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Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for April

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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2008 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury website ( www.treas.gov/tic). The next release, which will report on data for May, is scheduled for July 16, 2008.    

Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $115.1 billion.

  • Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $104.8 billion. Of this, net purchases by private foreign investors were $63.5 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $41.3 billion.
  • U.S. residents sold a net $10.3 billion of long-term foreign securities.

Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $102.8 billion.

Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities decreased $17.2 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills increased $3.3 billion.

Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents declined $25.0 billion.

Monthly net TIC flows were $60.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were $31.5 billion, and net foreign official flows were $29.1 billion.

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   TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
   (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
        12 Months Through    
      20062007Apr-07Apr-08Jan-08Feb-08Mar-08Apr-08
  Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities        
              
1  Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities21077.129729.823191.332830.53137.92922.63076.92592.6
2  Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities19933.928725.121994.731897.43061.52844.72998.42487.8
3  Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /11143.21004.61196.6933.176.477.978.6104.8
              
4   Private, net /2946.6816.9992.9667.223.671.130.563.5
5    Treasury Bonds & Notes, net125.9198.2182.9249.00.424.225.658.0
6    Gov't Agency Bonds, net193.8107.0166.3126.819.935.73.24.3
7    Corporate Bonds, net482.2331.3499.6189.2-0.614.9-8.717.6
8    Equities, net144.6180.4144.1102.23.8-3.710.4-16.3
              
9   Official, net /3196.6187.7203.7265.952.86.748.141.3
10    Treasury Bonds & Notes, net69.63.051.877.836.1-3.628.022.3
11    Gov't Agency Bonds, net92.6119.1120.296.8-0.61.215.511.0
12    Corporate Bonds, net28.650.631.756.83.94.44.17.5
13    Equities, net5.815.10.034.613.34.80.40.4
              
14  Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents5515.98188.16240.08639.1770.5683.0755.6699.7
15  Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents5766.88411.36511.98795.2790.2696.0754.5689.4
16  Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4-250.9-223.2-271.9-156.1-19.7-12.91.110.3
              
17    Foreign Bonds Purchased, net-144.5-127.9-172.8-76.3-17.35.34.111.1
18    Foreign Equities Purchased, net-106.5-95.3-99.1-79.8-2.3-18.3-3.0-0.8
              
19  Net Long-Term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16):892.3781.5924.7777.056.764.979.6115.1
              
20  Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5-174.6-234.2-194.4-235.4-17.9-15.4-26.3-12.3
              
21 Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-Term Securities        
     (lines 19 and 20) :717.7547.2730.2541.638.749.653.3102.8
              
22 Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar-denominated Short-term        
     U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities: /6146.2226.1170.3265.076.3-0.713.5-17.2
23  U.S. Treasury Bills-9.048.8-10.0107.911.614.627.83.3
24   Private, net16.129.39.071.00.817.430.9-10.4
25   Official, net-25.019.5-19.036.910.8-2.8-3.013.8
26  Other Negotiable Instruments        
     and Selected Other Liabilities: /7155.1177.3180.3157.164.8-15.4-14.3-20.6
27   Private, net174.9101.2185.095.457.9-9.8-7.1-7.6
28   Official, net-19.876.1-4.761.66.9-5.6-7.2-13.0
              
29 Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-Denominated Liabilities198.0-108.6-79.3-342.2-80.20.4-115.6-25.0
              
30Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /81061.8664.7821.2464.334.949.2-48.760.6
  of which         
31  Private, net923.0377.8623.9168.5-41.958.7-58.131.5
32  Official, net138.9286.8197.3295.976.7-9.59.329.1
              
              
/1  Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)        
/2  Includes international and regional organizations        
/3  The reported division of net purchases of long-term securities between net purchases by foreign official institutions and net purchases
    of other foreign investors is subject to a "transaction bias" described in Frequently Asked Questions 7 and 10.a.4 on the TIC website.
/4  Net transactions in foreign securities by U.S. residents. Foreign purchases of foreign securities = U.S. sales of foreign securities to foreigners.
    Thus negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital from the United States; positive entries
    indicate net U.S. sales of foreign securities.        
/5  Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency asset-backed securities + 
    estimated foreign acquisitions of U.S. equity through stock swaps -       
    estimated U.S. acquisitions of foreign equity through stock swaps +       
    increase in nonmarketable Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other Residents of Foreign Countries. 
/6  These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody liabilities. Data on custody claims are collected 
    quarterly and published in the Treasury Bulletin and the TIC website.      
/7  "Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers. 
/8  TIC data cover most components of international financial flows, but do not include data on direct investment flows, which are collected
    and published by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition to the monthly data summarized here, the
    TIC collects quarterly data on some banking and nonbanking assets and liabilities. Frequently Asked Question 1 on the TIC website
    describes the scope of TIC data collection.        

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