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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 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 March, is scheduled for May 16, 2005.
Long-Term Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,376.3 billion in February, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,278.0 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $98.3 billion on a net basis in February, relative to $91.8 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $79.7 billion in February. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $31.2 billion from $23.1 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $11.0 billion, down from $19.9 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds were $30.0 billion, up from $17.3 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities were $7.4 billion down from $17.1 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $18.6 billion in February, relative to $14.4 billion in January. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $11.3 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in February, up from $7.6 billion the previous month.
Long-Term Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $281.1 billion in February, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $294.9 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $13.8 billion, highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $15.3 billion in Foreign Equities and net U.S. sales of $1.5 billion in Foreign Bonds.
Net Long-Term Securities Flows
Net foreign purchases of both domestic and foreign long-term securities from U.S. residents were $84.5 billion in February compared with $92.5 billion in January. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $830.6 billion in the twelve months through February 2005 as compared to $759.3 billion during the twelve months through February 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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Foreigners' Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents |
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(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted) |
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2003 |
2004 |
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Feb-04 |
Feb-05 |
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Nov-04 |
Dec-04 |
Jan-05 |
Feb-05 |
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Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities |
14,383.6 |
15,269.8 |
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14,805.7 |
15,642.3 |
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1,409.9 |
1,318.1 |
1,305.3 |
1,376.3 |
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Gross Sales of Domestic Securities |
13,644.9 |
14,365.8 |
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13,970.7 |
14,708.8 |
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1,308.9 |
1,234.7 |
1,213.5 |
1,278.0 |
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Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 |
738.8 |
904.0 |
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835.0 |
933.5 |
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101.0 |
83.5 |
91.8 |
98.3 |
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Private, net /2 |
595.7 |
669.9 |
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657.5 |
718.9 |
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73.1 |
73.2 |
77.5 |
79.7 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
163.2 |
150.9 |
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197.7 |
177.7 |
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12.7 |
1.4 |
23.1 |
31.2 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
135.1 |
206.1 |
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151.1 |
198.4 |
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24.3 |
25.6 |
19.9 |
11.0 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
261.5 |
286.5 |
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254.5 |
305.1 |
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23.6 |
39.2 |
17.3 |
30.0 |
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Equities, net |
35.9 |
26.4 |
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54.1 |
37.7 |
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12.5 |
7.0 |
17.1 |
7.4 |
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Official, net |
143.1 |
234.1 |
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177.6 |
214.5 |
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27.9 |
10.2 |
14.4 |
18.6 |
10 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
113.5 |
201.1 |
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151.1 |
175.4 |
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21.0 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
11.3 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
24.3 |
20.3 |
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21.8 |
23.8 |
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3.5 |
1.0 |
6.1 |
5.2 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
5.6 |
11.4 |
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5.5 |
14.1 |
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1.9 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
13 |
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Equities, net |
-0.3 |
1.4 |
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-0.8 |
1.2 |
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1.5 |
0.6 |
-0.7 |
0.0 |
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Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities |
2,893.8 |
3,119.1 |
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3,039.1 |
3,108.5 |
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272.2 |
261.5 |
250.6 |
281.1 |
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Gross Sales of Foreign Securities |
2,959.7 |
3,228.6 |
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3,114.8 |
3,211.4 |
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277.9 |
282.6 |
249.9 |
294.9 |
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Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 |
-65.9 |
-109.5 |
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-75.8 |
-102.9 |
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-5.7 |
-21.1 |
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-13.8 |
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Foreign Bonds Purchased, net |
18.9 |
-26.1 |
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14.0 |
-15.1 |
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2.0 |
-7.0 |
5.8 |
1.5 |
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Foreign Equities Purchased, net |
-84.8 |
-83.4 |
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-89.8 |
-87.8 |
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-7.7 |
-14.0 |
-5.1 |
-15.3 |
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Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) |
672.9 |
794.6 |
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759.3 |
830.6 |
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95.3 |
62.4 |
92.5 |
84.5 |
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Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+) |
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Includes International and Regional Organizations |
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Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-) |
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U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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REPORTS
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