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US Data: Current Account - Details Changes>
Release for: Second Quarter
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Changes in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18
Current account
Exports of goods, services, income receipts 29717 21396 14905 27976
Exports of goods, services 9364 16809 11521 20953
Goods 5322 14125 9503 17796
General merchandise 6072 14315 7784 19010
Foods, feeds, beverages 457 -2110 1239 7183
Industrial supplies, materials 1473 12452 1159 9141
Capital goods except auto 4103 2356 868 3438
auto vehicles, parts, engines 31 683 2446 -1873
Consumer goods except food, auto -319 928 1791 -316
Other general merchandise 327 8 278 1438
Net exports of goods under merchanting 0 9 10 -13
Nonmonetary gold -749 -200 1710 -1201
Services 4041 2684 2017 3158
Maintenance, repair services -361 527 546 37
Transport 727 213 253 231
Travel (for all purposes incl education) 589 449 75 307
Insurance services 316 47 -200 74
Financial services 1073 824 -844 796
Charges for use of intellectual prop 59 489 815 604
Telecomm, computer, information 394 167 11 276
Other business services 1050 390 1230 847
Government goods, services 193 -420 131 -13
Primary income receipts 13653 11308 7089 3901
Investment income 13652 11309 7068 3890
Direct investment income 7313 8130 -867 -1268
Portfolio investment income 4527 2460 5630 2918
Other investment income 1838 745 2218 2363
Reserve asset income -26 -27 87 -122
Compensation of employees 0 0 21 11
Secondary income (current transfer) receipts 6701 -6721 -3704 3121
Imports of goods, services, income payments 11328 34096 20467 7726
Imports of goods, services 5456 31843 17684 776
Goods 2197 29680 17927 152
General merchandise 2004 28995 18592 282
Foods, feeds, beverages 599 482 1463 75
Industrial supplies, materials -2384 10257 8503 4018
Capital goods except auto 5273 5968 1453 3561
auto vehicles, parts, engines -96 1134 2296 -2735
Consumer goods except food, auto -1168 9400 6410 -6594
Other general merchandise -219 1754 -1533 1957
Nonmonetary gold 195 684 -664 -131
Services 3257 2165 -244 624
Maintenance, repair services -132 55 34 -30
Transport 33 520 381 366
Travel (for all purposes incl education) 288 1093 647 47
Insurance services 274 -660 -2680 -538
Financial services 402 150 -96 106
Charges for use of intellectual prop 838 672 117 -215
Telecomm, computer, information 263 212 -106 169
Other business services 1225 155 1317 708
Government goods, services 64 -31 143 9
Primary income payments 3966 7159 8285 4231
Investment income 3885 7171 8274 4217
Direct investment income -956 4636 1480 -1146
Portfolio investment income 2975 1460 3663 1980
Other investment income 1866 1074 3131 3384
Compensation of employees 81 -11 10 14
Secondary income (current transfer) payments 1907 -4907 -5501 2719
Capital account
Capital transfer receipts, other credits 24788 -24788 0 0
Capital transfer payments, other debits 1 39 -38 #N/A
Financial account
Net US acquisition of financial assets ex derivatives 57669 -246456 123991 -426238
Direct investment assets 52960 -11680 -230582 110354
Equity -23490 32458 -269268 131258
Debt instruments 76450 -44138 38687 -20905
Portfolio investment assets -4790 -87609 215793 -327831
Equity, investment fund shares -47143 -102632 240104 -274391
Debt securities 42354 15022 -24311 -53440
Short term 35350 -33682 -12696 -25302
Long term 7004 48704 -11614 -28140
Other investment assets 9709 -145687 137248 -211836
Currency, deposits 52605 -73638 48966 -80807
Loans -44465 -70859 89116 -134842
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 1569 -1191 -833 3813
Reserve assets -211 -1478 1532 3075
Monetary gold 0 0 0 0
Special drawing rights 11 0 7 0
Reserve position in the IMF -180 -1437 1462 3209
Other reserve assets -43 -40 63 -135
Currency, deposits 0 0 0 0
Securities -43 -40 63 -135
Financial derivatives 0 0 0 0
Other claims 0 0 0 0
Net US incurrence of liabilities ex derivatives 58744 -344918 281916 -498823
Direct investment liabilities 9989 -68857 19699 -33384
Equity -4095 -8607 8341 -39216
Debt instruments 14083 -60250 11358 5832
Portfolio investment liabilities 31105 -212649 219877 -291432
Equity, investment fund shares 59537 -83938 157690 -180477
Debt securities -28434 -128710 62187 -110955
Short term -35299 45250 6140 3230
Long term 6866 -173960 56047 -114184
Other investment liabilities 17651 -63413 42340 -174007
Currency, deposits -126537 77215 -71457 -24375
Loans 137899 -135985 106002 -145701
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 6289 -4641 7794 -3931
Special drawing rights allocations 0 0 0 0
Financial derivatives other than reserves,net 9294 -17823 28247 -45993
Statistical discrepancy
Statistical discrepancy -34958 118167 -124154 6341
Balances
Balance on current account 18390 -12701 -5562 20250
Balance on goods, services 3909 -15035 -6163 20177
Balance on goods 3125 -15555 -8424 17644
Balance on services 784 519 2261 2534
Balance on primary income 9687 4149 -1196 -330
Balance on secondary income 4794 -1814 1796 403
Balance on capital account 24787 -24827 38 2
Net lending/borrowing, current-, capital-account 43177 -37528 -5524 20252
Net lending/borrowing, financial-account transactions 8220 80639 -129678 26593
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