DESCRIPTION OF ARCHIVE FILES BEGINNING WITH THE APRIL 2023 RELEASE: Beginning in April, there are five
 new files (with filenames "slt_tableX") that by design reduce the number of archive files, without
 reducing the information available on the website. For example, the new files include country data
 and thereby eliminate a great number of individual country files that used to be on the website.

1. Historical data file for the expanded press release that began on Nov 16, 2006:
(a) npr_history.html (was a .csv before the 09/18/2023 release): historical data for each row in the
    press release table. Same as #1 in REFERENCE section below.

2. Data files showing purchases and sales of long-term securities by foreign residents. Note: there is
   a series BREAK (only for these data) for data as-of February 2023, released in April 2023.):
(a) slt_table4.html. This NEW file replaces 13 of the 15 files previously shown in #2 of REFERENCE
   section below (the 15 are on lines 2(a) through 2(o) below; line 2(a) estimate is no longer needed
   and is discontinued because the ABS payments are now being collected on Form SLT; line 2(m) was
   discontinued by the source of the data.)
Note: data in the new file are presented from the U.S. point of view, not from the foreign point of
   view used previously. [For example, the new file shows "U.S. sales of U.S. securities to foreigners"
   (previously titled "gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents") and "U.S. purchases of
   U.S. securities from foreigners" (previously titled "gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents").

3. Data files showing “across-U.S.-border” holdings of Treasury securities by foreign residents,
   reported monthly by U.S. custodians and by U.S. investors and issuers not using U.S. custodians:
(a) slt-table5.html. This NEW file replaces the previous "mfh" (for Major Foreign Holders) file.
    The file shows the countries whose residents hold the most U.S. Treasury securities.
(b) mfhhis01.html (was a .txt file before the 01/17/2025 release): Historical "mfh" tables (usually the
    table as-of December of the year mentioned).
(c) treas_nonmkt.txt: Holdings of nonmarketable Treasury bonds and notes issued to official
    institutions and other residents of foreign countries.
(d) slt-table3.html (called “table 3b” before the 10/18/2023 release; called “slt-table6 before the
    4/17/2024 release). This NEW file replaces slt3d.txt (line 3(d) below in REFERENCE), and
    slt3d_globl.tic (line 3(e) below).

4. Data files showing “across-U.S.-border” holdings of all long-term securities by U.S. and foreign
   residents, reported monthly by U.S. custodians and by U.S. investors and issuers not using
   U.S. custodians:
(a) slt_table1.html: This NEW file replaces four previous archive files (see lines 4(a) through 4(d)
    in REFERENCE below). This table1 includes revised data on holdings back to January 2020.
(b) slt_table2.html: This NEW file replaces the four archive files (see lines 4(e) through 4(h) in
    REFERENCE below). This table2 includes revised data on holdings back to January 2020.
(c) totalticliabs.txt: Total U.S. Liabilities (securities, and of financial/banking and
    Non-financial/banking firms) by type of liability and holder (quarterly; same as line 4(i) in
    REFERENCE below.)
(d) totalticliabs_hist.txt: historical data of file (c) (quarterly; same as line 4(j) in
    REFERENCE below; (notes are in section 9;).

[Note: There are no changes in the following sections 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 from what was included before.]

5. Data files showing claims on foreign residents, including short-term securities, reported monthly
   by U.S. banks and other financial firms: For data after February 2003:
(a) cb_99996.txt: Grand total of purchases and sales by ALL foreign residents. [File also included
    in 3(b)]
(b) cb_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows purchases and sales by
    individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on the TIC
    Archives webpage.
(c) bctype.txt: Recent monthly data on U.S. Banking Claims on Foreigners.
(d) bctype_history.txt: Historical monthly data on U.S. Banking Claims on Foreigners.
(e) bclaims_cntry.txt: Total U.S. Banking & Short-term Securities Claims by country. (Most recent
    5 quarters; began 1-16-2014; notes are in section 9.)
For data before February 2003:
(f) bc_99996.txt: Grand total of purchases and sales by ALL foreign residents. [File also included
    in 3(f)]
(g) bc_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows purchases and sales by
    individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on the TIC
    Archives webpage.

