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May 16, 2005
JS-2443
Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for March 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 April, is scheduled for June 15, 2005.
Long-Term Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,531.0 billion in March, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,470.9 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $60.1 billion on a net basis in March, relative to $98.1 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $74.5 billion in March. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $42.9 billion from $31.2 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $6.5 billion, down from $10.9 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds were $23.4 billion, down from $29.9 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities declined to $1.7 billion from $7.4 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were minus $14.4 billion in March, relative to plus $18.7 billion in February. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of minus $15.0 billion accounted for the bulk of official outflows in March, down from a positive $11.3 billion inflow the previous month.
Long-Term Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $337.2 billion in March, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $351.6 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $14.4 billion, highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $14.4 billion in Foreign Equities and insignificant net U.S. purchases of Foreign Bonds.
Net Long-Term Securities Flows
Net foreign purchases of both domestic and foreign long-term securities from U.S. residents were $45.7 billion in March compared with $84.1 billion in February. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $800.4 billion in the twelve months through March 2005 as compared to $764.5 billion during the twelve months through March 2004.
The full data set, including adjustments for repayments of principal on asset-backed securities, as well as historical series, can be found on the TIC web site, http://www.treas.gov/tic/.
Foreigners’ Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
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2004 |
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Mar-04 |
Mar-05 |
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Dec-04 |
Jan-05 |
Feb-05 |
Mar-05 |
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Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities |
14,383.6 |
15,270.2 |
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15,009.7 |
15,772.6 |
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1,318.5 |
1,305.3 |
1,376.4 |
1,531.0 |
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Gross Sales of Domestic Securities |
13,644.9 |
14,366.2 |
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14,177.9 |
14,845.9 |
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1,235.1 |
1,213.5 |
1,278.4 |
1,470.9 |
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Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 |
738.8 |
904.0 |
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831.8 |
926.7 |
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83.5 |
91.8 |
98.1 |
60.1 |
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Private, net /2 |
595.7 |
669.9 |
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618.0 |
764.0 |
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73.2 |
77.2 |
79.4 |
74.5 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
163.2 |
150.9 |
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191.5 |
203.0 |
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1.4 |
23.1 |
31.2 |
42.9 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
135.1 |
206.1 |
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132.2 |
208.2 |
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25.6 |
19.9 |
10.9 |
6.5 |
7 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
261.5 |
286.5 |
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253.5 |
303.0 |
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39.2 |
17.3 |
29.9 |
23.4 |
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Equities, net |
35.9 |
26.4 |
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40.7 |
49.8 |
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7.0 |
17.0 |
7.4 |
1.7 |
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Official, net |
143.1 |
234.2 |
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213.8 |
162.7 |
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10.3 |
14.5 |
18.7 |
-14.4 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
113.5 |
201.1 |
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183.0 |
126.8 |
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7.0 |
7.6 |
11.3 |
-15.0 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
24.3 |
20.3 |
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25.3 |
22.1 |
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1.0 |
6.1 |
5.2 |
1.0 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
5.6 |
11.4 |
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6.3 |
12.4 |
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1.6 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
-0.4 |
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Equities, net |
-0.3 |
1.4 |
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-0.8 |
1.4 |
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0.6 |
-0.6 |
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Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities |
2,893.8 |
3,119.8 |
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3,134.1 |
3,116.9 |
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262.2 |
250.7 |
281.2 |
337.2 |
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Gross Sales of Foreign Securities |
2,959.7 |
3,228.6 |
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3,201.4 |
3,243.2 |
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282.7 |
250.1 |
295.2 |
351.6 |
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Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 |
-65.9 |
-108.9 |
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-67.3 |
-126.3 |
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-20.5 |
0.6 |
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-14.4 |
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Foreign Bonds Purchased, net |
18.9 |
-25.5 |
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15.3 |
-21.7 |
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-6.4 |
5.6 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
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Foreign Equities Purchased, net |
-84.8 |
-83.4 |
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-82.6 |
-104.5 |
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-14.1 |
-5.0 |
-15.3 |
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Net Long-Term Flows (line
3 plus line 16) |
672.9 |
795.2 |
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764.5 |
800.4 |
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63.0 |
92.4 |
84.1 |
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Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+) |
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Includes International and Regional
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Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-) |
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