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March 15, 2007
HP-317
Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for January
Washington, DC - Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site (www.treas.gov/tic). The next release, which will report on data for February, is scheduled for April 16, 2007.
Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $97.4 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $115.0 billion. Of this, net purchases by foreign official institutions were $12.3 billion, and net purchases by private foreign investors were $102.7 billion.
U.S. residents purchased a net $17.6 billion in long-term foreign securities.
Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $84.0 billion.
Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities increased $23.4 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills increased $1.2 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased $32.8 billion.
Monthly net TIC flows were $74.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were $47.4 billion and net foreign official flows were $27.2 billion.
TIC Monthly
Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2005
2006
Jan-06
Jan-07
Oct-06
Nov-06
Dec-06
Jan-07
Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term
Securities
1
Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities
17157.5
21101.9
17456.5
21325.4
1876.0
1928.5
1850.4
1809.6
2
Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities
16145.9
19960.3
16447.6
20155.1
1767.1
1806.9
1787.6
1694.6
3
Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1
1011.5
1141.7
1008.9
1170.3
108.9
121.6
62.8
115.0
4
Private, net /2
891.1
956.1
884.6
991.0
83.6
115.1
38.8
102.7
5
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
269.4
135.7
239.4
161.0
6.5
32.5
4.5
20.6
6
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
187.6
202.0
188.8
202.0
10.9
11.8
12.5
20.2
7
Corporate Bonds, net
353.1
474.2
364.2
487.3
38.8
61.8
32.9
40.8
8
Equities, net
81.0
144.1
92.2
140.9
27.4
9.1
-11.1
21.1
9
Official, net /3
120.4
185.6
124.3
179.2
25.3
6.5
24.0
12.3
10
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
68.7
62.5
67.4
50.9
18.5
1.0
6.1
-5.3
11
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
31.6
88.8
34.3
95.6
5.3
4.0
15.5
15.8
12
Corporate Bonds, net
19.1
28.5
20.2
28.5
2.0
3.6
2.9
2.4
13
Equities, net
1.0
5.8
2.4
4.3
-0.4
-2.1
-0.5
-0.6
14
Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S.
Residents
3700.0
5566.5
3857.3
5718.5
507.6
533.5
520.8
552.5
15
Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S.
Residents
3872.4
5815.2
4037.9
5969.3
524.2
570.9
569.4
570.0
16
Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4
-172.4
-248.7
-180.6
-250.9
-16.6
-37.4
-48.5
-17.6
17
Foreign Bonds Purchased, net
-45.1
-142.3
-47.4
-143.1
-8.2
-17.6
-29.6
-4.8
18
Foreign Equities Purchased, net
-127.3
-106.3
-133.2
-107.7
-8.4
-19.8
-18.9
-12.7
19
Net Long-Term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16):
839.1
893.0
828.3
919.4
92.4
84.2
14.3
97.4
20
Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net
/5
-140.0
-165.7
-146.3
-164.3
-10.4
-32.6
-13.1
-13.4
21
Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-Term Securities
(lines 19 and 20):
699.1
727.3
682.0
755.2
82.0
51.6
1.2
84.0
22
Increase in Foreign Holdings of
Dollar-denominated Short-term
