:: Foreign purchasing of long-term US securities recovers in October to $101.5 billion ::

· tar, den 21.12.07 in Amerika, Fernost, Krise, Liberalismus, Probleme, Wirtschaft

Quelle: iht.com

Net foreign buying of long-maturity U.S. securities rebounded to $101.5 billion (€70.52 billion) in October, following sales of $5.2 billion (€3.61 billion) the month before, according to a U.S. Treasury Department report released Monday.

The monthly Treasury report highlights cross-border acquisitions of securities with maturities of more than one year, including non-market flows such as stock swaps and principal repayment on asset-backed securities.

The closely watched figure excluding such non-market flows recorded net buying of $114.0 billion (€79.21 billion) in long-term U.S. securities, after purchases of $15.4 billion (€10.7 billion) in September, according to the monthly Treasury International Capital report, known as TIC.

The non-market inflows were more than double market expectations of about $50 billion (€34.74 billion)...




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