February TIC data released

Treasury has released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2017. The sum total in February of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $19.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $30.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $11.6 billion. Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in February; net purchases were $35.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $41.1 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $5.2 billion.