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Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 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 October, is scheduled for December 15, 2004.
Long-Term Domestic Securities
Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,397.7 billion in September, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,336.7 billion during the same month.
Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $61.0 billion on a net basis in September, relative to $60.2 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $47.7 billion in September. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $9.2 billion from minus $4.4 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were minus $1.1 billion, down from $18.6 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds rose to $43.5 billion from $25.4 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities declined to minus $3.9 billion from minus $2.1 billion.
Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $13.3 billion in September, relative to $22.8 billion in August. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $10.1 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in September, down from $19.1 billion the previous month.
Long-Term Foreign Securities
Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $253.8 billion in September, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $251.4 billion during the same month.
Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents fell short of purchases by $2.4 billion, highlighting net U.S. sales of $2.1 billion in Foreign Equities and net sales of $0.3 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 $63.4 billion in September compared with $59.9 billion in August. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $833.5 billion in the 12-months through September 2004 as compared to $664.3 billion during the twelve months through September 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, http://www.treas.gov/tic/..
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