US Data: Current Account - Summary

Release for:  First Quarter

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Billions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

                                                                 change

                                                                 latest

                                     3Q-05     4Q-05     1Q-06  quarter

Balance on goods                  -198.746  -212.506  -207.969     4.537

Balance on services                 16.954    17.733    17.228    -0.505

Balance on goods and services     -181.792  -194.774  -190.741     4.033

Balance on investment income         7.841    -2.159     1.924     4.083

Unilateral transfers                -9.464   -26.176   -19.855     6.321

Balance on current account        -183.415  -223.109  -208.672    14.437

 (previous)                       -185.429  -224.876      ---

US Data: Current Account - Details Levels

Release for:  First Quarter

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted; credits (+), debts (-)

                                   1Q-05   2Q-05   3Q-05   4Q-05   1Q-06

Exports:goods, services, income   415277  429326  442935  462357  485444

 Exports, goods, services         306580  316645  320853  331165  344646

  Goods, BOP basis                214189  222591  224947  232904  244512

 Services                          92391   94054   95906   98261  100134

  Military agency sales             4679    4675    5239    4446    4431

  Travel                           19983   20934   20389   20374   20699

  Passenger fares                   4890    5161    5508    5371    5484

  Other transportation             10103   10353   10545   11244   11684

  Royalties and license fees       14146   13943   14397   14923   15063

  Other private services           38316   38726   39538   41643   42506

  U.S. Govt. misc. services          274     262     291     260     267

Income receipts                   108697  112681  122081  131192  140798

 Receipts, US assets abroad       107988  111952  121350  130437  140072

  Direct investment                58846   60572   64476   67481   70067

  Other private receipts           48437   50674   56247   62279   69402

  U.S. Govt. receipts                705     706     627     677     603

 Compensation of employees           709     729     731     755     726

Imports:goods, services, income  -579764 -599390 -616886 -659290 -674261

 Imports, goods, services        -474688 -488703 -502645 -525939 -535387

 Merch., BOP basis               -397457 -410811 -423693 -445410 -452481

 Services                         -77231  -77892  -78952  -80529  -82906

  Direct defense expenditures      -7542   -7478   -7539   -7503   -7495

  Travel                          -17270  -17589  -17181  -17135  -17160

  Passenger fares                  -6213   -6555   -6654   -6644   -6752

  Other transportation            -15617  -15135  -15205  -16150  -16314

  Royalties and license fees       -5880   -6004   -6356   -6261   -6827

  Other private services          -23699  -24169  -25001  -25845  -27358

  U.S. Govt. misc. services        -1010    -962   -1016    -991   -1000

Income Payments                  -105076 -110687 -114240 -133351 -138874

 Payments on forgn assets in US  -102817 -108403 -111887 -131018 -136572

  Direct investment               -28490  -29520  -24105  -34839  -31161

  Other private payments          -48786  -51490  -58479  -64857  -72520

  U.S. Govt. payments             -25541  -27393  -29303  -31322  -32891

 Compensation of employees         -2259   -2284   -2353   -2333   -2302

Unilateral transfers              -27237  -23194   -9464  -26176  -19855

 U.S. Govt. grants                 -9221   -5780   -7270   -9091   -4748

 US Govt pensions and other        -1558   -1569   -1584   -1592   -1744

 Private remittances and other    -16458  -15845    -610  -15493  -13363

Capital account                    -2691    -589    -557    -514   -1756

U.S. assets abroad, net           -87391 -196376 -132380  -10656 -333925

 US official reserve assets, net    5331    -797    4766    4796     513

  Gold                              #N/A    #N/A    #N/A    #N/A    #N/A

  Special drawing rights            1713     -97    2976     -81     -67

  Reserve position in IMF           3763    -564    1951    5050     729

  Foreign currencies                -145    -136    -161    -173    -149

 US Govt, other than official       2591     989    1501     459     943

  US credits and other long term    -519    -708    -518    -509   -1417

  Repayments on U.S. credits        1083    1586    1957     977    2382

  US forgn currency holdings        2027     111      62      -9     -22

 U.S. private assets, net         -95313 -196568 -138647  -15911 -335381

  Direct investment               -31259  -33957   30342   25799  -61846

  Foreign securities              -50367  -45702  -36790  -47266  -53478

  Claims on unaffiliated forgnrs

   reported by US nonbanks        -67170   57244  -29483   -4812  -36420

  Claims reported by U.S. banks    53483 -174153 -102716   10368 -183637

Foreign assets in the U.S., net   224128  346179  388592  253350  491554

 Foreign official assets in US     18965   74613   33983   71934   75207

  U.S. Govt. securities            33007   36313   25926   61204   66493

   U.S. Tsy securities              9226   16892    8213   37418   41684

   Other                           23781   19421   17713   23786   24809

  Other U.S. Govt. liabilities      -740     112     395    -255      23

  Liabilities by U.S. banks       -15814   34187     824    5078   -1201

  Other foreign official assets     2512    4001    6838    5907    9892

 Other foreign assets in US       205163  271566  354609  181416  416347

  Direct investment                30539    8245   44459   26510   33287

  U.S. Tsy securities              86108   14103   37239   62041   -1887

  Other U.S. securities            77412  111808  153049  131871  183011

  U.S. currency                     1072    4507    4679    9158    1932

  Liabilities to unaffiliated

     foreigners by US nonbanks     80174  -20035   20271  -50305   45963

  Liabilities by US banks         -70142  152938   94912    2141  154041

Statistical discrepancy            57678   44044  -72240  -19071   52799

Memoranda:

Balance on goods                 -183268 -188220 -198746 -212506 -207969

Balance on services                15160   16162   16954   17733   17228

Balance on goods and services    -168108 -172058 -181792 -194774 -190741

Balance on investment income        3621    1994    7841   -2159    1924

Unilateral transfers              -27237  -23194   -9464  -26176  -19855

Balance on current account       -191724 -193258 -183415 -223109 -208672

US Data: Current Account - Details Changes

Release for:  First Quarter

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Changes in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

                                           2Q-05   3Q-05   4Q-05   1Q-06

Exports:goods, services, income            14049   13609   19422   23087

 Exports, goods, services                  10065    4208   10312   13481

  Goods, BOP basis                          8402    2356    7957   11608

 Services                                   1663    1852    2355    1873

  Military agency sales                       -4     564    -793     -15

  Travel                                     951    -545     -15     325

  Passenger fares                            271     347    -137     113

  Other transportation                       250     192     699     440

  Royalties and license fees                -203     454     526     140

  Other private services                     410     812    2105     863

  U.S. Govt. misc. services                  -12      29     -31       7

Income receipts                             3984    9400    9111    9606

 Receipts, US assets abroad                 3964    9398    9087    9635

  Direct investment                         1726    3904    3005    2586

  Other private receipts                    2237    5573    6032    7123

  U.S. Govt. receipts                          1     -79      50     -74

 Compensation of employees