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Treasury International Capital Data for September 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2021. The sum total in September of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC outflow of $26.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $22.6 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $4.1 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in September; net purchases were $14.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $14.4 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $0.2 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $12.1 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $26.3 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign sales of long-term securities are estimated to have been $1.8 billion in September.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $4.7 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $43.1 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $18.1 billion.
Posted: November 16, 2021 Tuesday 04:00 PM