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US Data: Current Account - Details Levels>
Release for: Third Quarter 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted; credits (+), debts (-)
Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18
Current account
Exports of goods, services, income receipts 868997 890393 905298 936517 930276
Exports of goods, services 589107 605916 617437 635248 629398
Goods 387814 401939 411442 429431 421762
General merchandise 382828 397143 404927 424104 415653
Foods, feeds, beverages 34209 32099 33338 40521 36223
Industrial supplies, materials 111819 124271 125430 134743 135101
Capital goods except auto 134985 137341 138209 141647 140283
auto vehicles, parts, engines 39078 39761 42207 40334 38806
Consumer goods except food, auto 48879 49807 51598 51282 51203
Other general merchandise 13858 13866 14144 15578 14038
Net exports of goods under merchanting 47 56 66 77 75
Nonmonetary gold 4940 4740 6450 5249 6034
Services 201293 203977 205994 205817 207635
Maintenance, repair services 6213 6740 7286 7469 7516
Transport 22483 22696 22949 23453 23104
Travel (for all purposes incl education 52980 53429 53504 53651 53836
Insurance services 4708 4755 4555 4557 4552
Financial services 27927 28751 27907 28224 28846
Charges for use of intellectual prop 32273 32762 33577 32398 33025
Telecomm, computer, information 10735 10902 10913 10630 10808
Other business services 38936 39326 40556 40132 40752
Government goods, services 5037 4617 4748 5303 5196
Primary income receipts 237632 248940 256029 266274 264523
Investment income 236058 247367 254435 264669 262907
Direct investment income 127799 135929 135062 140184 136950
Portfolio investment income 91154 93614 99244 102199 103335
Other investment income 16996 17741 19959 22239 22393
Reserve asset income 109 82 169 47 230
Compensation of employees 1573 1573 1594 1605 1616
Secondary income (current transfer) receipt 42258 35537 31833 34995 36355
Imports of goods, services, income payments 972445 1006541 1027008 1037741 1055093
Imports of goods, services 721899 753742 771426 769854 788054
Goods 584637 614317 632244 632489 648775
General merchandise 581849 610844 629436 629811 646303
Foods, feeds, beverages 35069 35551 37014 37089 37096
Industrial supplies, materials 123450 133707 142210 146323 150418
Capital goods except auto 163218 169186 170639 174210 176723
auto vehicles, parts, engines 89455 90589 92885 90150 93773
Consumer goods except food, auto 148197 157597 164007 157413 162101
Other general merchandise 22460 24214 22681 24626 26192
Nonmonetary gold 2789 3473 2809 2678 2472
Services 137261 139426 139182 137365 139279
Maintenance, repair services 2004 2059 2093 2062 2001
Transport 25352 25872 26253 26755 26982
Travel (for all purposes incl education 33813 34906 35553 35620 36146
Insurance services 13094 12434 9754 9554 9500
Financial services 7478 7628 7532 7717 7864
Charges for use of intellectual prop 13136 13808 13925 13051 13282
Telecomm, computer, information 10068 10280 10174 9831 9875
Other business services 26774 26929 28246 27044 27853
Government goods, services 5541 5510 5653 5731 5775
Primary income payments 179410 186569 194854 203926 205098
Investment income 174430 181601 189875 198866 200021
Direct investment income 51342 55978 57458 61096 59302
Portfolio investment income 109845 111305 114968 116895 116659
Other investment income 13243 14317 17448 20875 24059
Compensation of employees 4980 4969 4979 5060 5077
Secondary income (current transfer) payment 71136 66229 60728 63961 61942
Capital account
Capital transfer receipts, other credits 24788 0 0 0 562
Capital transfer payments, other debits 1 40 2 5 #N/A
Financial account
Net US acquisition of financial assets ex der 373591 127135 251126 -199943 132689
Direct investment assets 102936 91256 -139326 -68060 76846
Equity 69079 101537 -167731 -52808 71558
Debt instruments 33857 -10281 28406 -15252 5288
Portfolio investment assets 175910 88301 304094 -14272 72598
Equity, investment fund shares 63399 -39233 200871 -70830 35027
Debt securities 112512 127534 103223 56559 37571
Short term 74149 40467 27771 2469 21559
Long term 38363 87067 75453 54089 16012
Other investment assets 94804 -50883 86365 -120679 -16577
Currency, deposits 78488 4850 53816 -22388 12765
Loans 15099 -55760 33356 -99576 -27166
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 1217 26 -807 1285 -2176
Reserve assets -61 -1539 -7 3068 -177
Monetary gold 0 0 0 0 0
Special drawing rights 26 26 33 33 43
Reserve position in the IMF -98 -1535 -73 3136 -288
Other reserve assets 11 -29 34 -101 68
Currency, deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Securities 11 -29 34 -101 68
Financial derivatives 0 0 0 0 0
Other claims 0 0 0 0 0
Net US incurrence of liabilities ex derivativ 504082 159164 441080 -63262 151723
Direct investment liabilities 107107 38250 57949 16499 122336
Equity 72927 64320 72661 45453 117403
Debt instruments 34180 -26070 -14712 -28954 4933
Portfolio investment liabilities 294275 81626 301503 20596 12469
Equity, investment fund shares 80561 -3377 154313 291 -95589
Debt securities 213713 85003 147190 20305 108059
Short term -20035 25215 31355 37436 -52528
Long term 233748 59788 115835 -17131 160587
Other investment liabilities 102701 39288 81628 -100358 16918
Currency, deposits -15792 61423 -10034 -57927 -6703
Loans 112549 -23436 82566 -47064 21292
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 5943 1302 9096 4634 2328
Special drawing rights allocations 0 0 0 0 0
Financial derivatives other than reserves,net 18600 777 29024 -16969 -12255
Statistical discrepancy
Statistical discrepancy -33231 84936 -39218 -52421 92966
Balances
Balance on current account -103447 -116148 -121710 -101224 -124817
Balance on goods, services -132791 -147826 -153989 -134606 -158656
Balance on goods -196823 -212378 -220802 -203058 -227012
Balance on services 64032 64551 66812 68452 68356
Balance on primary income 58222 62371 61175 62348 59425
Balance on secondary income -28878 -30692 -28896 -28966 -25586
Balance on capital account 24787 -40 -2 -5 562
Net lending/borrowing, current-, capital-acco -78660 -116188 -121712 -101229 -124254
Net lending/borrowing, financial-account tran -111891 -31252 -160930 -153650 -31289
** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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