6. Data files showing liabilities, including short-term securities, to foreign residents reported
   monthly by U.S. banks and other financial firms: For data after February 2003:
(h) lb_99996.txt: Grand total of purchases and sales by ALL foreign residents. [File also included
    in 4(b)]
(i) lb_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows purchases and sales by
    individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on the TIC
    Archives webpage.
(j) bltype.txt: Recent monthly data on U.S. Banking Liabilities to Foreigners.
(k) bltype_history.txt: Historical monthly data on U.S. Banking Liabilities to Foreigners.
(l) bliabs_cntry.txt: Total U.S. Banking & Short-term Securities Liabilities by country. (Most
    recent 5 quarters; began 1-16-2014; notes are in section 9)
(m) (Discontinued after July 2008; replaced by file bltype.txt.) cm-i-1-new-txt: Monthly update of
    Treasury Bulletin table CM-I-1 "U.S. Banking Liabilities to Foreigners" (also discontinued). 
   [File cm-i-1-new-txt was released on website only from Nov 16, 2006 through July 16, 2008.]
For data before February 2003: 
(n) bl_99996.txt: Grand total of purchases and sales by ALL foreign residents. [File also included
    in 4(f)]
(o) bl_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows purchases and sales by
    individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on the TIC
    Archives webpage.

7. Data files showing claims and liabilities to foreign residents reported quarterly by U.S.
   non-banks and non-financial firms [These data were first released on the website on April 16,
   2007. Subsequently they are released only in March, June, September and December, at the same
   time the monthly data are released.]
For data beginning December 1978:
(p) cq_99996.txt: Grand total of claims and liabilities by ALL foreign residents. [File also
    included in 5(b)]
(q) cq_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows claims and liabilities
    by individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on
    the TIC Archives webpage.
(r) cqclaims.txt: Detailed claims by ALL foreign residents.
(s) cqliab.txt: Detailed liabilities to ALL foreign residents.

8. Data files showing information on U.S. derivatives contracts with foreign residents, reported
   quarterly by
U.S. businesses with large holdings of derivatives contracts: [These data were first released on
   the website on May 15, 2007, and subsequently are released only in January, April, July, and
   October, at the same time the monthly data are released.]
For data beginning December 2005:
(t) d_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows gross positive and gross
    negative U.S. holdings with, and net cash settlements paid to U.S. from, that country. You
    can find name of country from the list of "country codes .. by code numbers" on the TIC
    Archives webpage.
(u) dholdpos.txt: Detailed Gross Positive U.S. Holdings with ALL foreign residents.
(v) dholdneg.txt: Detailed Gross Negative U.S. Holdings with ALL foreign residents.
(w) dsettle.txt: Detailed Net Cash Settlements to U.S. from ALL foreign residents.

9. Notes: Publication of TIC data in two sections of the Treasury Bulletin (the International
   Financial Statistics and Capital Movements sections) were discontinued after the December
   2013 issue. There was no loss of data because all such Bulletin data were available on the
   TIC website. However three useful Bulletin tables were continued on the TIC website: file
   at section 5(e) replaces Bulletin Table CM-II-2; file in section 6(e) replaces Bulletin
   Table CM-I-2; and files in section 4(i) and 4(j) replace Bulletin Table IFS-2.




REFERENCE: Archived Files RELEASED BEFORE APRIL 2023 that are now DISCONTINUED:
Descriptions of Data Files previously contained in Archives (.zip files) of monthly TIC data
   releases.

Summary of discontinued sections below: Press release data are in section 1; Securities data
  are in sections 2,3, & 4 (short-term securities data in 5 and 6 are not discontinued).

1. Historical data file for the expanded press release that began on Nov 16, 2006:
(x) npr_history.csv: historical data for each row in the new press release.

