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Economic Indicators, Dec, 2002

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER PRICES--MAJOR
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES

                  Industrial production (1997=100; seasonally adjusted)

     Period          United       Canada        Japan       France
                     States

1992 (r)                78.3         80.3         93.6        92.8
1993 (r)                80.9         84.2         90.4        89.3
1994 (r)                85.2         89.4         91.5        93.2
1995 (r)                89.3         93.5         94.4        95.4
1996 (r)                93.2         94.7         96.6        96.3
1997 (r)               100.0        100.0        100.0       100.0
1998 (r)               105.6        103.5         93.5       105.2
1999 (r)               110.1        108.8         94.1       107.3
2000 (r)               115.3        115.0         99.5       111.0
2001 (r)               111.2        111.0         92.3       112.0

2001: Oct (r)          109.5        108.8         88.4       110.9
      Nov (r)          108.8        108.9         86.6       110.7
      Dec (r)          108.3        108.0         87.1       110.4

2002: Jan (r)          109.0        110.1         87.3       110.6
      Feb (r)          109.2        111.6         87.9       110.8
      Mar (r)          109.6        111.5         88.4       111.7
      Apr (r)          110.1        113.1         88.7       111.8
      May (r)          110.4        112.2         92.3       111.5
      June (r)         110.8        112.2         92.1       111.5
      July (r)         111.6        113.8         92.4       111.0
      Aug (r)          111.3        113.5         93.6       111.4
      Sept (r)         111.3        114.1         93.3       110.9
      Oct (r)          110.7        114.2         93.1       110.2
      Nov (p)          110.8                      91.5

                           Industrial production
                      (1997=100; seasonally adjusted)

     Period           Ger-         Italy       United
                      many                     Kingdom

1992 (r)               100.1         90.0         89.2
1993 (r)                92.1         88.1         91.1
1994 (r)                95.0         93.5         96.0
1995 (r)                95.8         98.2         97.7
1996 (r)                96.5         96.4         98.9
1997 (r)               100.0        100.0        100.0
1998 (r)               104.2        101.1        101.0
1999 (r)               105.8        101.1        101.8
2000 (r)               112.3        105.9        103.4
2001 (r)               112.9        104.6        101.2

2001: Oct (r)          110.6        104.5         98.9
      Nov (r)          109.8        101.8         98.5
      Dec (r)          109.9        103.3         98.4

2002: Jan (r)          111.0        103.5         97.5
      Feb (r)          110.7        103.5         97.4
      Mar (r)          110.9        102.8         97.6
      Apr (r)          111.5        101.9         98.5
      May (r)          110.2        103.5         99.4
      June (r)         112.4        102.5         95.2
      July (r)         111.4        103.0         98.3
      Aug (r)          113.1        103.4         98.1
      Sept (r)         112.1        102.9         97.8
      Oct (r)          110.6        102.1         97.8
      Nov (p)           ...          ...          ...

                          Consumer prices (1982-84=100; NSA)

     Period          United       Canada        Japan        France
                    States (1)

1992 (r)                140.3        145.3        117.0        140.4
1993 (r)                144.5        147.9        118.5        143.4
1994 (r)                148.2        148.2        119.3        145.8
1995 (r)                152.4        151.4        119.2        148.4
1996 (r)                156.9        153.8        119.3        151.4
1997 (r)                160.5        156.3        121.5        153.2
1998 (r)                163.0        157.8        122.2        154.2
1999 (r)                166.6        160.5        121.8        155.0
2000 (r)                172.2        164.9        121.0        157.6
2001 (r)                177.1        169.1        120.1        160.2

2001: Oct (r)           177.7        169.7        120.0        161.1
      Nov (r)           177.4        168.2        119.4        160.7
      Dec (r)           176.7        168.4        119.3        160.8

