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BEA 02-27

U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2002




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Douglas B. Weinberg:   (202)606-9590                           BEA 02-27

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       U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2002

                         Current Account

  The U.S. current-account deficit--the combined balances on trade in goods and
services, income, and net unilateral current transfers--increased to $130.0
billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2002 from $112.5 billion (revised)
in the first quarter, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Increases in the deficit on goods and services and in the deficit on income more
than offset a decrease in net outflows for unilateral current transfers.

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Goods and services

  The deficit on goods and services increased to $110.6 billion in the second
quarter from $95.5 billion in the first.

  Goods

  The deficit on goods increased to $122.6 billion in the second quarter from
$106.4 billion in the first.

  Goods exports increased to $172.7 billion from $164.6 billion.  The largest
increases were in industrial supplies and materials, in capital goods, and in
automotive products.

  Goods imports increased to $295.3 billion from $271.1 billion.  Petroleum and
products increased strongly, largely as a result of an increase in petroleum
prices.  Nonpetroleum products also increased strongly; the largest increases
were in consumer goods and in automotive products.

  Services

  The surplus on services increased to $12.0 billion in the second quarter from
$10.9 billion in the first.

  Services receipts increased to $71.1 billion from $68.6 billion.  Much of the
increase was accounted for by increases in "other" private services and in
royalties and license fees.

  Services payments increased to $59.0 billion from $57.7 billion.  Much of the
increase was accounted for by increases in "other" transportation and in "other"
private services.

Income

  The deficit on income increased to $6.3 billion in the second quarter from
$0.9 billion in the first.

  Investment income

  Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad increased to
$60.0 billion from $57.5 billion.  Nearly all of the increase was attributable
to an increase in direct investment receipts.

  Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States increased to
$64.6 billion from $56.8 billion.  Most of the increase was accounted for by an
increase in direct investment payments; "other" private payments and U.S.
Government payments also increased.

  Compensation of employees

  Receipts for compensation of U.S. workers abroad were virtually unchanged at
$0.6 billion.  Payments for compensation of foreign workers in the United
States edged up to $2.3 billion.

Unilateral current transfers

  Unilateral current transfers were net outflows of $13.1 billion in the second
quarter, down from net outflows of $16.0 billion in the first.  The decrease was
more than accounted for by a decrease in U.S. Government grants.


                 Capital and Financial Account

                         Capital Account

  Capital account transactions were net inflows of $0.2 billion in the second
quarter, virtually unchanged from the first.

                       Financial Account

  Net recorded financial inflows--net acquisitions by foreign residents of
assets in the United States less net acquisitions by U.S. residents of assets
abroad--were $80.4 billion in the second quarter, compared with $87.6 billion
(revised) in the first.  Financial outflows for U.S.-owned assets abroad
increased more than financial inflows for foreign-owned assets in the United
States.

U.S.-owned assets abroad

  U.S.-owned assets abroad increased $140.8 billion in the second quarter,
following an increase of $25.9 billion in the first.

  U.S. claims on foreigners reported by U.S. banks increased $72.7 billion in
the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of $0.7 billion in the first.
Banks' own claims increased strongly, and banks' domestic customers' claims
also increased.

  Transactions in foreign securities shifted to net U.S. purchases of $10.0
billion in the second quarter from net U.S. sales of $2.0 billion in the first.
Transactions in foreign stocks shifted to net U.S. purchases of $20.2 billion
from net U.S. sales of $1.5 billion; transactions with several foreign countries
shifted to net U.S. purchases.  Net U.S. sales of foreign bonds were $10.2
billion, up from $0.6 billion, partly reflecting an increase in net U.S. sales
of outstanding foreign bonds.

  Net financial outflows for U.S. direct investment abroad were $29.4 billion
in the second quarter, up slightly from $29.3 billion in the first.  An
increase in net intercompany debt outflows more than offset a decrease in net
equity capital outflows and a slight reduction in reinvested earnings.

  U.S. official reserve assets increased $1.8 billion in the second quarter,
in contrast to a decrease of $0.4 billion in the first.

Foreign-owned assets in the United States

  Foreign-owned assets in the United States increased $221.2 billion in the
second quarter, following an increase of $113.5 billion in the first.

