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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)
          2003 2004 2005       Sep-05        Oct-05        Nov-05        Dec-05     
   
1 Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities 13526.0 15178.9 17049.2   1654.1 1445.7 1426.6 1207.7
2 Gross Sales of Domestic Securities 12806.1 14262.4 16000.7   1538.6 1336.9 1320.9 1133.5
3 Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 719.9 916.5 1048.5   115.5 108.8 105.7 74.2
 
4 Private, net /2 585.0 680.9 933.7   111.2 95.9 99.8 63.8
5 Treasury Bonds & Notes, net 159.7 150.9 289.6   22.9 25.0 50.8 12.7
6 Gov't Agency Bonds, net 129.9 205.7 192.6   18.6 28.7 8.7 7.4
7 Corporate Bonds, net 260.3 298.0 372.9   47.7 34.4 35.6 34.9
8 Equities, net 35.0 26.2 78.7   22.0 7.8 4.7 8.8
 
9 Official, net 134.9 235.6 114.7   4.3 13.0 5.9 10.4
10 Treasury Bonds & Notes, net 103.8 201.1 61.2   -1.1 4.9 3.7 5.6
11 Gov't Agency Bonds, net 25.9 20.8 34.2   2.2 6.2 0.4 2.4
12 Corporate Bonds, net 5.4 11.5 18.9   2.2 1.7 1.7 2.4
13 Equities, net -0.3 2.2 0.5   1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1
 
14 Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities 2761.8 3123.1 3688.9   319.4 374.3 338.3 324.9
15 Gross Sales of Foreign Securities 2818.4 3276.0 3826.8   335.6 377.5 352.4 342.5
16 Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 -56.5 -152.8 -137.8   -16.2 -3.2 -14.1 -17.6
 
17 Foreign Bonds Purchased, net 32.0 -67.9 -16.2   -9.7 2.8 2.2 -3.7
18 Foreign 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) 663.3 763.6 910.7     99.3 105.6 91.6 56.6
                           
/1   Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)
/2   Includes International and Regional Organizations
/3 Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-)

 

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