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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2024
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2024. 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 $51.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $36.2 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $15.5 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; their net purchases were $145.7 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $117.5 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $28.2 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $74.1 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 $71.5 billion in February.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $11.1 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $10.5 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $30.3 billion.
Posted: April 17, 2024 Wednesday 04:00 PM