  U.S. liabilities to foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding U.S.
Treasury securities, increased $34.9 billion in the second quarter, in contrast
to a decrease of $11.1 billion in the first.  The second-quarter increase was
largely to banks' offices in the Caribbean.

  Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities
were $103.8 billion in the second quarter, up from $71.1 billion in the first.
Net foreign purchases of U.S. stocks were $11.4 billion, down from $25.0
billion.  Net foreign purchases of U.S. corporate and other bonds were a record
$92.3 billion, up from $46.1 billion; net foreign purchases of U.S.agency bonds
rose sharply, and net foreign purchases of U.S. corporate bonds also increased.

  Transactions in U.S. Treasury securities shifted to net foreign purchases of
$1.4 billion in the second quarter from net foreign sales of $7.3 billion in
the first.

  Net financial inflows for foreign direct investment in the United States were
$1.0 billion in the second quarter, down from $16.2 billion in the first.  The
decrease was largely accounted for by a shift in intercompany debt to net
outflows from net inflows.  A decrease in net equity capital inflows
contributed to the decline.  In contrast, reinvested earnings became positive.

  Net U.S. currency shipments to foreigners were $7.2 billion in the second
quarter, up from $4.5 billion in the first.

  Foreign official assets in the United States increased $47.1 billion in the
second quarter, following an increase of $7.6 billion in the first.  Industrial
and developing countries each accounted for about half of the second-quarter
increase.

  The statistical discrepancy--errors and omissions in recorded transactions--
was a positive $49.4 billion in the second quarter, following a positive $24.7
billion in the first.

  In the second quarter, the U.S. dollar depreciated 4 percent on a
trade-weighted quarterly average basis against a group of 7 major currencies.

                                Revisions

  The first-quarter international transactions are revised from previously
published estimates.  The current-account deficit was virtually unrevised at
$112.5 billion.  The goods deficit was unrevised at $106.4 billion; the
services surplus was revised to $10.9 billion from $11.6 billion; the deficit
on income was revised to $0.9 billion from $1.8 billion; and unilateral current
transfers were revised to net outflows of $16.0 billion from net outflows of
$15.9 billion.  Net recorded financial inflows were revised to $87.6 billion
from $99.4 billion.


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    Third quarter 2002.........................December 12, 2002 (Thursday)


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                                                                                                                                                                     September 12, 2002
Table 1.--U.S. International Transactions
[Millions of dollars, quarters seasonally adjusted]

                                                                                                              2001                                        2002                 Change:
                                      (Credits +, debits -)                                      2001                                                                           2002
                                                                                                                I         II         III        IV         Ir         IIp       I-II

                                        Current account

  1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts........................................    1,281,793    349,040    331,612    309,477    291,667    291,348    304,359     13,011

  2      Exports of goods and services.......................................................      998,022    266,004    256,766    242,325    232,930    233,252    243,752     10,500

  3          Goods, balance of payments basis................................................      718,762    193,284    184,846    173,274    167,358    164,649    172,676      8,027

  4          Services........................................................................      279,260     72,720     71,920     69,051     65,572     68,603     71,076      2,473
  5              Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts........................       12,220      2,806      3,227      3,079      3,108      2,990      3,117        127

  6              Travel......................................................................       73,119     20,735     19,803     17,845     14,736     17,038     17,200        162
  7              Passenger fares.............................................................       18,007      5,007      4,849      4,522      3,629      4,171      4,209         38
  8              Other transportation........................................................       28,306      7,495      7,170      6,968      6,674      6,805      7,027        222

  9               Royalties and license fees.................................................       38,668      9,717      9,743      9,537      9,672      9,931     10,490        559
 10               Other private services.....................................................      108,109     26,738     26,927     26,886     27,559     27,473     28,834      1,361
 11               U.S. Government miscellaneous services.....................................          831        222        201        214        194        195        199          4

