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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 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 May, is scheduled for July 16, 2004.
Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,739.5 billion in April, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,658.4 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $81.2 billion on a net basis in April, relative to $82.4 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $55.1 billion in April. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes decreased to $13.2 billion from $27.6 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $28.2 billion, up from $1.1 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds declined to $16.1 billion from $29.2 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities increased to minus $2.4 billion from minus $13.5 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $26.1 billion in April, relative to $38.1 billion in March. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $22.1 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in April, down from $33.9 billion the previous month.
Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $399.4 billion in April, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $404.4 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $5.0 billion, highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $11.3 billion in Foreign Equities and net U.S. sales of $6.3 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 $76.2 billion in April compared with $80.7 billion in March. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $843.2 billion in the 12-months through April 2004 as compared to $600.7 billion during the twelve months through April 2003.
The full April 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.
Foreigners' Transactions in Long-Term Securities with U.S. Residents (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted) |
|
12 Months Through |
|
|
|
2002 |
2003 |
Apr-03 |
Apr-04 |
Jan-04 |
Feb-04 |
Mar-04 |
Apr-04 |
1 |
Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities |
13,022.9 |
15,726.4 |
13,395.1 |
17,664.1 |
1,385.6 |
1,439.4 |
1,774.0 |
1,739.5 |
2 |
Gross Sales of Domestic Securities |
12,475.4 |
14,981.4 |
12,807.0 |
16,765.6 |
1,285.3 |
1,354.4 |
1,691.6 |
1,658.4 |
3 |
Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 |
547.6 |
745.0 |
588.1 |
898.6 |
100.3 |
85.0 |
82.4 |
81.2 |
4 |
Private, net /2 |
508.3 |
605.6 |
529.1 |
664.6 |
69.4 |
62.7 |
44.3 |
55.1 |
5 |
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
112.8 |
163.7 |
131.8 |
217.1 |
20.0 |
20.9 |
27.6 |
13.2 |
6 |
Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
166.6 |
137.9 |
171.6 |
152.9 |
23.4 |
18.4 |
1.1 |
28.2 |
7 |
Corporate Bonds, net |
176.7 |
266.1 |
198.2 |
259.3 |
12.5 |
21.1 |
29.2 |
16.1 |
8 |
Equities, net |
52.2 |
37.9 |
27.4 |
35.4 |
13.4 |
2.3 |
-13.5 |
-2.4 |
9 |
Official, net |
39.3 |
139.4 |
59.1 |
233.9 |
31.0 |
22.3 |
38.1 |
26.1 |
10 |
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net |
7.1 |
109.3 |
21.3 |
199.5 |
26.9 |
16.1 |
33.9 |
22.1 |
11 |
Gov't Agency Bonds, net |
28.6 |
24.9 |
34.5 |
27.8 |
4.2 |
5.9 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
12 |
Corporate Bonds, net |
5.6 |
5.5 |
3.6 |
7.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
13 |
Equities, net |
-2.0 |
-0.4 |
-0.3 |
-0.3 |
-0.6 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
14 |
Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities |
2,640.0 |
3,532.9 |
2,740.2 |
4,287.1 |
390.7 |
401.9 |
488.1 |
399.4 |
15 |
Gross Sales of Foreign Securities |
2,613.0 |
3,577.4 |
2,727.6 |
4,342.5 |
399.3 |
403.6 |
489.9 |
404.4 |
16 |
Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 |
27.0 |
-44.6 |
12.6 |
-55.4 |
-8.5 |
-1.7 |
-1.8 |
-5.0 |
17 |
Foreign Bonds Purchased, net |
28.5 |
26.6 |
32.1 |
32.5 |
4.7 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
18 |
Foreign Equities Purchased, net |
-1.5 |
-71.1 |
-19.4 |
-87.9 |
-13.2 |
-2.4 |
-4.0 |
-11.3 |
19 |
Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) |
574.6 |
700.4 |
600.7 |
843.2 |
91.8 |
83.3 |
80.7 |
76.2 |
/1 Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+) |
/2 Includes International and Regional Organizations |
/3Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-) |
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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