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Treasury International Capital Data for July 2012
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for July 2012. The sum total in July of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $73.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $59.0 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $14.7 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July – net purchases were $60.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $37.7 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $22.5 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $6.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $67.0 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been $51.1 billion in July.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $12.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $8.0 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $30.6 billion
Posted: September 18, 2012 Tuesday 09:00 AM