Box: Acknowledgments

The estimates of cross-border transactions were prepared by the following staff members of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Divisions.

Travel and passenger fares—Joan Bolyard and Laura Brokenbaugh

Other transportation—Patricia Watts and Ed Dozier

Royalties and license fees and other private services—affiliated, Gregory G. Fouch (for transactions of U.S. affiliates) and Mark W. New (for transactions of U.S. parents); unaffiliated, David H. Galler, Shirley J. Davis, Christopher J. Emond, Rafael I. Font, Pamela Aiken, Debra Blagburn, Annette Boyd, Faith Brannam, Hope Jones, Eddie L. Key, Christine Locke-Paddon, Steven Muno, John Sondheimer, Jane Newstedt, and Robert Becker.

The estimates of sales of services by affiliates were prepared by staff members of the International Investment Division. The estimates of sales by foreign affiliates were prepared by the staff of the Annual and Benchmark Section of the Direct Investment Abroad Branch; the estimates of sales by U.S. affiliates were prepared by the staff of the Annual and Benchmark Section of the Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Branch.

The information in tables 1, 2, 3, and 5 was consolidated by John Sondheimer, assisted by Robert Becker. Computer programming for data estimation and the generation of the remaining tables was provided by Arnold Gilbert and Angela Roberts, assisted by Neeta Kapoor.