -325,424 1,523 537 -327,484 864,352 278,069 586,283 ............ -13,348 ........... 85,938
2004.................................. -2,369 -905,024 2,805 1,710 -909,539 1,461,766 397,755 1,064,011 ............ 85,775 ........... 86,824
2005.................................. -4,054 -426,875 14,096 5,539 -446,510 1,204,231 259,268 944,963 ............ -18,454 ........... 65,127
2006.................................. -3,913 -1,055,176 2,374 5,346 -1,062,896 1,859,597 440,264 1,419,333 28,762 -17,794 ........... 65,895
2007 p................................ -2,317 -1,206,332 -122 -22,931 -1,183,278 1,863,697 412,698 1,450,999 ............ 83,590 ........... 70,565
2005:I................................ -2,598 -86,619 5,331 2,591 -94,541 232,614 25,052 207,562 ............ 38,995 12,335 78,942
II.............................. -512 -213,305 -797 989 -213,497 310,822 81,292 229,530 ............ 86,234 -3,620 76,594
III............................. -473 -141,628 4,766 1,501 -147,894 383,808 54,736 329,072 ............ -68,302 -18,362 71,273
IV.............................. -472 14,678 4,796 459 9,423 276,987 98,188 178,799 ............ -75,384 9,644 65,127
2006:I................................ -1,724 -344,032 513 1,049 -345,594 538,140 125,257 412,883 1,633 6,593 9,958 65,354
II.............................. -1,008 -212,218 -560 1,765 -213,423 355,442 120,861 234,581 14,001 49,378 -252 67,935
III............................. -545 -209,898 1,006 1,570 -212,474 449,987 108,799 341,188 14,911 -37,121 -15,973 66,217
IV.............................. -637 -289,028 1,415 962 -291,405 516,029 85,347 430,682 -1,783 -36,643 6,267 65,895
2007:I ............................... -559 -449,933 -72 445 -450,306 617,724 152,193 465,531 14,800 16,170 11,796 66,551
II ............................. -598 -465,907 26 -369 -465,565 622,851 70,464 552,387 -1,007 34,719 784 66,127
III ............................ -609 -174,027 -54 623 -174,596 276,555 38,857 237,698 8,552 66,972 -17,759 69,070
IV p............................ -552 -116,464 -22 -23,630 -92,812 346,567 151,184 195,383 ............ -56,615 5,180 70,565
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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.