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Treasury International Capital Data for June 2019
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2019. The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $1.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $6.1 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $4.5 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net purchases were $63.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $63.2 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $0.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $35.3 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $99.1 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 $79.9 billion in June.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $23.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $16.3 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $61.9 billion.
Posted: August 15, 2019 Thursday 04:00 PM