| 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/. 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) | | | | | | | | | | | 12 Months Through | | | | | | | | | | | | 2003 | 2004 | | | Feb-04 | Feb-05 | | | Nov-04 | Dec-04 | Jan-05 | Feb-05 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities | 14,383.6 | 15,269.8 | | | 14,805.7 | 15,642.3 | | | 1,409.9 | 1,318.1 | 1,305.3 | 1,376.3 | | 2 | | Gross Sales of Domestic Securities | 13,644.9 | 14,365.8 | | | 13,970.7 | 14,708.8 | | | 1,308.9 | 1,234.7 | 1,213.5 | 1,278.0 | | 3 | | Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 | 738.8 | 904.0 | | | 835.0 | 933.5 | | | 101.0 | 83.5 | 91.8 | 98.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | Private, net /2 | 595.7 | 669.9 | | | 657.5 | 718.9 | | | 73.1 | 73.2 | 77.5 | 79.7 | | 5 | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 163.2 | 150.9 | | | 197.7 | 177.7 | | | 12.7 | 1.4 | 23.1 | 31.2 | | 6 | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 135.1 | 206.1 | | | 151.1 | 198.4 | | | 24.3 | 25.6 | 19.9 | 11.0 | | 7 | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 261.5 | 286.5 | | | 254.5 | 305.1 | | | 23.6 | 39.2 | 17.3 | 30.0 | | 8 | | | | Equities, net | 35.9 | 26.4 | | | 54.1 | 37.7 | | | 12.5 | 7.0 | 17.1 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | Official, net | 143.1 | 234.1 | | | 177.6 | 214.5 | | | 27.9 | 10.2 | 14.4 | 18.6 | | 10 | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 113.5 | 201.1 | | | 151.1 | 175.4 | | | 21.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 11.3 | | 11 | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 24.3 | 20.3 | | | 21.8 | 23.8 | | | 3.5 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 5.2 | | 12 | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 5.6 | 11.4 | | | 5.5 | 14.1 | | | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | | 13 | | | | Equities, net | -0.3 | 1.4 | | | -0.8 | 1.2 | | | 1.5 | 0.6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities | 2,893.8 | 3,119.1 | | | 3,039.1 | 3,108.5 | | | 272.2 | 261.5 | 250.6 | 281.1 | | 15 | | Gross Sales of Foreign Securities | 2,959.7 | 3,228.6 | | | 3,114.8 | 3,211.4 | | | 277.9 | 282.6 | 249.9 | 294.9 | | 16 | | Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 | -65.9 | -109.5 | | | -75.8 | -102.9 | | | -5.7 | -21.1 | 0.7 | -13.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | Foreign Bonds Purchased, net | 18.9 | -26.1 | | | 14.0 | -15.1 | | | 2.0 | -7.0 | 5.8 | 1.5 | | 18 | | | Foreign Equities Purchased, net | -84.8 | -83.4 | | | -89.8 | -87.8 | | | -7.7 | -14.0 | -5.1 | -15.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) | 672.9 | 794.6 | | | 759.3 | 830.6 | | | 95.3 | 62.4 | 92.5 | 84.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /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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