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Enviado: 18/10/2005 13:539:00am 10/18/05 U.S. AUG. CAPITAL FLOWS $91.3 BLN VS REV $87.5 BLN IN JULY
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Capital flows into the United States rose in August, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.
Total net capital inflows rose to $91.3 billion in August from a revised $87.5 billion in July.
The increase was unexpected. Most analysts were generally expecting a decline in net capital flows.
Despite the increase in capital flows, private foreign investors and foreign central banks trimmed their purchases of U.S. securities in August.
U.S. residents sold a net $3.5 billion in foreign securities in August compared with purchases of $13.8 billion in July.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Capital flows into the United States rose in August, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.
Total net capital inflows rose to $91.3 billion in August from a revised $87.5 billion in July.
The increase was unexpected. Most analysts were generally expecting a decline in net capital flows.
Despite the increase in capital flows, private foreign investors and foreign central banks trimmed their purchases of U.S. securities in August.
U.S. residents sold a net $3.5 billion in foreign securities in August compared with purchases of $13.8 billion in July.