|
CHART: Balance on Current
Account |
Balance
on Current Account
In the second quarter
of 2005, the U.S. current-account
on international transactions
deficit decreased to
$195.7 billion.
|
Previous
-$198.7
1st Quarter 2005
(billions of dollars)
|
Current
-$195.7
2nd Quarter 2005
(billions of dollars)
|
| Provided
by Bureau
of Economic Analysis as
of September 16, 2005. |
|
CHART: U.S. International
Trade in Goods and Services |
U.S.
International Trade
in Goods and Services
The Nation's international
deficit in goods and
services increased to
$69.9 billion in August
from $68.0 billion (revised)
in July, as imports increased
more than exports.
|
Previous
-68.0
July 2006
$ billion
|
Current
-69.9
August 2006
$ billion
|
| Provided
by U.S.
Census Bureau as of October
12, 2006. |
|
CHART: International
R&D/GDP Ratios |
R&D
Expenditures as a percent
of GDP
The U.S. ratio of R&D
to Gross Domestic Product
increased to 2.72% in 2000,
but remained at a level
less than Japan (2.98%)
and more than Germany (2.49%
).
|
Previous
2.65%
1999
|
Current
2.72%
2000
|
| Provided
by National
Science Foundation, SRS as
of August 2005. |
|
CHART: Monthly Crude
Oil and Petroleum Product
Imports |
Net
Oil Imports
Includes crude oil and petroleum
products net of exports.
|
Previous
10.15
July, 2006
Million Barrels per
Day
|
Current
10.41
August, 2006
Million Barrels per
Day
|
| Provided
by Energy
Information Administration /
Monthly Energy Review as of October
17, 2006. |
