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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2011 [15 December 2011]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/transnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2011/pdf/trans311.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2011/xls/trans311.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2011/pdf/trans311_fax.pdf

Current Account

The U.S. current-account  deficit—the combined balances on trade in goods and services,

income, and net unilateral current transfers—decreased to $110.3 billion (preliminary) in the

third quarter of 2011, from $124.7 billion (revised) in the second quarter.  More than half of

the decrease reflected a decrease in the deficit on goods.  A decrease in net unilateral current

transfers and increases in the surpluses on services and on income also contributed.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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