2. Data files showing purchases and sales of long-term securities by foreign residents:
(y) absdata.txt: Estimated monthly principal payments, worldwide, on
    Asset-Backed-Securities to foreign holders since July 2002.
(z) agnsect.txt: Net purchases of agency securities by foreign official and other foreign
    investors.
(aa) corpsect.txt: Net purchases of corporate bonds by foreign official and other foreigners.
(bb) frgn_abs_net.txt: Total Purchases and Sales of Long-Term Foreign Asset-Backed
     Securities by U.S. Residents.
(cc) netfsec.txt: Net purchases of foreign-issued stocks and bonds.
(dd) s1_99996.txt: Grand total of purchases and sales by ALL foreign residents. [File also
     included in 2(m)]
(ee) s1_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows purchases and
     sales by individual country. Name of country is in list of "country codes..by code
     numbers" on the TIC Archives webpage.
(ff) snetfor.txt: Recent monthly net transactions by country in foreign long-term securities.
(gg) snetforq.txt: Recent quarterly net transactions by country in foreign long-term securities.
(hh) snetus.txt: Recent monthly net transactions by country in U.S. long-term securities.
(ii) snetusq.txt: Recent quarterly net transactions by country in U.S. long-term securities.
(jj) stksect.txt: Net purchases of U.S. stocks by foreign official and other foreigers.
(kk) swapdata.txt: Estimated monthly stock swaps, worldwide, since January 2000.
(ll) tressect.txt: Net purchases of Treasury bonds & notes by foreign official institutions
     and other foreigners.
(mm) us_abs_net.txt: Total Foreign Purchases and Sales of Long-Term U.S. Asset-Backed Securities.
(nn) (Discontinued after March 2017; Data ended as-of Dec 2014):
     (i) afroils_57215.txt "Net transactions in long-term securities with African oil exporters";
     (ii) asiaoils_46612.txt "Net transactions in long-term securities with Asian oil exporters".
(oo) (Discontinued after November 2013) exhibitsa-d.pdf: "Quarterly Analysis & Charts" (a.US
     Banking Liabilities to Foreigners; b.US Banking Claims on Foreigners; c.Net Purchases of
     Long-Term Domestic Securities by Foreigners; d.Net Purchases of Long-Term Foreign
     Securities by US Investors). Released only in February, May, August, November. [These were
     created for discontinued sections in Treasury Bulletin; see section 9.]

3. Data files showing across-U.S.-border holdings of Treasury securities by foreign residents,
   reported monthly by U.S. custodians and by U.S. investors and issuers not using U.S. custodians:
(pp) mfh.txt: Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities. [In addition to the regular
     mid-month releases, during 2007 through 2013 there were one or two end-month releases each
     year that generally are included in the February and April archives: March 2007, February in
     2008 through 2010, February and April in 2011 through 2013. FYI: These end-month updates 
     accompanied the end-month releases of the Preliminary and the Final Annual Reports on Foreign
     Holdings of U.S. Securities.]
(qq) mfhhis01.txt: Historical data on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities.
(rr) treas_nonmkt.txt: Holdings of nonmarketable Treasury bonds and notes issued to official
     institutions and other residents of foreign countries.
For data beginning September 2011. The data (d-e) were released monthly beginning April 15, 2015.
     Also, beginning February 29, 2012, these data on foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds were
     included in the mfh table (line 3(a) above):
(ss) slt3d.txt: Treasury securities (long-term and short-term) held by foreign residents, most
     recent month, by country.
(tt) slt3d_globl.tic: Treasury securities (long-term and short-term) held by foreign residents,
     by country and by month from September 2011.
One-Time only (May 2016) files.
(uu) fht_1939-1999.csv: Total Holdings of Treasury Securities by All Foreigners, 1939-1999. Historical
     data series published only once, on May 16, 2016, and not updated.
(vv) oilexp_hist_to2016mar.txt: Total Holdings of Treasury Securities by 12 oil exporting
     countries, December 1974 to March 2016. Historical data series published only once, on May 16,
     2016, and not updated.

