Question

Describe and then discuss the major trends that have occurred in the following segments of the United States' balance of payments accounts in recent years: Merchandise trade balance, Investments in overseas assets by U.S. residents, and Investments in United States' assets by foreign residents.

Answer 1

United States’s US: BOP: Current Account: Balance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank.

The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account . Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income

The United States has been running consistent trade deficits since 1976 due to high imports of oil and consumer products. In 2018, the biggest trade deficits were recorded with China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Vietnam and Italy and the biggest trade surpluses with Hong Kong, Netherlands, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Brazil and Panama. China is the top trading partner, accounting for 16 percent of total trade, followed by Canada (15 percent) and Mexico (15 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Balance of Trade - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Balance of Trade - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

United States’s US: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast).