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US Data: Current Account - Details Levels>
Release for: Second Quarter 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted; credits (+), debts (-)
Q2-17 Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18
Current account
Exports of goods, services, income receipts 839280 868997 890393 905298 933274
Exports of goods, services 579743 589107 605916 617437 638390
Goods 382492 387814 401939 411442 429238
General merchandise 376756 382828 397143 404927 423937
Foods, feeds, beverages 33752 34209 32099 33338 40521
Industrial supplies, materials 110346 111819 124271 125430 134571
Capital goods except auto 130882 134985 137341 138209 141647
auto vehicles, parts, engines 39047 39078 39761 42207 40334
Consumer goods except food, auto 49198 48879 49807 51598 51282
Other general merchandise 13531 13858 13866 14144 15582
Net exports of goods under merchanting 47 47 56 66 53
Nonmonetary gold 5689 4940 4740 6450 5249
Services 197252 201293 203977 205994 209152
Maintenance, repair services 6574 6213 6740 7286 7323
Transport 21756 22483 22696 22949 23180
Travel (for all purposes incl education 52391 52980 53429 53504 53811
Insurance services 4392 4708 4755 4555 4629
Financial services 26854 27927 28751 27907 28703
Charges for use of intellectual prop 32214 32273 32762 33577 34181
Telecomm, computer, information 10341 10735 10902 10913 11189
Other business services 37886 38936 39326 40556 41403
Government goods, services 4844 5037 4617 4748 4735
Primary income receipts 223979 237632 248940 256029 259930
Investment income 222406 236058 247367 254435 258325
Direct investment income 120486 127799 135929 135062 133794
Portfolio investment income 86627 91154 93614 99244 102162
Other investment income 15158 16996 17741 19959 22322
Reserve asset income 135 109 82 169 47
Compensation of employees 1573 1573 1573 1594 1605
Secondary income (current transfer) receipt 35557 42258 35537 31833 34954
Imports of goods, services, income payments 961117 972445 1006541 1027008 1034734
Imports of goods, services 716443 721899 753742 771426 772202
Goods 582440 584637 614317 632244 632396
General merchandise 579845 581849 610844 629436 629718
Foods, feeds, beverages 34470 35069 35551 37014 37089
Industrial supplies, materials 125834 123450 133707 142210 146228
Capital goods except auto 157945 163218 169186 170639 174200
auto vehicles, parts, engines 89551 89455 90589 92885 90150
Consumer goods except food, auto 149365 148197 157597 164007 157413
Other general merchandise 22679 22460 24214 22681 24638
Nonmonetary gold 2594 2789 3473 2809 2678
Services 134004 137261 139426 139182 139806
Maintenance, repair services 2136 2004 2059 2093 2063
Transport 25319 25352 25872 26253 26619
Travel (for all purposes incl education 33525 33813 34906 35553 35600
Insurance services 12820 13094 12434 9754 9216
Financial services 7076 7478 7628 7532 7638
Charges for use of intellectual prop 12298 13136 13808 13925 13710
Telecomm, computer, information 9805 10068 10280 10174 10343
Other business services 25549 26774 26929 28246 28954
Government goods, services 5477 5541 5510 5653 5662
Primary income payments 175444 179410 186569 194854 199085
Investment income 170545 174430 181601 189875 194092
Direct investment income 52298 51342 55978 57458 56312
Portfolio investment income 106870 109845 111305 114968 116948
Other investment income 11377 13243 14317 17448 20832
Compensation of employees 4899 4980 4969 4979 4993
Secondary income (current transfer) payment 69229 71136 66229 60728 63447
Capital account
Capital transfer receipts, other credits 0 24788 0 0 0
Capital transfer payments, other debits 0 1 40 2 #N/A
Financial account
Net US acquisition of financial assets ex der 315922 373591 127135 251126 -175112
Direct investment assets 49976 102936 91256 -139326 -28972
Equity 92569 69079 101537 -167731 -36473
Debt instruments -42593 33857 -10281 28406 7501
Portfolio investment assets 180700 175910 88301 304094 -23737
Equity, investment fund shares 110542 63399 -39233 200871 -73520
Debt securities 70158 112512 127534 103223 49783
Short term 38799 74149 40467 27771 2469
Long term 31359 38363 87067 75453 47313
Other investment assets 85095 94804 -50883 86365 -125471
Currency, deposits 25883 78488 4850 53816 -26991
Loans 59564 15099 -55760 33356 -101486
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances -352 1217 26 -807 3006
Reserve assets 150 -61 -1539 -7 3068
Monetary gold 0 0 0 0 0
Special drawing rights 15 26 26 33 33
Reserve position in the IMF 82 -98 -1535 -73 3136
Other reserve assets 54 11 -29 34 -101
Currency, deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Securities 54 11 -29 34 -101
Financial derivatives 0 0 0 0 0
Other claims 0 0 0 0 0
Net US incurrence of liabilities ex derivativ 445338 504082 159164 441080 -57743
Direct investment liabilities 97118 107107 38250 57949 24565
Equity 77022 72927 64320 72661 33445
Debt instruments 20097 34180 -26070 -14712 -8880
Portfolio investment liabilities 263170 294275 81626 301503 10071
Equity, investment fund shares 21024 80561 -3377 154313 -26164
Debt securities 242147 213713 85003 147190 36235
Short term 15264 -20035 25215 31355 34585
Long term 226882 233748 59788 115835 1651
Other investment liabilities 85050 102701 39288 81628 -92379
Currency, deposits 110745 -15792 61423 -10034 -34409
Loans -25350 112549 -23436 82566 -63135
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances -346 5943 1302 9096 5165
Special drawing rights allocations 0 0 0 0 0
Financial derivatives other than reserves,net 9306 18600 777 29024 -16969
Statistical discrepancy
Statistical discrepancy 1727 -33231 84936 -39218 -32877
Balances
Balance on current account -121837 -103447 -116148 -121710 -101460
Balance on goods, services -136700 -132791 -147826 -153989 -133812
Balance on goods -199948 -196823 -212378 -220802 -203158
Balance on services 63248 64032 64551 66812 69346
Balance on primary income 48535 58222 62371 61175 60845
Balance on secondary income -33672 -28878 -30692 -28896 -28493
Balance on capital account 0 24787 -40 -2 0
Net lending/borrowing, current-, capital-acco -121837 -78660 -116188 -121712 -101460
Net lending/borrowing, financial-account tran -120111 -111891 -31252 -160930 -134337
** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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