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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2023
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2023. The sum total in February of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $28.0 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $37.4 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $65.5 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $63.6 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $9.4 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $54.2 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $7.4 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $71.0 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of U.S. stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $72.2 billion in February.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $25.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $32.5 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $11.6 billion.
Posted: April 17, 2023 Monday 04:00 PM