 12      Income receipts.....................................................................      283,771     83,036     74,846     67,152     58,737     58,096     60,607      2,511
 13           Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad....................................      281,389     82,444     74,253     66,555     58,137     57,485     59,993      2,508
 14               Direct investment receipts.................................................      125,996     35,270     33,078     30,211     27,436     28,679     31,145      2,466
 15               Other private receipts.....................................................      151,832     46,281     40,398     35,494     29,659     27,994     28,162        168
 16               U.S. Government receipts...................................................        3,561        893        777        850      1,042        812        686       -126
 17           Compensation of employees......................................................        2,382        592        593        597        600        611        614          3

 18 Imports of goods and services and income payments........................................   -1,625,701   -445,154   -418,930   -388,448   -373,174   -387,786   -421,258    -33,472

 19      Imports of goods and services.......................................................   -1,356,312   -363,164   -350,090   -322,103   -320,958   -328,744   -354,365    -25,621

 20          Goods, balance of payments basis................................................   -1,145,927   -306,316   -292,565   -279,025   -268,021   -271,073   -295,316    -24,243

 21          Services........................................................................     -210,385    -56,848    -57,525    -43,078    -52,937    -57,671    -59,049     -1,378
 22              Direct defense expenditures.................................................      -15,198     -3,548     -3,512     -3,785     -4,353     -4,488     -4,750       -262

 23              Travel......................................................................      -60,117    -16,003    -16,698    -14,468    -12,948    -14,587    -14,682        -95
 24              Passenger fares.............................................................      -22,418     -5,810     -6,213     -5,944     -4,451     -5,113     -5,126        -13
 25              Other transportation........................................................      -38,823    -10,521    -10,130     -9,178     -8,997     -8,858     -9,747       -889

 26               Royalties and license fees.................................................      -16,359     -4,097     -4,038     -4,113     -4,110     -4,764     -4,522        242
 27               Other private services.....................................................      -54,588    -16,146    -16,208     -4,864    -17,371    -19,120    -19,497       -377
 28               U.S. Government miscellaneous services.....................................       -2,882       -723       -726       -726       -707       -741       -725         16

 29      Income payments.....................................................................     -269,389    -81,990    -68,840    -66,345    -52,216    -59,042    -66,893     -7,851
 30           Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States...................     -260,850    -79,881    -66,727    -64,210    -50,035    -56,803    -64,621     -7,818
 31               Direct investment payments.................................................      -23,401    -13,021     -5,246     -6,303      1,166     -6,610    -13,474     -6,864
 32               Other private payments.....................................................     -156,784    -45,512    -40,886    -38,156    -32,230    -31,679    -32,475       -796
 33               U.S. Government payments...................................................      -80,665    -21,348    -20,595    -19,751    -18,971    -18,514    -18,672       -158
 34           Compensation of employees......................................................       -8,539     -2,109     -2,113     -2,135     -2,181     -2,239     -2,272        -33

 35 Unilateral current transfers, net........................................................      -49,463    -11,608    -11,916    -12,360    -13,579    -16,016    -13,060      2,956

 36      U.S. Government grants..............................................................      -11,628     -2,419     -2,522     -2,905     -3,782     -6,273     -3,111      3,162
 37      U.S. Government pensions and other transfers........................................       -5,798     -1,316     -1,291     -1,305     -1,886     -1,348     -1,357         -9
 38      Private remittances and other transfers.............................................      -32,037     -7,873     -8,103     -8,150     -7,911     -8,395     -8,592       -197



                                                                                                                                                                     September 12, 2002
Table 1.--U.S. International Transactions (Continued)
[Millions of dollars, quarters seasonally adjusted]

                                                                                                              2001                                        2002                 Change:
                                      (Credits +, debits -)                                       2001                                                                          2002
                                                                                                                I         II         III        IV         Ir         IIp       I-II

                                  Capital and financial account

                                         Capital account

39  Capital account transactions, net........................................................          826        208        207        206        205        208        200         -8

                                        Financial account

40  U.S.-owned assets abroad, net (increase/financial outflow (-))...........................     -370,962   -215,815    -80,036     24,978   -100,088    -25,918   -140,833   -114,915

