US Q2 current acct gap $138.67 bln

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | September 15, 2003

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US Q2 current acct gap $138.67 bln
Monday September 15, 8:29 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. current account,
seasonally adjusted, as reported by the U.S. Commerce
Department.
 In Billions of Dlrs/Credits:
.                      Q2'03    Q1'03  Rev from     Q2'02
 Current Account     -138.67  -138.71  -136.11    -122.83
 Goods Balance       -137.98  -136.02  -136.00    -121.29
 Services Balance      14.57    14.39    14.43      16.40
 Invest.Income Bal.     1.68     0.19     2.57      -4.46
 Total Exports        311.00   310.28   311.91     307.62
 Goods Exports        174.03   173.35   173.25     171.42
 Services Exports      73.96    74.03    74.60      72.28
 In Billions of Dlrs/Credits:
.                      Q2'03    Q1'03  Rev from     Q2'02
 Total Imports       -432.73  -431.72  -430.91    -416.96
 Goods Imports       -312.01  -309.36  -309.25    -292.71
 Services Imports     -59.39   -59.64   -60.17     -55.88
 Govt. Transfers      -16.94   -17.27   -17.12     -13.48
 U.S.Assets Abroad   -106.67  -101.33   -75.90    -128.57
 Foreign-Held Assets  255.27   242.00   188.65     221.24
 Net data--Govt. transfers, U.S. assets abroad and foreign-held
assets.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Q2 current account gap $138.00 bln

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The full BEA report is at U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2003

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