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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 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 June, is scheduled for August 15, 2005.
Long-Term Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,499.9 billion in May, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,429.2 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $70.6 billion on a net basis in May, relative to $54.1 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $57.4 billion in May. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $20.8 billion from $10.8 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $18.1 billion, up from $8.4 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds were $18.6 billion, up from $18.1 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities fell to $0.0 billion from $5.4 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $13.2 billion in May, relative to $11.5 billion in April. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $6.8 billion accounted for the majority of official flows in May, down from $13.9 billion the previous month.
Long-Term Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $287.8 billion in May, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $298.4 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $10.6 billion, highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $4.7 billion in Foreign Equities and $5.8 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 $60.0 billion in May compared with $47.8 billion in April. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $752.1 billion in the twelve months through May 2005 as compared to $737.2 billion during the twelve months through May 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/.
Foreigners� Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
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Foreigners' Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents |
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2004 |
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May-04 |
May-05 |
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Feb-05 |
Mar-05 |
Apr-05 |
May-05 |
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Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities |
13,535.4 |
15,288.2 |
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14,675.1 |
15,961.3 |
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1,366.2 |
1,522.5 |
1,409.0 |
1,499.9 |
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Gross Sales of Domestic Securities |
12,813.6 |
14,371.6 |
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13,855.8 |
15,067.5 |
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1,272.7 |
1,463.9 |
1,354.9 |
1,429.2 |
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Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 |
721.9 |
916.7 |
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819.3 |
893.8 |
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93.5 |
58.6 |
54.1 |
70.6 |
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Private, net /2 |
587.0 |
681.1 |
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594.1 |
738.3 |
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74.9 |
73.0 |
42.6 |
57.4 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
161.7 |
150.9 |
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196.4 |
186.0 |
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31.2 |
42.8 |
10.8 |
20.8 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
129.9 |
205.6 |
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131.9 |
188.8 |
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10.9 |
6.5 |
8.4 |
18.1 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
260.4 |
298.9 |
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243.4 |
310.7 |
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29.9 |
22.3 |
18.1 |
18.6 |
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Equities, net |
35.0 |
25.6 |
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22.4 |
52.7 |
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2.8 |
1.4 |
5.4 |
0.0 |
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Official, net |
134.9 |
235.6 |
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225.2 |
155.6 |
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18.7 |
-14.4 |
11.5 |
13.2 |
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Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
103.8 |
201.1 |
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193.7 |
117.0 |
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11.3 |
-15.0 |
13.9 |
6.8 |
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Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
25.9 |
20.8 |
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23.5 |
25.5 |
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5.3 |
1.0 |
-1.7 |
4.6 |
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Corporate Bonds, net |
5.4 |
11.5 |
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13.1 |
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2.1 |
-0.4 |
-0.1 |
1.8 |
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Equities, net |
-0.3 |
2.2 |
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0.8 |
0.0 |
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0.1 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities |
2,764.9 |
3,120.6 |
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3,087.6 |
3,171.7 |
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281.6 |
328.7 |
286.7 |
287.8 |
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Gross Sales of Foreign Securities |
2,834.4 |
3,233.2 |
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3,169.6 |
3,313.4 |
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295.5 |
346.8 |
293.0 |
298.4 |
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Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 |
-69.4 |
-112.6 |
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-82.1 |
-141.8 |
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-13.9 |
-18.1 |
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-10.6 |
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Foreign Bonds Purchased, net |
19.2 |
-29.0 |
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11.2 |
-46.9 |
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1.4 |
-3.6 |
-4.6 |
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Foreign Equities Purchased, net |
-88.6 |
-83.6 |
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-93.3 |
-94.9 |
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-15.3 |
-14.5 |
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Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) |
652.4 |
804.1 |
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737.2 |
752.1 |
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79.6 |
40.5 |
47.8 |
60.0 |
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U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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