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Treasury International Capital Data for October 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2017. The sum total in October of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $151.2 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $154.8 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $3.7 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in October; net purchases were $7.5 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $25.6 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $18.1 billion.U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $15.7 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $23.2 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $7.9 billion in October.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $33.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $47.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $95.7 billion.
Posted: December 15, 2017 Friday 04:00 PM