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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2018
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2018. 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 $44.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $26.9 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $17.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $57.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $31.6 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $26.3 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $8.9 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $49.0 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 $35.8 billion in February.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $16.3 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $45.3 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $36.3 billion.
Posted: April 16, 2018 Monday 04:00 PM