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REVISIONS and RELEASE DATES:

1. Monthly Press Release and Securities & Banking Data.
   Data on transactions in long-term securities and on banking claims and liabilities are updated on the 11th business day of each month, with a 1.5 month lag. [These series are shown on the TIC Homepage in sections 1.a, 1.b, and 2.] The time of the monthly press release and data release is normally at 09:00 a.m. in Washington D.C.
   
   Notes on Revisions of monthly and quarterly data:
   (a) 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.
   (b) In the monthly table showing Major Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities, revised data back to the previous June are 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 will usually include the final results from that survey.
   
   
2. Quarterly Securities & Banking Analysis & Charts. Covers transactions in long-term securities and banking claims and liabilities. The releases are made at the same time as the monthly press releases (see E.1 above) in February, May, August, and November.
   
   
3. 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.
   (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.
   
   
4. Quarterly Derivatives data on holdings and cash settlements. The release are made at the same time as the monthly press releases (see E.1 above) in January, April, July, and October.
   
   
5. Quarterly Nonbanking Claims and Liabilities. The time of release is normally at 09:00 a.m. in Washington D.C.. The release are made at the same time as the monthly press releases (see E.1 above) in March, June, September, and December.
   
   
6. 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).
   
   Notes on Revisions: Revised data for the previous five quarters 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.