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Free AccessUS Data: Current Account - Details Changes>
Release for: FALSE
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Changes in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18
Current account
Exports of goods, services, income receipts 12634 31194 -4029 4062
Exports of goods, services 9306 17811 -5947 -1671
Goods 7271 17988 -7368 -3736
General merchandise 5551 19178 -8147 -1907
Foods, feeds, beverages -730 7183 -4298 -5177
Industrial supplies, materials 1108 9313 638 1036
Capital goods except auto 880 3437 -1364 1805
auto vehicles, parts, engines 2416 -1873 -1528 -1436
Consumer goods except food, auto 1602 -316 -80 850
Other general merchandise 272 1434 -1515 1015
Net exports of goods under merchanting 10 11 -7 -6
Nonmonetary gold 1710 -1201 785 -1822
Services 2035 -177 1422 2064
Maintenance, repair services 549 182 213 -86
Transport 255 504 -570 128
Travel (for all purposes incl education) 60 147 -260 592
Insurance services -200 2 460 18
Financial services -842 317 52 352
Charges for use of intellectual prop 815 -1177 -191 56
Telecomm, computer, information 9 -283 535 94
Other business services 1256 -423 1552 627
Government goods, services 131 556 -371 285
Primary income receipts 7032 10220 105 5604
Investment income 7011 10209 94 5603
Direct investment income -946 5116 -1230 -1005
Portfolio investment income 5630 2955 1017 3458
Other investment income 2241 2260 124 3193
Reserve asset income 87 -122 183 -43
Compensation of employees 21 11 10 1
Secondary income (current transfer) receipts -3704 3163 1813 129
Imports of goods, services, income payments 20409 10839 19007 11835
Imports of goods, services 17736 -1570 19189 3282
Goods 18161 245 16580 -156
General merchandise 18826 374 16788 -304
Foods, feeds, beverages 1450 76 6 187
Industrial supplies, materials 8695 4113 4355 -7232
Capital goods except auto 1437 3571 2532 -1687
auto vehicles, parts, engines 2325 -2735 3623 2500
Consumer goods except food, auto 6429 -6594 4688 4519
Other general merchandise -1511 1945 1582 1409
Nonmonetary gold -664 -131 -206 148
Services -426 -1815 2609 3437
Maintenance, repair services 34 -31 213 16
Transport 317 503 375 1290
Travel (for all purposes incl education) 529 67 148 1920
Insurance services -2680 -200 -8 -171
Financial services -94 185 -4 107
Charges for use of intellectual prop 113 -873 400 -113
Telecomm, computer, information -108 -344 382 -4
Other business services 1322 -1203 1026 418
Government goods, services 143 78 78 -24
Primary income payments 8214 9077 2098 5507
Investment income 8196 8996 2082 5480
Direct investment income 1403 3642 -874 -813
Portfolio investment income 3663 1927 -149 2069
Other investment income 3131 3427 3104 4225
Compensation of employees 17 81 17 26
Secondary income (current transfer) payments -5540 3332 -2281 3047
Capital account
Capital transfer receipts, other credits 0 0 562 8294
Capital transfer payments, other debits -38 3 -2 #N/A
Financial account
Net US acquisition of financial assets ex derivatives 124083 -451123 278243 93629
Direct investment assets -230490 71211 128419 35833
Equity -269177 114869 117105 33202
Debt instruments 38687 -43658 11313 2632
Portfolio investment assets 215793 -318366 84344 -219637
Equity, investment fund shares 240104 -271701 103075 -97350
Debt securities -24311 -46664 -18731 -122288
Short term -12696 -25302 19077 -55736
Long term -11614 -21364 -37807 -66552
Other investment assets 137248 -207044 68726 275152
Currency, deposits 48966 -76204 -721 166625
Loans 89116 -132932 72351 104943
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances -833 2092 -2903 3582
Reserve assets 1532 3075 -3245 2282
Monetary gold 0 0 0 0
Special drawing rights 7 0 10 4
Reserve position in the IMF 1462 3209 -3424 2337
Other reserve assets 63 -135 169 -59
Currency, deposits 0 0 0 0
Securities 63 -135 169 -59
Financial derivatives 0 0 0 0
Other claims 0 0 0 0
Net US incurrence of liabilities ex derivatives 281817 -504192 166137 217290
Direct investment liabilities 19600 -41299 87955 -16331
Equity 8242 -27057 69036 -14941
Debt instruments 11358 -14242 18919 -1390
Portfolio investment liabilities 219877 -280907 -9836 -23613
Equity, investment fund shares 157690 -154022 -95819 183688
Debt securities 62187 -126885 85982 -207300
Short term 6140 6081 -90534 66177
Long term 56047 -132966 176517 -273479
Other investment liabilities 42340 -181986 88018 257235
Currency, deposits -71457 -47893 50893 111616
Loans 106002 -129630 39480 149399
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 7794 -4462 -2356 -3780
Special drawing rights allocations 0 0 0 0
Financial derivatives other than reserves,net 28247 -45993 4714 -7806
Statistical discrepancy
Statistical discrepancy -121750 -13276 139292 -131991
Balances
Balance on current account -7775 20355 -23036 -7773
Balance on goods, services -8430 19381 -25136 -4953
Balance on goods -10890 17743 -23949 -3579
Balance on services 2461 1638 -1188 -1372
Balance on primary income -1182 1143 -1993 96
Balance on secondary income 1836 -170 4095 -2918
Balance on capital account 38 -3 564 8297
Net lending/borrowing, current-, capital-account -7737 20352 -22472 524
Net lending/borrowing, financial-account transactions -129487 7075 116821 -131467
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