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Treasury International Capital Data for December

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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 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 January, is scheduled for March 15, 2006.

Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $56.6 billion.

  • Net foreign purchases of long-term domestic securities were $74.2 billion, $10.4 billion of which were net purchases by foreign official institutions and $63.8 billion of which were net purchases by private foreign investors.
  • U.S. residents purchased a net $17.6 billion in foreign issued securities.

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)
     200320042005    Sep-05       Oct-05       Nov-05       Dec-05     
  
1Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities13526.015178.917049.2 1654.11445.71426.61207.7
2Gross Sales of Domestic Securities12806.114262.416000.7 1538.61336.91320.91133.5
3Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1719.9916.51048.5 115.5108.8105.774.2
 
4Private, net /2585.0680.9933.7 111.295.999.863.8
5Treasury Bonds & Notes, net159.7150.9289.6 22.925.050.812.7
6Gov't Agency Bonds, net129.9205.7192.6 18.628.78.77.4
7Corporate Bonds, net260.3298.0372.9 47.734.435.634.9
8Equities, net35.026.278.7 22.07.84.78.8
 
9Official, net134.9235.6114.7 4.313.05.910.4
10Treasury Bonds & Notes, net103.8201.161.2 -1.14.93.75.6
11Gov't Agency Bonds, net25.920.834.2 2.26.20.42.4
12Corporate Bonds, net5.411.518.9 2.21.71.72.4
13Equities, net-0.32.20.5 1.00.20.1-0.1
 
14Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities2761.83123.13688.9 319.4374.3338.3324.9
15Gross Sales of Foreign Securities2818.43276.03826.8 335.6377.5352.4342.5
16Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3-56.5-152.8-137.8 -16.2-3.2-14.1-17.6
 
17Foreign Bonds Purchased, net32.0-67.9-16.2 -9.72.82.2-3.7
18Foreign Equities Purchased, net-88.6-85.0-121.6 -6.5-6.0-16.4-13.8
 
19 Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16)663.3763.6910.7  99.3105.691.656.6
              
/1  Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)
/2  Includes International and Regional Organizations
/3Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-)

 

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