2002: Jan (r)           177.1        168.8        119.0        161.6
      Feb (r)           177.8        169.8        118.4        161.8
      Mar (r)           178.8        171.0        118.7        162.5
      Apr (r)           179.8        172.0        119.0        163.1
      May (r)           179.8        172.3        119.4        163.3
      June (r)          179.9        172.9        119.3        163.3
      July (r)          180.1        173.8        118.8        163.3
      Aug (r)           180.7        174.5        119.2        163.6
      Sep (r)           181.0        174.5        119.2        163.9
      Oct (r)           181.3        175.1        118.9        164.2
      Nov (p)           181.3        175.5        118.9        164.2

                      Consumer prices (1982-84=100; NSA)

     Period            Ger-         Italy       United
                       many                     Kingdom

1992 (r)                122.2        179.5        162.7
1993 (r)                127.6        187.7        165.3
1994 (r)                131.1        195.8        169.3
1995 (r)                133.4        205.6        175.2
1996 (r)                135.2        213.8        179.4
1997 (r)                137.8        218.2        185.1
1998 (r)                139.1        222.5        191.4
1999 (r)                139.9        226.2        194.3
2000 (r)                142.6        231.9        200.1
2001 (r)                146.2        238.3        203.6

2001: Oct (r)           146.3        239.5        204.8
      Nov (r)           146.0        240.0        204.0
      Dec (r)           146.2        240.2        203.7

2002: Jan (r)           147.5        241.2        203.6
      Feb (r)           147.9        242.0        204.2
      Mar (r)           148.2        242.6        205.0
      Apr (r)           148.3        243.5        206.4
      May (r)           148.3        243.9        207.0
      June (r)          148.2        244.1        207.0
      July (r)          148.4        244.5        206.7
      Aug (r)           148.3        244.9        207.3
      Sept (r)          148.2        245.3        208.7
      Oct (r)           148.2        245.9        209.0
      Nov (p)           147.6        246.7        209.4

(1) Data relate to all urban consumers.

Note.--See Note, p.17, for information on U.S. industrial production
series.

Source: National sources as reported by Department of Commerce
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and International Trade Administration,
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis).

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES

[Billions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]

                             Goods: Exports (f.a.s value)

                                  Census basis (by end-use category)

                                                            Indus-
     Period                                    Foods,        trial
                       BOP        Total,       feeds,        sup-
                      basis       Census         and         plies
                                 basis (1)      bev-          and
                                               erages        mate-
                                                             rials

1992                    439.6        448.2         40.3        109.1
1993                    456.9        465.1         40.6        111.8
1994                    502.9        512.6         42.0        121.4
1995                    575.2        584.7         50.5        146.2
1996                    612.1        625.1         55.5        147.7
1997                    678.4        689.2         51.5        158.2
1998                    670.4        682.1         46.4        148.3
1999                    684.0        695.8         46.0        147.5
2000                    772.0        781.9         47.9        172.6
2001                    718.8        729.1         49.4        160.1

2001: Oct                56.4         57.3          4.1         12.6
      Nov                56.0         56.9          4.2         12.5
      Dec                55.0         55.9          4.1         12.4

2002: Jan                55.0         55.7          4.2         12.3
      Feb                54.7         55.5          4.3         12.2
      Mar                55.0         56.0          3.9         12.3
      Apr                56.8         57.7          3.9         13.1
      May                57.3         58.3          4.0         13.3
      June               58.2         59.1          4.3         13.3
      July               59.1         60.1          4.3         13.2
      Aug                58.3         59.3          4.0         13.4
      Sept (r)           58.3         59.1          4.0         13.3
      Oct (p)            57.1         58.0          3.9         13.0

                       Goods: Exports (f.a.s value)

                    Census basis (by end-use category)

                                   Auto-        Con-
                                    mo-         sumer
     Period          Capital       tive         goods
                      goods        vehi-        (non-
                     except        cles,        food)
                      auto-        parts       except
                     motive         and         auto-
                                    en-          mo-
                                   gines        tive

