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Treasury International Capital Data for January 2010
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January 2010. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $19.1 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $36.1 billion. Of this amount, net purchases by private foreign investors were $40.3 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were negative $4.2 billion. U.S. residents purchased a net $17.0 billion of long-term foreign securities.
Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $0.9 billion. Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities decreased $30.9 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills decreased $44.4 billion.
Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased $3.5 billion. Monthly net TIC flows were negative $33.4 billion. Of this amount, net foreign private flows were $0.6 billion, and net foreign official flows were negative $34.1 billion.
Posted: March 15, 2010 Monday 09:00 AM