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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2017. The sum total in February of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $19.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $30.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $11.6 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $35.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $41.1 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $5.2 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $17.5 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $53.4 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $14.8 billion in February.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $20.2 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $13.5 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $18.0 billion.
Posted: April 17, 2017 Monday 04:00 PM