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October 17, 2006
HP-138
Treasury International Capital Data for August
Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site (www.treas.gov/tic). The next release date, which will report on data for September, is scheduled for November 16, 2006.
Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $116.8 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term domestic U.S. securities were $119.5 billion. Of this, net purchases by foreign official institutions were $30.1 billion and net purchases by private foreign investors were $89.4 billion.
U.S. residents purchased a net $2.7 billion in long-term foreign securities.
Foreigners'
Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2004
2005
Aug-05
Aug-06
May-06
Jun-06
Jul-06
Aug-06
1
Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities
15178.9
17177.4
16478.8
18603.5
1923.1
1667.4
1453.2
1682.0
2
Gross Sales of Domestic Securities
14262.4
16166.8
15548.4
17525.5
1835.6
1582.7
1398.7
1562.5
3
Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1
916.5
1010.6
930.3
1078.0
87.5
84.7
54.5
119.5
4
Private, net /2
680.9
890.5
778.3
930.6
89.1
82.4
31.8
89.4
5
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
150.9
270.1
187.6
192.9
21.8
31.4
-1.7
29.0
6
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
205.7
187.8
202.9
208.5
26.1
18.5
6.6
21.5
7
Corporate Bonds, net
298.0
353.2
333.1
416.5
39.6
37.7
18.0
34.7
8
Equities, net
26.2
79.4
54.7
112.8
1.5
-5.1
8.8
4.2
9
Official, net
235.6
120.1
152.0
147.4
-1.6
2.3
22.7
30.1
10
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
201.1
68.5
107.6
45.7
-13.6
-4.4
8.2
17.4
11
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
20.8
31.6
26.8
65.6
8.5
4.4
11.8
9.8
12
Corporate Bonds, net
11.5
19.0
16.6
25.4
2.4
1.1
1.0
2.8
13
Equities, net
2.2
1.0
1.0
10.8
1.2
1.2
1.6
0.2
14
Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities
3123.1
3700.0
3323.1
4812.1
539.3
447.0
365.4
408.0
15
Gross Sales of Foreign Securities
3276.0
3872.4
3507.7
4995.4
559.8
456.3
387.1
410.7
16
Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3