1992                    175.9         47.0         51.4
1993                    181.7         52.4         54.7
1994                    205.0         57.8         60.0
1995                    233.0         61.8         64.4
1996                    253.0         65.0         70.1
1997                    294.5         74.0         77.4
1998                    299.4         72.4         80.3
1999                    310.8         75.3         80.9
2000                    356.9         80.4         89.4
2001                    321.7         75.4         88.3

2001: Oct                24.4          6.3          7.1
      Nov                24.3          6.3          6.9
      Dec                23.5          6.0          7.1

2002: Jan                23.7          6.0          7.0
      Feb                23.3          6.2          6.9
      Mar                24.1          6.2          6.7
      Apr                24.1          6.7          7.1
      May                24.3          6.8          6.9
      June               25.1          6.7          7.1
      July               25.3          7.1          7.3
      Aug                25.0          6.8          7.1
      Sept (r)           25.2          6.7          7.1
      Oct (p)            24.6          6.6          7.2

                             Goods: Imports (customs value)

                                 Census basis (by end-use category)

                                                            Indus-
     Period                                    Foods,        trial
                       BOP        Total,       feeds,        sup-
                      basis       Census         and         plies
                                 basis (1)      bev-          and
                                               erages        mate-
                                                             rials

1992                    536.5        532.7         27.6        138.6
1993                    589.4        580.7         27.9        145.6
1994                    668.7        663.3         31.0        162.1
1995                    749.4        743.5         33.2        181.8
1996                    803.1        795.3         35.7        204.5
1997                    876.5        869.7         39.7        213.8
1998                    917.1        911.9         41.2        200.1
1999                  1,030.0      1,024.6         43.6        221.4
2000                  1,224.4      1,218.0         46.0        299.0
2001                  1,145.9      1,141.0         46.6        273.9

2001: Oct                91.4         91.2          4.0         21.0
      Nov                90.1         89.9          4.0         19.6
      Dec                86.5         86.4          3.8         18.3

2002: Jan                88.5         88.2          3.9         18.9
      Feb                91.0         90.8          4.0         19.0
      Mar                91.6         91.3          4.0         19.9
      Apr                97.0         96.7          4.1         22.8
      May                99.0         98.7          4.1         23.1
      June               98.9         98.6          4.1         22.5
      July               98.1         97.9          4.2         22.8
      Aug               100.6        100.3          4.2         23.8
      Sept (r)           99.6         99.3          4.1         23.4
      Oct (p)            96.5         96.2          4.0         24.3

                       Goods: Imports (customs value)

                     Census basis (by end-use category)

                                   Auto-        Con-
     Period          Capital        mo-         sumer
                      goods        tive         goods
                     except        vehi-        (non-
                      auto-        cles,        food)
                     motive        parts       except
                                  and en-       auto-
                                   gines       motive

1992                    134.3         91.8        122.7
1993                    152.4        102.4        134.0
1994                    184.4        118.3        146.3
1995                    221.4        123.8        159.9
1996                    228.1        128.9        172.0
1997                    253.3        139.8        193.8
1998                    269.5        148.7        217.0
1999                    295.7        179.0        241.9
2000                    347.0        195.9        281.8
2001                    298.0        189.8        284.3

2001: Oct                22.8         15.6         23.8
      Nov                22.8         15.8         23.6
      Dec                22.5         15.5         22.2

2002: Jan                22.9         15.3         23.2
      Feb                23.1         16.4         24.4
      Mar                23.4         16.0         23.7
      Apr                23.8         17.0         25.0
      May                24.1         17.7         25.6
      June               24.2         17.2         26.1
      July               24.0         17.2         25.6
      Aug                23.8         17.6         26.9
      Sept (r)           23.6         17.7         26.3
      Oct (p)            22.1         16.8         25.0

                           Services
                          (BOP basis)

