The Treasury International Capital (TIC) system collects data for the United States on cross-border portfolio investment flows and positions between U.S. residents (including U.S.-based subsidiaries) and foreign residents (including offshore branches of U.S. firms)
In addition to compiling international data sets, which are generally based on data generated by national statistical systems, the World Bank supports a number of programs to collect transnational data. These are data that can only be collected by a globally coordinated program.