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Treasury International Capital Data for September

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Press Center

Treasury International Capital Data for September
11/16/2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2012. The next release, which will report on data for
October 2012, is scheduled for December 17, 2012.
The sum total in September of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $4.7 billion. Of this, net
foreign private inflows were negative $9.0 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $13.7 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in September – net purchases were $17.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $3.8 billion,
and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $14.1 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 $3.3 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 $18.5 billion in
September.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $23.6 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody
liabilities increased by $17.0 billion.

Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $6.1 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website at:

www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/index.aspx

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 difficult to draw precise conclusions from TIC data about changes in the foreign holdings of U.S. financial assets
by individual countries.

Press notice TIC for November 2012

TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)

2010

2011

12 Months
Through
Sep-11 Sep-12

Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12

Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term
Securities
1
2
3
4
5

Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S.
25017.027818.8 28594.8 24662.6 1971.01908.0 2012.2 1958.2
Securities
Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities 24108.7 27325.5 27953.3 24207.6 1966.7 1847.3 1933.7 1940.3
Domestic Securities Purchased, net
908.3 493.4
641.4
455.0
4.3
60.8
78.5
17.9
(line 1 less line 2) /1
Private, net /2
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net

776.1
531.6

322.6
288.4

448.9
324.0

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255.6
208.8

-2.6
10.0

39.4
20.8

48.6
23.8

3.8
-18.3

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6
7
8

Gov't Agency Bonds, net
Corporate Bonds, net
Equities, net

146.2
-14.0
112.3

57.6
-44.0
20.6

53.2
-2.9
74.6

88.2
-72.5
31.1

14.0
-19.4
-7.1

12.8
-0.5
6.3

9.6
9.1
6.1

8.0
-9.3
23.4

9
10
11
12
13

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

132.2
172.1
-38.2
0.8
-2.5

170.7
144.2
23.3
-1.2
4.5

192.5
176.4
15.3
-1.4
2.1

199.4
182.2
7.1
3.2
6.9

6.8
21.3
-14.6
-2.7
2.8

21.3
28.7
-8.3
0.6
0.3

29.9
19.2
9.0
1.6
0.1

14.1
0.9
9.9
2.9
0.4

7323.8 7499.3

7558.4

7081.8

586.2

545.6

510.7

609.1

7439.1 7623.6

7758.8

7024.5

582.4

538.1

499.0

623.7

-115.3 -124.3

-200.5

57.3

3.8

7.4

11.7

-14.6

76.6
-19.2

10.5
-6.7

8.3
-0.8

14.1
-2.4

-21.6
7.0

14
15
16
17
18

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
Foreign Bonds Purchased, net
Foreign Equities Purchased, net

19

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

20

Other Acquisitions of Long-term
Securities, net /5

21

22

23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term
Securities
(lines 19 and 20):
Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollardenominated 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
Change in Banks' Own Net Dollardenominated Liabilities

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

/1
/2
/3

/4

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-54.6
-60.6

-52.6
-71.7

-92.2
-108.3

793.0

369.0

440.9

512.38.1

68.2

90.3

3.3

-234.7 -172.2

-186.9

-209.0-17.8

-19.1

-18.2

-21.8

558.3

196.8

254.1

303.4-9.7

49.1

72.0

-18.5

-81.2

-95.0

-134.2

43.7-2.3

-8.6

48.1

17.0

-40.2 -62.0
25.6
42.7
-65.8 -104.7

-112.3
4.8
-117.1

43.71.8
-12.5 39.1
23.6
47.2
-0.7
-5.3
21.1
12.8
-3.5
2.4
-7.2
18.0
10.8

-41.0
-42.9
1.9

-33.0
-20.0
-13.0

-21.9
-7.2
-14.7

0.1-4.1
10.6
-1.8
-10.5
-2.3

3.9
1.5
2.4

-177.3

388.9

347.1

68.0

299.9

490.7

467.0

415.1

11.1

71.7

63.5

4.7

363.4
-63.5

477.8
12.9

467.1
-0.1

317.7
97.4

23.6
-12.5

58.9
12.8

23.0
40.5

-9.0
13.7

23.231.2

9.1-6.6
10.2
-5.8
-1.1
-0.8

-56.7

6.1

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.

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Treasury International Capital Data for September
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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