U.S. International Transactions - Fourth Quarter and Year 2009

摘要

THE U.S. current-account deficit-the broadest measure of U.S. international trade in goods and services, receipts and payments of income, and net unilateral current transfers to foreigners-increased to $115.6 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2009 from $102.3 billion (revised) in the third quarter (see pages 28-31 for the current account). The increase resulted from an increase in the deficit on goods and, to a lesser extent, a decrease in the surplus on income; these were partly offset by a decrease in net unilateral current transfers to foreigners and an increase in the surplus on services. For the year 2009, the current-account deficit fell $286.2 billion to $419.9 billion, the smallest deficit since 2001 (see page 34 for annual current-account statistics).