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Treasury International Capital Data for February

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2017.  The next release, which will report on data for March 2017, is scheduled for May 15, 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.
 
 
 
 
    TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
      (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
                12 Months Through        
            2015 2016 Feb-16 Feb-17 Nov Dec Jan Feb
    Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities                
                           
1     Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities 29904.8 29603.8 30042.2 29427.5 2798.4 2338.5 2397.5 2483.9
2     Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities 29749.2 29552.5 29883.6 29317.9 2780.0 2353.8 2382.7 2448.0
3     Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 155.6 51.3 158.6 109.7 18.4 -15.3 14.8 35.9
                           
4       Private, net /2 368.0 340.3 445.3 356.0 17.3 -33.4 63.4 41.1
5         Treasury Bonds & Notes, net 205.6 3.9 307.5 -25.5 1.2 -41.1 37.7 -2.7
6         Gov't Agency Bonds, net 123.2 225.3 125.8 230.6 12.7 11.5 13.6 8.4
7         Corporate Bonds, net 137.9 130.1 138.5 126.0 8.3 5.7 -4.8 18.0
8         Equities, net -98.7 -19.1 -126.6 24.9 -4.9 -9.5 16.9 17.4
                           
9       Official, net /3 -212.4 -289.0 -286.6 -246.3 1.1 18.1 -48.7 -5.2
10         Treasury Bonds & Notes, net -225.9 -329.8 -306.7 -281.0 -0.9 18.6 -44.9 -10.7
11         Gov't Agency Bonds, net 33.5 40.7 37.7 35.7 3.0 1.1 -1.2 4.3
12         Corporate Bonds, net -3.8 -5.3 -2.3 -6.7 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 -0.4
13         Equities, net -16.2 5.4 -15.3 5.7 0.1 -0.5 -1.5 1.7
                           
14     Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents 10726.6 10105.4 10646.8 10409.4 928.3 831.4 910.4 947.5
15     Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents 10564.7 9918.0 10441.1 10276.6 910.8 830.2 919.3 930.1
16     Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4 161.9 187.5 205.7 132.8 17.5 1.1 -8.9 17.5
                           
17         Foreign Bonds Purchased, net 276.1 258.7 307.7 214.2 17.0 19.3 0.3 26.7
18         Foreign Equities Purchased, net -114.2 -71.3 -102.0 -81.4 0.4 -18.2 -9.2 -9.3
                           
19     Net Long-term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16): 317.5 238.8 364.3 242.4 35.8 -14.1 5.9 53.4
                           
20     Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5 -277.5 -273.1 -222.7 -271.8 -18.7 -16.6 -5.3 -38.6
                           
21   Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term Securities                
          (lines 19 and 20): 40.0 -34.3 141.6 -29.3 17.1 -30.7 0.6 14.8
                           
22   Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar-denominated Short-term                
          U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities: /6 85.2 11.5 42.2 20.0 -13.2 24.0 13.2 -13.5
23     U.S. Treasury Bills 53.1 -54.8 35.2 -63.3 0.1 11.1 2.9 -20.2
24       Private, net 51.7 -16.5 67.7 -41.9 -0.3 8.3 0.1 -16.6
25       Official, net 1.4 -38.3 -32.4 -21.4 0.4 2.8 2.8 -3.6
26     Other Negotiable Instruments                
          and Selected Other Liabilities: /7 32.1 66.3 6.9 83.3 -13.3 12.9 10.3 6.7
27       Private, net 34.8 65.7 18.0 72.6 -10.6 15.4 5.9 1.5
28       Official, net -2.6 0.6 -11.1 10.7 -2.7 -2.5 4.4 5.2
                           
29   Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-denominated Liabilities -129.7 -128.6 -105.8 -147.7 11.6 -69.6 107.4 18.0
                           
30 Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /8 -4.5 -151.4 77.9 -157.1 15.6 -76.3 121.2 19.3
    of which                  
31     Private, net 187.7 208.9 401.5 163.2 16.9 -91.9 154.9 30.9
32     Official, net -192.2 -360.3 -323.6 -320.3 -1.3 15.6 -33.8 -11.6
                           
                           
/1     Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)                
/2     Includes international and regional organizations                
/3     The reported division of net purchases of long-term securities between net purchases by foreign official institutions and net purchases
        of other foreign investors is subject to a "transaction bias" described in Frequently Asked Questions 7 and 10.a.4 on the TIC website.
/4     Net transactions in foreign securities by U.S. residents. Foreign purchases of foreign securities = U.S. sales of foreign securities to foreigners.
        Thus negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital from the United States; positive entries
        indicate net U.S. sales of foreign securities.                
/5     Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency asset-backed securities +  
        estimated foreign acquisitions of U.S. equity through stock swaps -              
        estimated U.S. acquisitions of foreign equity through stock swaps +              
        increase in nonmarketable Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other Residents of Foreign Countries.  
/6     These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody liabilities. Data on custody claims are collected  
        quarterly and published in the TIC website.                
/7     "Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.  
/8     TIC data cover most components of international financial flows, but do not include data on direct investment flows, which are collected
        and published by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition to the monthly data summarized here, the
        TIC collects quarterly data on some banking and nonbanking assets and liabilities. Frequently Asked Question 1 on the TIC website
        describes the scope of TIC data collection.