U.S. International Transactions Amount Transaction (billions of dollars) Merchandise imports -155 Unilateral transfers balance -20 Merchandise exports 115 Services balance 5 Income receipts/payments, net 15 Direct foreign investments, net 10 The table above shows hypothetical international transactions of the United States for the year 2019. We can say that the current account balance of the United States equals O $40 billion deficit O $35 billion surplus O $30 billion deficit O $25 billion surplus