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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2014
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2014. 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 $167.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $147.5 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $20.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $84.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $66.3 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $18.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $1.0 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $85.7 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $76.5 billion in February.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $2.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $4.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $86.7 billion.
Posted: April 15, 2014 Tuesday 09:00 AM