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Treasury International Capital Data for August 2016
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August 2016. The sum total in August of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $73.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $113.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $39.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in August; net purchases were $30.4 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $68.9 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $38.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $18.0 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $48.3 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 $31.1 billion in August.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $7.1 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $21.3 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $21.3 billion.
Posted: October 18, 2016 Tuesday 04:00 PM