FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS To view or print the PDF content on this page, download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. May 17, 2004 Treasury International Capital Data For March Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for March 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 April, is scheduled for June 15, 2004. Domestic Securities Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,773.9 billion in March, exceeding gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,691.6 billion during the same month. Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $82.3 billion on a net basis in March, relative to $85.0 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $44.2 billion in March. Net private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes increased to $27.6 billion from $20.9 billion the preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $1.1 billion, down from $18.4 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds rose to $29.1 billion from $21.1 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities declined to minus $13.5 billion from a positive $2.3 billion. Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $38.1 billion in March, relative to $22.3 billion in February. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $33.9 billion accounted for the bulk of official inflows in March, up from $16.1 billion the previous month. Foreign Securities Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $486.2 billion in March, relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $489.9 billion during the same month. Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $3.7 billion, highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $4.0 billion in Foreign Equities and net U.S. 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 $78.6 billion in March compared with $83.3 billion in February. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $820.8 billion in the 12-months through March 2004 as compared to $583.4 billion during the twelve months through March 2003. The full March 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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