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Treasury International Capital Data for December

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Press Center

Treasury International Capital Data for December
2/15/2012

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 2011. The
next release, which will report on data for January 2012, is scheduled for March 15, 2012.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in December — net sales were $21.0 billion. Net sales by private
foreign investors were $11.5 billion, and net sales by foreign official institutions were $9.5 billion.
At the same time, U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $38.9 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $17.9 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 $1.6 billion in December.
Foreigners decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $1.6 billion. Foreign holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S.
securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $18.3 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $103.8 billion.
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 $87.1 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $113.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows
were $25.9 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website at:
www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/index.aspx
Press Notice TIC for February 2012
TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months Through
2009
2010
Dec-10
Dec-11

Sep-11

Oct-11

Nov-11

Dec-11

Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities
1
2
3

Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities
Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities
Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1

20479.7
19840.9
638.9

25017.0
24108.7
908.3

25017.0
24108.7
908.3

27739.6
27300.4
439.2

2336.1
2267.0
69.0

2165.6
2153.4
12.2

2113.5
2055.6
58.0

1630.0
1651.1
-21.0

4
5
6
7
8

Private, net /2
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
Corporate Bonds, net
Equities, net

511.0
377.0
31.4
-38.4
141.1

776.1
531.6
146.2
-14.0
112.3

776.1
531.6
146.2
-14.0
112.3

268.4
234.1
57.6
-44.0
20.7

32.1
48.5
8.2
-5.2
-19.4

16.2
21.3
4.1
-10.9
1.8

40.3
30.3
11.5
3.5
-5.1

-11.5
3.7
16.4
-19.3
-12.3

9
10
11
12
13

Official, net /3
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
Corporate Bonds, net
Equities, net

127.9
161.4
-42.9
-2.3
11.7

132.2
172.1
-38.2
0.8
-2.5

132.2
172.1
-38.2
0.8
-2.5

170.7
144.2
23.3
-1.2
4.5

36.9
38.4
-1.8
0.3
0.0

-4.0
-6.0
0.7
0.4
0.9

17.7
23.7
-5.3
1.3
-2.0

-9.5
-20.3
10.8
-1.4
1.3

14
15
16

Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents
Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents
Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4

5121.4
5308.3
-186.8

7323.8
7439.1
-115.3

7323.8
7439.1
-115.3

7498.0
7621.9
-123.9

575.2
575.2
0.0

574.2
578.3
-4.1

588.1
584.8
3.3

542.2
503.3
38.9

17
18

Foreign Bonds Purchased, net
Foreign Equities Purchased, net

-127.5
-59.4

-54.6
-60.6

-54.6
-60.6

-52.7
-71.2

-2.0
2.0

-1.9
-2.2

2.0
1.4

28.1
10.8

452.0

793.0

793.0

315.3

69.0

8.1

61.3

17.9

19

Net Long-term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16):

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20
21

22

Treasury International Capital Data for December
Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5

Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term Securities
(lines 19 and 20):

27
28

Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar-denominated Short-term
U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities: /6
U.S. Treasury Bills
Private, net
Official, net
Other Negotiable Instruments
and Selected Other Liabilities: /7
Private, net
Official, net

29

Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-denominated Liabilities

23
24
25
26

30Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /8
of which
31
Private, net
32
Official, net
/1
/2
/3
/4

/5

/6
/7
/8

-205.1

-235.3

-235.3

-173.9

-12.9

-13.4

-15.5

-16.3

246.9

557.7

557.7

141.4

56.1

-5.4

45.8

1.6

-166.8
-7.6
-77.8
70.2

-55.3
-20.4
45.3
-65.8

-55.3
-20.4
45.3
-65.8

-114.1
-81.8
22.9
-104.7

-4.9
3.2
25.2
-21.9

-41.0
-11.5
1.1
-12.7

38.0
26.1
21.8
4.3

-18.3
-1.6
19.7
-21.4

-159.2
-121.2
-38.0

-34.9
-36.8
1.9

-34.9
-36.8
1.9

-32.3
-19.5
-12.8

-8.1
-4.0
-4.1

-29.4
-23.3
-6.2

11.9
10.3
1.6

-16.6
-12.6
-4.0

-396.4

-205.7

-205.7

376.7

10.8

3.0

-40.9

103.8

-316.3

296.7

296.7

404.0

62.0

-43.3

42.9

87.1

-342.5
26.2

365.9
-69.2

365.9
-69.2

402.9
1.1

75.3
-13.3

-3.9
-39.4

22.5
20.4

113.0
-25.9

Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)
Includes international and regional organizations
The reported division of net purchases of long-term securities between net purchases by foreign official institutions and net purchases
of other foreign investors is subject to a "transaction bias" described in Frequently Asked Questions 7 and 10.a.4 on the TIC website.
Net transactions in foreign securities by U.S. residents. Foreign purchases of foreign securities = U.S. sales of foreign securities to foreigners.
Thus negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital from the United States; positive entries
indicate net U.S. sales of foreign securities.
Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency asset-backed securities +
estimated foreign acquisitions of U.S. equity through stock swaps estimated U.S. acquisitions of foreign equity through stock swaps +
increase in nonmarketable Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other Residents of Foreign Countries.
These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody liabilities. Data on custody claims are collected
quarterly and published in the Treasury Bulletin and the TIC website.
"Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.
TIC data cover most components of international financial flows, but do not include data on direct investment flows, which are collected
and published by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition to the monthly data summarized here, the
TIC collects quarterly data on some banking and nonbanking assets and liabilities. Frequently Asked Question 1 on the TIC website
describes the scope of TIC data collection.

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