     Period             Ex-          Im-
                       ports        ports

1992                    176.9        116.5
1993                    185.9        122.3
1994                    201.0        131.9
1995                    219.2        141.4
1996                    240.0        150.9
1997                    256.6        166.3
1998                    262.3        182.5
1999                    273.2        189.4
2000                    292.2        218.5
2001                    279.3        210.4

2001: Oct                21.2         17.0
      Nov                21.9         17.7
      Dec                22.5         18.2

2002: Jan                22.5         18.9
      Feb                22.7         19.4
      Mar                23.4         19.4
      Apr            (r) 23.7         19.3
      May            (r) 24.2     (r) 19.4
      June           (r) 24.2     (r) 20.2
      July           (r) 24.2     (r) 20.4
      Aug            (r) 24.9     (r) 20.6
      Sept               24.6         20.4
      Oct                24.9         20.5

                                   Balance of trade
                                (exports minus imports)

                                            BOP basis

     Period           Goods                                  Goods
                     Census                      Serv-        and
                      basis         Goods        ices       services

1992                    -84.5        -96.9         60.4        -36.5
1993                   -115.6       -132.5         63.7        -68.8
1994                   -150.6       -165.8         69.2        -96.7
1995                   -158.8       -174.2         77.8        -96.4
1996                   -170.2       -191.0         89.2       -101.8
1997                   -180.5       -198.1         90.4       -107.1
1998                   -229.8       -246.7         79.8       -166.9
1999                   -328.8       -346.0         83.8       -262.2
2000                   -436.1       -452.4         73.7       -378.7
2001                   -411.9       -427.2         68.9       -358.3

2001: Oct               -33.9        -35.0          4.2        -30.8
      Nov               -33.0        -34.1          4.2        -29.9
      Dec               -30.5        -31.5          4.3        -27.3

2002: Jan               -32.5        -33.5          3.6        -29.8
      Feb               -35.2        -36.4          3.2        -33.1
      Mar               -35.3        -36.6          4.1        -32.6
      Apr               -39.0        -40.1      (r) 4.4    (r) -35.8
      May               -40.4        -41.7      (r) 4.8    (r) -36.9
      June              -39.5        -40.6      (r) 4.0    (r) -36.6
      July              -37.8        -39.0      (r) 3.9    (r) -35.2
      Aug               -41.0        -42.3      (r) 4.2    (r) -38.1
      Sept (r)          -40.2        -41.3          4.2        -37.1
      Oct (p)           -38.2        -39.4          4.4        -35.1

(1) Total includes "other" exports or imports, not shown separately.

NOTE.--BOP refers to balance of payments on international transactions
basis. BOP data shown here are consistent with figures shown on pp. 36
and 37.

Source: Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census and Bureau of
Economic Analysis).

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS

In the third quarter of 2002, the goods deficit rose to $123.2
billion, from $122.5 billion in the second quarter. The current
account deficit fell to $127.0 billion in the third quarter,
from $127.6 billion in the second quarter. In the financial account,
U.S. claims on foreigners reported by U.S. banks decreased $46.4
billion in the third quarter of 2002, in contrast to an increase of
$68.7 billion in the second quarter. U.S. liabilities to private
foreigners reported by U.S. banks, excluding Treasury securities,
increased $8.3 billion in the third quarter, following an increase of
$32.2 billion in the second quarter.

[GRAPHIC OMITTED]

[Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as
noted. Credits ( ), debits (-)]

                                  Goods (1)

    Period                                          Balance
                      Exports         Imports          on
                                                     goods

1992                    439,631        -536,528      -96,897
1993                    456,943        -589,394     -132,451
1994                    502,859        -668,690     -165,831
1995                    575,204        -749,374     -174,170
1996                    612,113        -803,113     -191,000
1997                    678,366        -876,485     -198,119
1998                    670,416        -917,112     -246,696
1999                    683,965      -1,029,987     -346,022
2000                    771,994      -1,224,417     -452,423
2001                    718,762      -1,145,927     -427,165