4. Data files showing across-U.S.-border holdings of long-term securities by U.S. and foreign residents,
   reported monthly by U.S. custodians and by U.S. investors and issuers not using U.S. custodians:
   [These data (a-h) were first released on the website in groups of 3 months on May 15, 2012, and then
   on July 17, September 18, December 17, and March 15, 2013. These data (a-h) were released monthly
   beginning April 15, 2013.]
For data beginning September 2011:
(ww) slt1d.txt: Holdings by ALL foreign residents of U.S. long-term securites, by type, for recent dates.
(xx) slt1d_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows holdings by foreign residents
     of that country of U.S. long-term securites, by type, by date. You can find the name of the country
     from the list
of "country codes" on the TIC Archives webpage.
(yy) slt2d.txt: Detailed holdings by ALL foreign residents of U.S. long-term securities, by type, by
     holder, by issuer, for recent dates.
(zz) slt2d_history.txt: Detailed holdings of U.S. long-term securities by ALL foreign residents, by date
     and by type.
(aaa) slt1f.txt: U.S. resident holdings of foreign long-term securites issued by ALL countries, by type,
      for recent dates.
(bbb) slt1f_globl.tic: Each group of rows with the same country-code shows U.S. resident holdings of
      foreign long-term securites issued by residents of that country, by type, by date. You can find the
      name of the country from the list of "country codes" on the TIC Archives webpage.
(ccc) slt2f.txt: Detailed U.S. holdings of ALL foreign long-term securities, by type, by holder, by
      issuer, for recent dates.
(ddd) slt2f_history.txt: Detailed U.S. holdings of ALL foreign long-term securities, by type, by date.
(eee) totalticliabs.txt: Total U.S. Liabilities (securities, and of financial/banking and
      Non-financial/banking firms) by type of liability and holder (Most recent quarter; began 1-16-2014;
      notes are in section 9)
(fff) totalticliabs_hist.txt: historical data of file(c) (quarterly, historical from Dec 2011;
      began 1-16-2014; notes are in section 9)

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U.S. Treasury Department. May 15, 2017.
Revised Nov 21, 2006: added seven files, (1(a), 2(e,n-q,t), releases began Nov 16, 2006).
Revised Apr 23, 2007: added 2 files (2(b,c), releases began Feb 15, 2007); and 4 files ((5(a-d), releases
        began Apr 16, 2007).
Revised June 19, 2007: added section 6 covering 4 files, releases began May 15, 2007.
Revised August 15, 2008: discontinued 2(e) cm-i-1-new-txt, and added four more detailed files in 3(c)&(d)
        and 4(c)&(d).
Revised September 16, 2009: added two files, 2(h,v), releases began Sept 16, 2009.
Revised June 15, 2012: added section 7 covering 4 files, releases began May 15, 2012.
Revised May 20, 2013: added 4 files to section 7 (2 (a,e) for May, July, September and December of 2012,
        May 2013 and monthly thereafter; and 2(d,h) beginning May 15, 2013.
Revised May 16, 2014 (a simple reorganization of the 2-21-2014 description file): Added new section 8
        with four quarterly files which began January 16, 2014 and continue every March, June, September,
        December thereafter.
Revised April 15, 2015: in section 7, added 2 new monthly files (i) and (j). A typo in section 7 was
        corrected in March 2016.
Revised June 15, 2016: in section 2, added 2 files (w) & (x) that were published May 16, 2016 and not
        updated. Reorganized November 9, 2016: All files remain unchanged; they are reorganized into
        type-of-data sections.
Revised May 15, 2017: line 2(p) above shows two files that were discontinued because revisions had ceased.
        Revised November 14, 2022: same as May 2017 except file#1 is ".txt" file, not ".csv" format.
Revised June 18, 2025: same as Nov 2022 except (i) file #1 is ".html" file since release of 9/18/2023;  
        (ii) file #3(b) is ".html" file since release of 1/17/2025; and (iii) file #3(d) is
        “slt-table3.html” since the 4/17/2024 release.