| | | TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows |
| | | (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted) |
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| | | | | | 2014 | 2015 | Feb-15 | Feb-16 | Nov-15 | Dec-15 | Jan-16 | Feb-16 |
| | Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities | | | | | | | | |
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1 | | | Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities | 27867.8 | 29904.8 | 28210.5 | 30030.2 | 2370.5 | 2188.1 | 2317.3 | 2728.4 |
2 | | | Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities | 27618.5 | 29749.2 | 28042.4 | 29869.0 | 2326.3 | 2231.5 | 2350.7 | 2700.1 |
3 | | | Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1 | 249.3 | 155.6 | 168.1 | 161.2 | 44.3 | -43.4 | -33.4 | 28.3 |
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4 | | | | Private, net /2 | 171.0 | 368.0 | 114.0 | 447.8 | 44.4 | 8.0 | 22.9 | 68.5 |
5 | | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 120.6 | 205.6 | -2.9 | 308.1 | 37.5 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 58.2 |
6 | | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 43.2 | 123.2 | 62.2 | 124.8 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 11.1 |
7 | | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 18.4 | 137.9 | 41.5 | 138.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 11.5 |
8 | | | | | Equities, net | -11.2 | -98.7 | 13.2 | -123.6 | -10.1 | -9.5 | 5.8 | -12.4 |
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9 | | | | Official, net /3 | 78.3 | -212.4 | 54.1 | -286.6 | -0.2 | -51.3 | -56.3 | -40.2 |
10 | | | | | Treasury Bonds & Notes, net | 44.9 | -225.9 | 21.4 | -307.8 | 0.9 | -48.1 | -57.2 | -48.3 |
11 | | | | | Gov't Agency Bonds, net | 31.4 | 33.5 | 32.3 | 38.8 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
12 | | | | | Corporate Bonds, net | 7.0 | -3.8 | 5.8 | -2.3 | -1.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
13 | | | | | Equities, net | -4.9 | -16.2 | -5.4 | -15.3 | -2.9 | -4.3 | -1.2 | 1.2 |
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14 | | | Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents | 9145.0 | 10726.6 | 9313.6 | 10648.9 | 803.2 | 746.2 | 756.2 | 799.9 |
15 | | | Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents | 9119.0 | 10564.9 | 9289.7 | 10441.4 | 812.9 | 732.2 | 734.7 | 756.2 |
16 | | | Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4 | 25.9 | 161.7 | 23.9 | 207.5 | -9.6 | 14.0 | 21.5 | 43.7 |
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17 | | | | | Foreign Bonds Purchased, net | 131.7 | 276.1 | 137.2 | 309.5 | -11.3 | 19.1 | 28.1 | 45.2 |
18 | | | | | Foreign Equities Purchased, net | -105.7 | -114.4 | -113.4 | -102.0 | 1.7 | -5.1 | -6.6 | -1.5 |
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19 | | | Net Long-term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16): | 275.3 | 317.3 | 192.0 | 368.7 | 34.6 | -29.4 | -11.9 | 72.0 |
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20 | | | Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5 | -84.0 | -285.4 | -165.3 | -226.0 | -14.4 | -12.2 | -30.8 | -11.1 |
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21 | | Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term Securities | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | (lines 19 and 20): | 191.2 | 31.9 | 26.7 | 142.7 | 20.3 | -41.6 | -42.7 | 60.9 |
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22 | | Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar-denominated Short-term | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities: /6 | 7.1 | 71.0 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 52.3 | 57.0 | -2.4 | -6.2 |
23 | | | U.S. Treasury Bills | -13.9 | 53.1 | 1.3 | 35.2 | 51.8 | 54.1 | -5.6 | -3.2 |
24 | | | | Private, net | 49.2 | 51.7 | 38.3 | 67.6 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
25 | | | | Official, net | -63.1 | 1.4 | -37.1 | -32.4 | 19.1 | 10.3 | -7.0 | -10.7 |
26 | | | Other Negotiable Instruments | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | and Selected Other Liabilities: /7 | 21.0 | 17.9 | 26.3 | -7.0 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | -3.0 |
27 | | | | Private, net | 7.9 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 4.7 | -4.0 |
28 | | | | Official, net | 13.1 | -2.6 | 18.0 | -11.1 | -5.3 | 0.2 | -1.5 | 1.0 |
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29 | | Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-denominated Liabilities | 39.7 | -185.4 | -13.6 | -160.6 | -76.7 | -122.7 | 161.7 | -21.1 |
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30 | Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /8 | 238.0 | -82.5 | 40.5 | 10.2 | -4.1 | -107.4 | 116.6 | 33.5 |
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31 | | | Private, net | 266.3 | 100.4 | 18.3 | 318.4 | -13.3 | -82.1 | 174.0 | 62.3 |
32 | | | Official, net | -28.3 | -183.0 | 22.2 | -308.2 | 9.2 | -25.3 | -57.4 | -28.7 |
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/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. | | | | | | | | |
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