41      U.S. official reserve assets, net....................................................       -4,911        190     -1,343     -3,559       -199        390     -1,843     -2,233
42           Gold...........................................................................         .....       ....       ....       ....       ....       ....       ....       ....
43           Special drawing rights..........................................................         -630       -189       -156       -145       -140       -109       -107          2
44           Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund.............................       -3,600        574     -1,015     -3,242         83        652     -1,607     -2,259
45           Foreign currencies..............................................................         -681       -195       -172       -172       -142       -153       -129         24

46      U.S. Government assets, other than official reserve assets, net......................         -486         77       -783         77        143        133         12       -121
47           U.S. credits and other long-term assets.........................................       -4,431     -1,094     -1,330     -1,011       -996       -853       -565        288
48           Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets...........................        3,873      1,071        573      1,118      1,111        994        553       -441
49           U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets, net..................           72        100        -26        -30         28         -8         24         32

50      U.S. private assets, net.............................................................     -365,565   -216,082    -77,910     28,460   -100,032    -26,441   -139,002   -112,561
51           Direct investment...............................................................     -127,840    -23,514    -35,131    -41,724    -27,470    -29,280    -29,363        -83
52           Foreign securities..............................................................      -94,662    -26,895    -51,764     10,087    -26,090      2,047     -9,987    -12,034
53           U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by
                  U.S. nonbanking concerns...................................................      -14,358    -51,759      9,670     -9,479     37,210         65    -26,976    -27,041
54           U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere......................     -128,705   -113,914       -685     69,576    -83,682        727    -72,676    -73,403

55  Foreign-owned assets in the United States, net
        (increase/financial inflow (+))......................................................      752,806    302,510    181,610     17,889    250,797    113,496    221,213    107,717

56      Foreign official assets in the United States, net....................................        5,224      4,087    -20,831     16,882      5,086      7,641     47,062     39,421
57           U.S. Government securities......................................................       31,665      2,547    -10,866     15,594     24,390      6,714     21,741     15,027
58               U.S. Treasury securities....................................................       10,745     -1,027    -20,798     15,810     16,760       -582     15,193     15,775
59               Other.......................................................................       20,920      3,574      9,932       -216      7,630      7,296      6,548       -748
60           Other U.S. Government liabilities...............................................       -1,882       -676       -791         89       -504       -790        -20        770
61           U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere.................      -30,278      1,213    -10,202       -782    -20,507        991     24,415     23,424
62           Other foreign official assets...................................................        5,719      1,003      1,028      1,981      1,707        726        926        200

63      Other foreign assets in the United States, net.......................................      747,582    298,423    202,441      1,007    245,711    105,855    174,151     68,296
64           Direct investment...............................................................      130,796     43,589     51,102     14,208     21,897     16,223        966    -15,257
65           U.S. Treasury securities........................................................       -7,670     -4,744    -14,685    -15,470     27,229     -7,282      1,386      8,668
66           U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities.............................      407,653    129,990    113,556     64,787     99,320     71,095    103,771     32,676
67           U.S. currency...................................................................       23,783      2,311      2,772      8,203     10,497      4,525      7,183      2,658
68           U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by
                  U.S. nonbanking concerns...................................................       82,353    111,644     -5,307    -25,154      1,170     32,345     25,956     -6,389
69           U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere.................      110,667     15,633     55,003    -45,567     85,598    -11,051     34,889     45,940

70  Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)..........................       10,701     20,819     -2,547     48,258    -55,828     24,668     49,379     24,711

    Memoranda:
71  Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20)........................................................     -427,165   -113,032   -107,719   -105,751   -100,663   -106,424   -122,640    -16,216
72  Balance on services (lines 4 and 21).....................................................       68,875     15,872     14,395     25,973     12,635     10,932     12,027      1,095
73  Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19)...........................................     -358,290    -97,160    -93,324    -79,778    -88,028    -95,492   -110,613    -15,121
74  Balance on income (lines 12 and 29)......................................................       14,382      1,046      6,006        807      6,521       -946     -6,286     -5,340
75  Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35)..............................................      -49,463    -11,608    -11,916    -12,360    -13,579    -16,016    -13,060      2,956
76  Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 73, 74, and 75).................     -393,371   -107,722    -99,234    -91,331    -95,086   -112,454   -129,959    -17,505

r  Revised.  p  Preliminary.

NOTE:--Details may not add to totals because of rounding.     Source:  U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis