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April 16, 2007
HP-353
Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for February
Washington, DC - Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 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 March, is scheduled for May 15, 2007.
Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $58.1 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $77.9 billion. Of this, net purchases by foreign official institutions were $12.6 billion, and net purchases by private foreign investors were $65.3 billion.
U.S. residents purchased a net $19.8 billion in long-term foreign securities.
Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $43.2 billion.
Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities increased $20.8 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills increased $5.3 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased $30.4 billion.
Monthly net TIC flows were $94.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were $61.6 billion and net foreign official flows were $32.9 billion.
TIC Monthly
Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2005
2006
Feb-06
Feb-07
Nov-06
Dec-06
Jan-07
Feb-07
Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term
Securities
1
Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities
17157.5
21104.2
17713.0
21744.8
1925.6
1849.9
1824.4
2023.7
2
Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities
16145.9
19966.0
16690.6
20603.2
1807.2
1788.0
1707.6
1945.7
3
Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1
