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Table 2 Current account

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Current account
  Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 2008 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions
Receipts              
Goods and services 104,909 106,842 112,236 117,173 118,555 562,109 436,673
Goods 88,008 90,377 95,375 99,684 100,884 489,995 369,529
Services 16,901 16,465 16,861 17,489 17,671 72,113 67,144
Travel 3,877 3,842 3,869 4,053 4,006 16,544 15,520
Transportation 2,477 2,445 2,534 2,704 2,676 12,170 10,119
Commercial services 10,069 9,717 10,026 10,281 10,541 41,665 39,681
Government services 478 461 433 451 448 1,734 1,824
Investment income 13,760 15,070 14,909 15,649 15,304 71,881 57,378
Direct investment 6,679 8,618 9,020 9,814 9,479 37,781 30,070
Interest 893 1,028 1,003 916 954 3,064 3,902
Profits 5,786 7,590 8,016 8,898 8,525 34,717 26,168
Portfolio investment 5,011 4,635 4,451 4,113 4,130 22,217 19,799
Interest 1,383 1,240 1,227 1,115 980 6,603 5,493
Dividends 3,628 3,395 3,224 2,998 3,150 15,614 14,307
Other investment 2,070 1,818 1,438 1,722 1,696 11,883 7,509
Current transfers 2,227 1,990 1,901 2,723 2,079 10,574 8,622
Private 722 672 661 779 728 2,767 2,804
Official 1,505 1,318 1,240 1,944 1,351 7,807 5,819
Total receipts 120,896 123,902 129,046 135,545 135,938 644,563 502,673
Payments              
Goods and services 112,560 115,780 117,630 121,264 125,409 538,184 463,904
Goods 90,028 93,765 94,939 98,511 102,168 443,752 374,097
Services 22,532 22,016 22,692 22,752 23,241 94,432 89,807
Travel 6,947 7,037 7,063 7,097 7,515 28,629 27,692
Transportation 4,819 4,770 5,016 5,062 5,221 22,255 19,656
Commercial services 10,435 9,884 10,276 10,261 10,179 42,288 41,155
Government services 331 326 337 331 326 1,260 1,304
Investment income 18,207 19,205 18,816 19,977 18,763 88,302 71,523
Direct investment 7,774 9,436 9,217 9,614 8,860 41,586 30,764
Interest 826 816 802 739 699 3,969 3,285
Profits 6,948 8,620 8,415 8,874 8,160 37,617 27,479
Portfolio investment 8,215 8,201 8,161 8,409 8,661 32,285 32,950
Interest 6,262 6,304 6,267 6,226 6,377 23,419 25,156
Dividends 1,953 1,897 1,894 2,183 2,284 8,866 7,794
Other investment 2,218 1,568 1,439 1,955 1,243 14,431 7,808
Current transfers 2,584 2,686 2,803 2,765 2,784 11,159 10,770
Private 1,550 1,659 1,665 1,660 1,678 7,000 6,523
Official 1,034 1,026 1,138 1,104 1,106 4,159 4,247
Total payments 133,351 137,671 139,249 144,006 146,956 637,645 546,196
Balances              
Goods and services -7,651 -8,939 -5,394 -4,091 -6,853 23,925 -27,231
Goods -2,019 -3,388 436 1,172 -1,284 46,244 -4,568
Services -5,631 -5,551 -5,830 -5,263 -5,570 -22,319 -22,663
Travel -3,070 -3,195 -3,194 -3,044 -3,509 -12,085 -12,172
Transportation -2,341 -2,325 -2,482 -2,359 -2,545 -10,085 -9,537
Commercial services -366 -166 -250 20 363 -622 -1,474
Government services 146 135 96 119 121 474 520
Investment income -4,448 -4,135 -3,907 -4,328 -3,459 -16,422 -14,145
Direct investment -1,096 -818 -197 200 619 -3,805 -694
Interest 66 212 201 176 255 -904 618
Profits -1,162 -1,030 -399 24 365 -2,900 -1,312
Portfolio investment -3,204 -3,566 -3,710 -4,296 -4,531 -10,068 -13,151
Interest -4,880 -5,064 -5,040 -5,111 -5,396 -16,816 -19,664
Dividends 1,675 1,498 1,330 815 866 6,748 6,513
Other investment -148 249 -1 -232 453 -2,548 -299
Current transfers -357 -696 -902 -42 -706 -585 -2,148
Private -829 -987 -1,004 -881 -950 -4,233 -3,719
Official 471 291 102 840 245 3,648 1,572
Current account -12,455 -13,770 -10,204 -8,460 -11,018 6,918 -43,523