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Date	Monthly TIC Data Releases (Press Release at 4 PM, securities and banking and other data between 4 and 4:15 PM in Washington D.C.*)					Annual TIC Data on Holdings of Securities (Press Release at 4 PM and report between 4:00 and 4:15 PM in Wash. D.C.*)		Other (between 4 and 4:15 PM in Wash. D.C.*; 1 to 1:15 PM in December)
	Press Release and securities & banking data (monthly)	also: derivatives data (quarterly)	also: all banking claims & liabilities; all portfolio liabilities (quarterly)	also: nonfinancial company data (quarterly)	also: data on holdings of long-term securities (monthly)	Foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities	U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities	U.S. gross external debt (quarterly)
2020
Jan	16				16
Feb	18				18	28 – prelim.
Mar	16	16	16	16	16			31
Apr	15				15	30
May	15				15
June	15	15	15	15	15			30
July	16				16
Aug	17				17		31 - prelim
Sept	16	16	16	16	16			30
Oct	16				16		30
Nov	17				17
Dec	15	15	15	15	15			31
2021
Jan	19				19
Feb	16				16	26 – prelim.
Mar	15	15	15	15	15			31
Apr	15				15	30
May	17				17
June	15	15	15	15	15			30
July	16				16
Aug	16				16		31 - prelim
Sept	16	16	16	16	16			30
Oct	18				18		29
Nov	16				16
Dec	15	15	15	15	15			30

* Data are posted after the press release; data are posted in random groups during the next 15 minutes, usually.

 

REVISIONS and RELEASE DATES:

1. Monthly Press Release of monthly data on Securities & Banking.
   Monthly data on (a) transactions in, and holdings of, long-term securities, and (b) on banking claims and liabilities are updated on the 11th business day of each month. For the transactions and banking data there is a 1.5 month lag between the release date and the as-of date. For the securities holdings data there is a 1.5 month lag for Treasury securities and a 2.5 month lag for all other securities; the first releases were May, July, September and December of 2012 before monthly releases began in March 2013. Beginning September 16, 2014, the monthly Treasury International Capital (TIC) data are released at 4:00 PM Eastern time. Previously, the release time was normally at 09:00 a.m. in Washington D.C. [These series are available on the TIC Homepage from lines 1, 2.a, 2.b, and 3.]
   
   Notes on Revisions of monthly and quarterly data:
   (c) The January, April, July, and October releases reflect revised data for the past year. For significant revisions, the release will reflect revised data beyond the past year. All other releases reflect revised data for the prior 3 months.
   (d) The monthly table showing Major Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities is available on the TIC Homepage from line 2.b. Beginning December 2011, the data are based on the monthly Form SLT data, and revised as described in (c) above. Before September 2011, revised data back to the previous June was usually released in March to include preliminary data from the annual survey of foreign holdings of U.S. securities at end-June of the previous year. The May release usually included the final results from that survey.
   
   
2. Annual Securities Holdings Data.
   Two complementary surveys measure cross-border portfolio holdings of securities. The time of release is normally at 04:00 p.m. in Washington D.C. [These series are available on the TIC Homepage from line 2.c.]
   (a) Foreign Portfolio Holdings of U.S. Securities. Annual data are available beginning as of June 30, 2002. Preliminary data for the survey are released on the last business day of February; the final report is released on the last business day of April. Previously, detailed benchmark surveys were conducted approximately every five years, for end-year 1974, 1978, 1984, 1989, and 1994 and for end-March 2000.
   (b) U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities. Annual data are available beginning as of December 31, 2003. Preliminary data from the survey are released on the last business day of August; the final report is released on the last business day of October. Previously, detailed benchmark surveys were conducted as of March 31, 1994, year-end 1997, and year-end 2001.
   
   
3. Quarterly Derivatives data on holdings and cash settlements. The releases are made at the same time as the monthly press releases (see 1 above) in March, June, September, and December. Before September 2012, the releases were made at the same time as the monthly press releases in January, April, July, and October. [These series are available on the TIC Homepage from line 4.]
   
   
4. Quarterly Nonbanking Claims and Liabilities.  The releases are made at the same time as the monthly press releases (see 1 above) in March, June, September, and December. [These series are available on the TIC Homepage from line 5.]
   
   
5. Quarterly U.S. Gross External Debt. The time of release is normally at 4:00 p.m. in Washington D.C. The release dates are the last business day of each quarter (March, June, September, and December). [These series are available on the TIC Homepage from line 6.]
   Notes: Revised data for the previous five quarters (back to the first quarter of the previous year) are normally released on the last business day of June. Revisions include the results of the Survey of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at end-June of the previous year.