2000: I                 184,486        -290,941     -106,455
      II                191,411        -303,581     -112,170
      III               199,641        -314,779     -115,138
      IV                196,456        -315,116     -118,660

2001: I                 193,284        -306,316     -113,032
      II                184,846        -292,565     -107,719
      III               173,274        -279,025     -105,751
      IV                167,358        -268,021     -100,663

2002: I                 164,649        -271,073     -106,424
      II (r)            172,426        -294,893     -122,467
      III (p)           175,727        -298,903     -123,176

                                    Services

                                        Net
                       Net             travel
    Period           military           and          Other
                      trans-           trans-      services,
                       ac-             porta-         net
                   tions (2) (3)        tion

1992                     -1,448          19,969       41,918
1993                      1,385          19,714       42,562
1994                      2,570          16,305       50,278
1995                      4,600          21,772       51,410
1996                      5,385          25,015       58,757
1997                      4,968          22,152       63,234
1998                      5,220          10,145       64,398
1999                      2,470           7,113       74,202
2000                        421           2,472       70,849
2001                     -2,978          -1,926       73,779

2000: I                     -74             825       18,532
      II                    412           1,486       18,345
      III                  -199             -31       17,042
      IV                    282             189       16,931

2001: I                    -742             903       15,711
      II                   -285          -1,219       15,899
      III                  -706            -255       26,934
      IV                 -1,245          -1,357       15,237

2002: I                  -1,498            -544       12,974
      II (r)             -1,679            -863       15,696
      III (p)            -2,083            -808       15,206

                     Balance           Income receipts and payments
                       on
    Period            goods                                   Balance
                       and           Receipts     Payments      on
                     services                                 income

1992                    -36,457       132,056     -109,101      22,954
1993                    -68,791       134,159     -110,255      23,904
1994                    -96,678       165,438     -148,744      16,694
1995                    -96,388       211,502     -186,880      24,622
1996                   -101,843       225,846     -201,743      24,103
1997                   -107,765       260,558     -240,371      20,187
1998                   -166,933       259,366     -251,751       7,615
1999                   -262,237       290,536     -272,398      18,138
2000                   -378,681       352,997     -331,215      21,782
2001                   -358,290       283,771     -269,389      14,382

2000: I                 -87,172        84,083      -79,260       4,823
      II                -91,927        90,183      -83,994       6,189
      III               -98,326        88,129      -84,055       4,074
      IV               -101,258        90,603      -83,909       6,694

2001: I                 -97,160        83,036      -81,990       1,046
      II                -93,324        74,846      -68,840       6,006
      III               -79,778        67,152      -66,345         807
      IV                -88,028        58,737      -52,216       6,521

2002: I                 -95,492        58,096      -59,042        -946
      II (r)           -109,313        60,722      -66,009      -5,287
      II (p)           -110,861        63,472      -66,431      -2,959

                                                   Capital
                     Unilateral       Balance      account
    Period            current            on         trans-
                     transfers,       current      actions,
                      net (4)         account      net (3)

1992                    -35,013         -48,515        612
1993                    -37,637         -82,523        -88
1994                    -38,260        -118,244       -469
1995                    -34,057        -105,823        372
1996                    -40,081        -117,821        693
1997                    -40,794        -128,372        350
1998                    -44,509        -203,827        704
1999                    -48,757        -292,856     -3,340
2000                    -53,442        -410,341        837
2001                    -49,463        -393,371        826

2000: I                 -11,749         -94,098        210
      II                -12,349         -98,087        206
      III               -12,925        -107,177        207
      IV                -16,418        -110,982        214

2001: I                 -11,608        -107,722        208
      II                -11,916         -99,234        207
      III               -12,360         -91,331        206
      IV                -13,579         -95,086        205

2002: I                 -16,016        -112,454        208
      II (r)            -13,011        -127,611        200
      II (r)            -13,221        -127,041        223

                                Financial account

                               U.S.-owned assets abroad, net
                             |increase/financial outflow (-)|

                                   U.S.         Other U.S.
    Period                       official        Govern-         U.S.
                     Total       reserve          ment         private
                              assets (3) (5)    assets (3)      assets

1992                -74,410        3,901          -1,667        -76,644
1993               -200,552       -1,379            -351       -198,822
1994               -176,056        5,346            -390       -181,012
1995               -352,376       -9,742            -984       -341,650
1996               -413,923        6,668            -989       -419,602
1997               -487,599       -1,010              68       -486,657
1998               -359,760       -6,783            -422       -352,555
1999               -477,569        8,747           2,750       -489,066
2000               -606,489         -290            -941       -605,258
2001               -370,962       -4,911            -486       -365,565

2000: I            -228,888         -554            -127       -228,207
      II           -110,470        2,020            -570       -111,920
      III           -93,029         -346             114        -92,797
      IV           -174,104       -1,410            -358       -172,336

2001: I            -215,815          190              77       -216,082
      II            -80,036       -1,343            -783        -77,910
      III            24,978       -3,559              77         28,460
      IV           -100,088         -199             143       -100,032

2002: I             -25,918          390             133        -26,441
      II (r)       -131,079       -1,843              42       -129,278
      II (p)         23,920       -1,416             172         25,164

                                 Financial account

                         Foreign-owned assets in the U.S. net
                           |increase/financial inflow ( )|

    Period                          Foreign            Other
                     Total          official          foreign
                                   assets (3)         assets

1992                   170,663          40,477            130,186
1993                   282,040          71,753            210,287
1994                   305,989          39,583            266,406
1995                   438,562         109,880            328,682
1996                   551,096         126,724            424,372
1997                   706,809          19,036            687,773
1998                   423,569         -19,903            443,472
1999                   742,479          43,666            698,813
2000                 1,015,986          37,640            978,346
2001                   752,806           5,224            747,582

2000: I                240,723          22,711            218,012
      II               245,787           6,563            239,224
      III              244,933          12,904            232,029
      IV               284,544          -4,538            289,082

2001: I                302,510           4,087            298,423
      II               181,610         -20,831            202,441
      III               17,889          16,882              1,007
      IV               250,797           5,086            245,711

2002: I                113,496           7,641            105,855
      II (r)           204,307          47,252            157,055
      III (p)          148,510           9,319            139,191

                     Statistical discrepancy

                                                    U.S. official
                    Total (sum      Of which:          reserve
    Period         of the items      Seasonal      assets, net (5)
                    with sign       adjustment      (unadjusted,
                    reversed)      discrepancy         end of
                                                      period)

1992                   -48,350          ...                71,323
1993                     1,123          ...                73,442
1994                   -11,220          ...                74,335
1995                    19,265          ...                85,832
1996                   -20,045          ...                75,089
1997                   -91,188          ...                69,954
1998                   139,314          ...                81,761
1999                    31,286          ...                71,516
2000                         7          ...                67,647
2001                    10,701          ...                68,654

2000: I                 82,053           7,951             70,789
      II               -37,436            -838             67,955
      III              -44,934         -10,675             66,256
      IV                   328           3,566             67,647

2001: I                 20,819           7,691             64,222
      II                -2,547             875             64,847
      III               48,258         -10,286             70,963
      IV               -55,828           1,721             68,654

2002: I                 24,668          10,019             67,574
      II (r)            54,183           1,256             74,696
      II (p)           -45,612         -14,063             75,860

(1) Adjusted from Census data for differences in timing and coverage;
excludes military.

(2) Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts (exports)
minus direct defense expenditures (imports).

(3) Quarterly data are not seasonally adjusted.

(4) Includes transfers of goods and services under U.S. military grant
programs.

(5) Consists of gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), foreign
currencies, and the U.S. reserve position in the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).

Sources: Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis) and
Department of the Treasury.
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