Treasury International Capital Data For February

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2018. The next release, which will report on data for March 2018, is scheduled for May 15, 2018.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 $44.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $26.9 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $17.8 billion.Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $57.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $31.6 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $26.3 billion.U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $8.9 billion.Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $49.0 billion.