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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 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 December, is scheduled for February 15, 2005.
Long-Term Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,411.7 billion in November, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,312.0 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $99.7 billion on a net basis in November, relative to $65.4 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $71.8 billion in November. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $11.0 billion from $5.2 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $24.4 billion, up from $22.9 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds rose to $23.5 billion from $18.2 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities rose to $13.0 billion from $4.2 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $27.9 billion in November, relative to $14.9 billion in October. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $21.0 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in November, up from $15.6 billion the previous month.
Long-Term Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $270.0 billion in November, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $288.7 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $18.7 billion, highlighting net foreign sales of $16.1 billion in Foreign Equities and $2.6 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 $81.0 billion in November compared with $48.3 billion in October. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $827.8 billion in the 12-months through November 2004 as compared to $647.4 billion during the twelve months through November 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, www.treas.gov/tic/.
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