DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 

EMBARGOED UNTIL 9 a.m. EDT Contact: Brookly McLaughlin 

June 15, 2005 (202) 622-2960 

TREASURY INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL DATA FOR APRIL 

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 18, 2005. 

Long-Term Domestic Securities

Gross purchases of domestic securities by foreigners were $1,413.8 billion in April, exceeding 

gross sales of domestic securities by foreigners of $1,360.1 billion during the same month. 

Foreign purchases of domestic securities reached $53.6 billion on a net basis in April, relative to 

$58.9 billion during the previous month. Private net flows reached $42.1 billion in April. Net 

private purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes decreased to $10.7 billion from $42.8 billion the 

preceding month. Net private purchases of Government Agency Bonds were $8.4 billion, up 

from $6.5 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Corporate Bonds were $18.1 

billion, down from $22.3 billion the previous month. Net private purchases of Equities rose to 

$5.0 billion from $1.7 billion. 

Official net purchases of U.S. securities were $11.5 billion in April, relative to minus $14.4 

billion in March. Official net purchases of Treasury Bonds and Notes of $14.0 billion accounted 

for the bulk of official flows in April, up from a negative $15.0 billion the previous month. 

Long-Term Foreign Securities

Gross purchases of foreign securities owned by U.S. residents were $286.3 billion in April, 

relative to gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents of $292.5 billion during the same 

month. 

Gross sales of foreign securities to U.S. residents exceeded purchases by $6.2 billion, 

highlighting a net U.S. acquisition of $1.6 billion in Foreign Equities and $4.6 billion in Foreign 

Bonds. 
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Net Long-Term Securities Flows

Net foreign purchases of both domestic and foreign long-term securities from U.S. residents 

were $47.4 billion in April compared with $40.6 billion in March. Net foreign purchases of 

long-term securities were $750.1 billion in the twelve months through April 2005 as compared to 

$798.8 billion during the twelve months through April 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) 

12 Months Through

2003 2004 Apr-04 Apr-05 Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05

1 Gross Purchases of Domestic Securities 14,383.6 15,270.2 15,293.1 15,801.4 1,305.3 1,376.3 1,529.5 1,413.8

2 Gross Sales of Domestic Securities 13,644.9 14,366.2 14,424.6 14,916.3 1,213.5 1,278.2 1,470.6 1,360.1

3 Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 738.8 904.0 868.6 885.1 91.8 98.1 58.9 53.6

4 Private, net /2 595.7 669.9 632.5 736.4 77.2 79.4 73.3 42.1

5 Treasury Bonds & Notes, net 163.2 150.9 208.0 185.9 23.1 31.2 42.8 10.7

6 Gov't Agency Bonds, net 135.1 206.1 140.2 192.2 19.9 10.9 6.5 8.4

7 Corporate Bonds, net 261.5 286.5 247.6 303.9 17.3 29.9 22.3 18.1

8 Equities, net 35.9 26.4 36.7 54.4 17.0 7.4 1.7 5.0

9 Official, net 143.1 234.2 236.1 148.7 14.5 18.7 -14.4 11.5

10 Treasury Bonds & Notes, net 113.5 201.1 205.5 118.1 7.6 11.3 -15.0 14.0

11 Gov't Agency Bonds, net 24.3 20.3 23.8 18.7 6.1 5.2 1.0 -1.7

12 Corporate Bonds, net 5.6 11.4 7.0 11.8 1.3 2.1 -0.4 -0.1

13 Equities, net -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.6 0.1 0.0 -0.7

14 Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities 2,893.8 3,119.8 3,174.8 3,132.8 250.7 281.2 327.6 286.3

15 Gross Sales of Foreign Securities 2,959.7 3,228.6 3,244.6 3,267.8 250.2 295.2 346.0 292.5

16 Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /3 -65.9 -108.9 -69.8 -135.0 0.5 -14.0 -18.3 -6.2

17 Foreign Bonds Purchased, net 18.9 -25.5 25.1 -38.6 5.5 1.4 -3.9 -4.6

18 Foreign Equities Purchased, net -84.8 -83.4 -94.9 -96.4 -5.0 -15.3 -14.5 -1.6

19 Net Long-Term Flows (line 3 plus line 16) 672.9 795.2 798.8 750.1 92.3 84.1 40.6 47.4

/1 Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)

/2 Includes International and Regional Organizations

/3 Net U.S. acquisitions of foreign securities (-)

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury