[Economic Indicators August, 2010]
[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 $192.8 billion in the first quarter of 2010, following a 
decrease of $56.6 billion in the fourth quarter. U.S. liabilities to 
private foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury 
securities, increased $88.6 billion in the first quarter, following a 
decrease of $63.9 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,  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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2000 .................................           -1       -560,523        -290        -941     -559,292   1,038,224      42,758     995,466  ............     -61,329  ...........       67,647
2001 .................................       13,198       -382,616      -4,911        -486     -377,219     782,870      28,059     754,811  ............     -16,294  ...........       68,654
2002 .................................         -141       -294,646      -3,681         345     -291,310     795,161     115,945     679,216  ............     -42,300  ...........       79,006
2003 .................................       -1,821       -325,424       1,523         537     -327,484     858,303     278,069     580,234  ............     -10,391  ...........       85,938
2004 .................................        3,049     -1,000,870       2,805       1,710   -1,005,385   1,533,201     397,755   1,135,446  ............      95,107  ...........       86,824
2005 .................................       13,116       -546,631      14,096       5,539     -566,266   1,247,347     259,268     988,079  ............      33,758  ...........       65,127
2006 .................................       -1,788     -1,285,729       2,374       5,346   -1,293,449   2,065,169     487,939   1,577,230       29,710       -4,727  ...........       65,895
2007 .................................          384     -1,475,719        -122     -22,273   -1,453,324   2,107,655     481,043   1,626,612        6,222       79,552  ...........       70,565
2008 .................................        6,010        156,077      -4,848    -529,615      690,540     454,722     550,770     -96,048      -32,947       84,991  ...........       77,648
2009 .................................         -140       -140,465     -52,256     541,342     -629,552     305,736     450,030    -144,294       50,804      162,497  ...........      130,760
 
2007:I ...............................            0       -493,886         -72         445     -494,259     727,267     165,888     561,379       14,795      -50,336       9,345        66,551
      II .............................          443       -557,248          26        -596     -556,677     731,720      88,383     643,337       -1,007       17,812        -733        66,127
      III ............................          -57       -201,395         -54         623     -201,964     270,817      47,707     223,110        5,942       95,634     -23,857        69,070
      IV .............................           -2       -223,191         -22     -22,744     -200,424     377,851     179,065     198,786      -13,508       16,443      15,246        70,565
 
2008:I ...............................           -8       -222,848        -276       3,268     -225,840     400,171     208,768     191,403       -7,966        2,649       6,113        75,764
      II .............................          -18        153,977      -1,267     -41,592      196,836       3,740     178,899    -175,159       -2,355       21,486      -2,019        75,740
      III ............................        6,043         74,829        -179    -225,997      301,005      76,357     147,836     -71,479       -4,886       20,040     -28,020        71,834
      IV .............................           -7        150,119      -3,126    -265,293      418,538     -25,546      15,267     -40,813      -17,740       40,818      23,929        77,648
 
2009:I ...............................          -20        112,726        -982     244,102     -130,394    -111,916     107,912    -219,828        7,221       87,565       7,761        74,958
      II .............................          -29         31,734      -3,632     193,750     -158,384     -28,348     128,667    -157,015       11,275       69,815      -1,796        81,489
      III ............................          -36       -276,241     -49,021      57,736     -284,956     342,385      96,616     245,769       11,496       19,899     -19,298       134,296
      IV .............................          -56         -8,685       1,379      45,754      -55,817     103,615     116,835     -13,220       20,812      -14,779      13,336       130,760
 
2010:I p..............................           -1       -300,780        -773       9,639     -309,646     332,064      75,027     257,037  ............      77,725      11,162       127,521
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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.