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February 15, 2007
HP-263
Treasury International Capital Data for December
Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December are released
today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site (www.treas.gov/tic).
The next release, which will report on data for January, is scheduled
for March 15, 2007.
Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $15.6 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $63.0
billion. Of this, net purchases by foreign official institutions
were $24.0 billion, and net purchases by private foreign investors
were $39.0 billion.
U.S. residents purchased a net $47.4 billion in long-term foreign
securities.
Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments,
is estimated to have been $2.5 billion.
Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities,
including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities increased
$6.5 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills decreased $4.9
billion.
Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents
decreased $20.0 billion.
Monthly net TIC flows were minus $11.0 billion. Of this, net foreign
private flows were minus $42.5 billion and net foreign official
flows were positive $31.5 billion.
TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border
Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
2004
2005
2006
Sep-06
Oct-06
Nov-06
Dec-06
Foreigners' Acquisitions of
Long-term Securities
1
Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S.
Securities
15178.9
17157.5
21100.8
1750.4
1875.2
1928.1
1850.4
2
Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities
14262.4
16145.9
19958.7
1649.9
1766.6
1805.9
1787.4
3
Domestic Securities Purchased,
net (line 1 less line 2) /1
916.5
1011.5
1142.1
100.5
108.6
122.2
63.0
4
Private, net /2
680.9
891.1
956.5
83.7
83.3
115.7
39.0
5
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
150.9
269.4
136.0
-6.1
6.2
33.1
4.5
6
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
205.7
187.6
202.0
17.3
10.9
11.8
12.5
7
Corporate Bonds, net
298.0
353.1
474.4
57.1
38.8
61.8
33.1
8
Equities, net
26.2
81.0
144.1
15.3
27.4
9.1
-11.1
9
Official, net /3
235.6
120.4
185.6
16.7
25.3
6.5
24.0
10
Treasury Bonds & Notes, net
201.1
68.7
62.5
7.7
18.5
1.0
6.1
11
Gov't Agency Bonds, net
20.8
31.6
88.8
7.9
5.3
4.0
15.5
12
Corporate Bonds, net
11.5
19.1
28.5
1.8
2.0
3.6
2.9
13
Equities, net
2.2
1.0
5.8
-0.7
-0.4
-2.1
-0.5
14
Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities
from U.S. Residents
3123.1
3700.0
5568.4
427.1
509.2
533.5
521.3
15
Gross Sales of Foreign Securities
to U.S. Residents
3276.0
3872.4
5814.5
449.9
524.2
570.9
568.7
16
Foreign Securities Purchased,
net (line 14 less line 15) /4
-152.8
-172.4
-246.0
-22.8
-15.0
-37.4
-47.4
17
Foreign Bonds Purchased, net
-67.9
-45.1
-139.7
-13.6
-6.7
-17.6
-28.5
18
Foreign Equities Purchased, net
-85.0
-127.3
-106.3
-9.2
-8.4
-19.8
-18.9
19
Net Long-Term Securities Transactions
(line 3 plus line 16):
763.6
839.1
896.1
77.7
93.5
84.9
15.6
20
Other Acquisitions of Long-term
Securities, net /5
-38.8
-140.0
-165.7
-11.9
-10.4
-32.6
-13.1
21
Net Foreign Acquisition of
Long-Term Securities
(lines 19 and 20):
724.8
699.1
730.4
65.7
83.1
52.2
2.5
22
Increase in Foreign Holdings
of Dollar-denominated Short-term
U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities:
/6
190.1
-47.6
125.7
-10.3
0.6
17.0
6.5
23
U.S. Treasury Bills
60.0
-58.9
-9.0
-14.5
4.1
9.5
-4.9
24
Private, net
26.8
-15.6
16.0
-3.9
5.0
1.8
4.4
25
Official, net
33.2
-43.3
-25.0
-10.6
-0.9
7.7
-9.3
26
Other
Negotiable Instruments
and Selected Other Liabilities: /7
130.1
11.4
134.7
4.1
-3.4
7.5
11.5
27
Private, net
77.4
10.6
154.5
5.9
7.4
9.3
4.7
28
Official, net
52.8
0.8
-19.8
-1.7
-10.8
-1.8
6.7
29
Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-Denominated
Liabilities
63.9
16.4
-28.2
13.6
-7.5
1.2
-20.0
30
Monthly
Net TIC Flows (lines
21,22,29) /8
978.9
667.9
827.9
69.1
76.3
70.5
-11.0
of
which
31
Private, net
637.2
580.6
699.3
57.1
83.2
61.1
-42.5
32
Official, net
341.6
87.3
128.7
11.9
-6.9
9.4
31.5
/1
Net foreign purchases of U.S.
securities (+)
/2
Includes international and regional
organizations
/3
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 web site.�
/4
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.
/5
Minus estimated unrecorded principal
repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency
asset-backed securities +
estimated foreign acquisitions
of U.S. equities through stock swaps -
estimated U.S. acquisitions of
foreign equities through stock swaps +
increase in nonmarketable Treasury
Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other
Residents of Foreign Countries.
/6
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 on the TIC web site.
/7
"Selected Other Liabilities"
are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that
are managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.
/8
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 web