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Treasury International Capital Data For July | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury International Capital Data For July
September 18, 2017

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data
for July 2017. The next release, which will report on data for August 2017, is scheduled for October 17, 2017.
The sum total in July of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and
banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $7.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $6.0
billion, and net foreign o icial outflows were $13.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July; net purchases were $5.1
billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $21.0 billion, while net sales by foreign o icial
institutions were $16.0 billion.
U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $3.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term
securities were $1.3 billion. A er including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments
to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign sales of long-term securities are estimated to
have been $43.1 billion in July.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $3.1 billion. Foreign resident holdings of
all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $7.4 billion.
Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $28.4 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website.
About TIC Data
The monthly data on holdings of long-term securities, as well as the monthly table on Major Foreign Holders
of Treasury Securities, reflect foreign holdings of U.S. securities collected primarily on the basis of custodial
data. These data help provide a window into foreign ownership of U.S. securities, but they cannot attribute
holdings of U.S. securities with complete accuracy. For example, if a U.S. Treasury security purchased by a
foreign resident is held in a custodial account in a third country, the true ownership of the security will not be
reflected in the data. The custodial data will also not properly attribute U.S. Treasury securities managed by
foreign private portfolio managers who invest on behalf of residents of other countries. In addition, foreign
countries may hold dollars and other U.S. assets that are not captured in the TIC data. For these reasons, it is
di icult to draw precise conclusions from TIC data about changes in the foreign holdings of U.S. financial
assets by individual countries.
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Press notice TIC for September 2017
TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2015

2016

Jul-16

Jul-17

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

29904.8

29615.8

29230.9

30639.7

2163.8

2954.7

2875.3

2326.9

29749.2

29554.3

29206.9

30439.2

2160.0

2859.2

2840.0

2321.8

155.6

61.5

24.0

200.5

3.8

95.5

35.3

5.1

368.0

352.2

350.7

403.0

7.9

120.8

26.9

21.0

5

Treasury
Bonds &
Notes, net

205.6

5.7

122.4

104.4

-14.1

83.2

11.6

18.7

6

Gov't
Agency
Bonds, net

123.2

225.3

181.5

142.6

2.5

12.6

17.7

6.7

7

Corporate
Bonds, net

137.9

130.1

141.7

101.1

7.9

24.7

3.5

3.0

8

Equities,
net

-98.7

-9.0

-94.9

54.9

11.5

0.2

-5.9

-7.3

9

O icial, net
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-212.4

-290.8

-326.7

-202.5

-4.1

-25.3

8.3

-16.0

10

Treasury

-225.9

-331.6

-339.5

-236.7

-8.5

-36.8

8.1

-19.2

Foreigners'
Acquisitions of
Long-term
Securities

1

Gross Purchases
of Domestic U.S.
Securities

2

Gross Sales of
Domestic U.S.
Securities

3

Domestic
Securities
Purchased, net
(line 1 less line 2)
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4

Private, net
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Bonds &
Notes, net

11

Gov't
Agency
Bonds, net

33.5

40.7

26.4

34.0

1.7

9.7

-0.5

3.6

12

Corporate
Bonds, net

-3.8

-5.3

-7.5

-3.6

-0.1

1.3

-0.7

0.0

13

Equities,
net

-16.2

5.4

-6.0

3.8

2.8

0.5

1.4

-0.3

14

Gross Purchases
of Foreign
Securities from
U.S. Residents

10726.6

10123.1

9960.9

11820.3

948.5

1191.2

1231.4

1100.1

15

Gross Sales of
Foreign
Securities to U.S.
Residents

10564.7

9920.0

9741.4

11690.5

942.6

1194.8

1232.2

1103.9

16

Foreign
Securities
Purchased, net
(line 14 less line
15) /4

161.9

203.1

219.5

129.8

5.9

-3.6

-0.8

-3.8

17

Foreign
Bonds
Purchased,
net

276.1

258.7

280.2

225.8

28.2

10.1

14.3

11.7

18

Foreign
Equities
Purchased,
net

-114.2

-55.6

-60.7

-95.9

-22.4

-13.7

-15.2

-15.4

317.5

264.6

243.5

330.3

9.7

91.9

34.4

1.3

-277.5

-273.1

-225.2

-276.0

-13.0

-18.2

-19.7

-44.5

19

20

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

Other
Acquisitions of

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Securities, net /5

21

Net Foreign
Acquisition of Longterm Securities
(lines 19
and 20):

22

40.0

-8.5

18.3

54.4

-3.4

73.7

14.8

-43.1

85.1

16.3

32.4

100.0

26.0

32.0

-2.5

7.4

Increase in Foreign
Holdings of Dollardenominated
Short-term
U.S.
Securities
and Other
Custody
Liabilities:
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23

U.S. Treasury
Bills

53.1

-52.4

-12.4

19.3

7.2

24.0

-5.4

3.1

24

Private, net

51.7

-14.1

70.2

-34.7

-1.6

21.2

-6.6

3.0

25

O icial, net

1.4

-38.3

-82.6

54.0

8.8

2.8

1.2

0.1

32.1

68.6

44.8

80.6

18.8

8.1

2.9

4.3

26

Other
Negotiable
Instruments
and
Selected
Other
Liabilities:
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27

Private, net

34.7

67.6

47.9

75.0

18.1

7.8

4.0

1.8

28

O icial, net

-2.6

1.1

-3.1

5.6

0.8

0.3

-1.1

2.5

29

Change in Banks'
Own Net Dollardenominated
Liabilities

-138.0

-109.7

-187.5

-13.4

51.6

-51.0

-6.3

28.4

30

Monthly Net TIC Flows

-12.8

-101.9

-136.8

141.0

74.2

54.7

5.9

-7.3

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(lines 21,22,29) /8
of
which
31

Private, net

179.6

260.2

260.7

353.2

83.2

85.7

-5.1

6.0

32

O icial, net

-192.4

-362.1

-397.5

-212.2

-8.9

-31.0

11.0

-13.3

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Net foreign
purchases of U.S.
securities (+)

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Includes
international and
regional
organizations

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The reported division of net purchases of long-term securities between net purchases by foreign
o icial 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.

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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.

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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 O icial Institutions
and Other Residents of Foreign Countries.

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These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody
liabilities. Data on custody claims are collected

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quarterly and
published in
the TIC
website.
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"Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are
managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.

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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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