| Long-Term Domestic Securities Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,317.0 billion in December, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,234.1 billion during the same month. Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $82.9 billion on a net basis in December, relative to $100.7 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $72.6 billion in December. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes decreased to $1.4 billion from $11.8 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $25.6 billion, up from $24.3 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds rose to $39.1 billion from $23.7 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities fell to $6.5 billion from $13.0 billion. Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $10.3 billion in December, relative to $27.9 billion in November. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $7.0 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in December, down from $21.0 billion the previous month. Long-Term Foreign Securities Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $259.8 billion in December, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $281.4 billion during the same month. Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $21.6 billion, highlighting net foreign sales of $15.4 billion in Foreign Equities and $6.2 billion in Foreign Bonds to U.S. residents. Net Long-Term Securities Flows Net foreign purchases of both domestic and foreign long-term securities from U.S. residents were $61.3 billion in December compared with $89.3 billion in November. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $821.8 billion in 2004 as compared to $683.6 billion during 2003. 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/. ForeignersTransactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
| Foreigners' Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents | | | (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted) | | | | | | | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | | | Sep-04 | Oct-04 | Nov-04 | Dec-04 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities | 13,022.9 | 14,374.7 | 15,393.5 | | | 1,257.7 | 1,204.5 | 1,411.5 | 1,317.0 | | 2 | | Gross Sales of Domestic Securities | 12,475.4 | 13,628.8 | 14,477.7 | | | 1,192.0 | 1,139.9 | 1,310.8 | 1,234.1 | | 3 | | Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 | 547.6 | 745.9 | 915.8 | | | 65.7 | 64.6 | 100.7 | 82.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | Private, net /2 | 508.3 | 602.8 | 679.6 | | | 51.4 | 49.7 | 72.8 | 72.6 | | 5 | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 112.8 | 160.5 | 153.6 | | | 5.8 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 1.4 | | 6 | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 166.6 | 140.9 | 212.2 | | | 6.2 | 22.9 | 24.3 | 25.6 | | 7 | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 176.7 | 263.3 | 289.4 | | | 42.3 | 18.1 | 23.7 | 39.1 | | 8 | | | | Equities, net | 52.2 | 38.2 | 24.4 | | | -2.9 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | Official, net | 39.3 | 143.1 | 236.2 | | | 14.3 | 14.9 | 27.9 | 10.3 | | 10 | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 7.1 | 113.5 | 203.1 | | | 10.9 | 15.6 | 21.0 | 7.0 | | 11 | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 28.6 | 24.3 | 20.3 | | | 2.2 | -0.9 | 3.5 | 1.0 | | 12 | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 5.6 | 5.6 | 11.4 | | | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | | 13 | | | | Equities, net | -2.0 | -0.3 | 1.4 | | | 0.0 | -0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities | 2,640.0 | 2,891.0 | 3,177.7 | | | 242.4 | 253.8 | 268.7 | 259.8 | | 15 | | Gross Sales of Foreign Securities | 2,613.0 | 2,953.4 | 3,271.7 | | | 247.0 | 271.5 | 280.0 | 281.4 | | 16 | | Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 | 27.0 | -62.3 | -94.0 | | | -4.6 | -17.7 | -11.4 | -21.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | Foreign Bonds Purchased, net | 28.5 | 20.1 | -2.3 | | | -0.8 | -5.1 | -2.9 | -6.2 | | 18 | | | Foreign Equities Purchased, net | -1.5 | -82.4 | -91.7 | | | -3.7 | -12.7 | -8.5 | -15.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) | 574.6 | 683.6 | 821.8 | | | 61.2 | 46.9 | 89.3 | 61.3 | | /1 | | Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+) | | | | | | | | | | | /2 | | Includes International and Regional Organizations | | | | | | | | | | | /3 | | Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Source: | U.S. Department of the Treasury | | | | | | | | | |
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