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Treasury International Capital Data for February 2012
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2012. In sum, the net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, the change in foreign holdings of short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows yielded monthly net TIC inflows of $107.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $86.9 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $20.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February – net purchases were $24.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $6.2 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $18.6 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $14.6 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $10.1 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been negative $4.9 billion in February.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $25.9 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $64.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $48.0 billion.
Posted: April 16, 2012 Monday 09:00 AM