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Treasury International Capital Data for December 2023
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 2023. The sum total in December of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $139.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $94.1 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $45.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in December; their net purchases were $142.0 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $101.6 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $40.4 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $18.2 billion.
After including adjustments, such as estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of U.S. stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $160.2 billion in December.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $18.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $0.9 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $19.4 billion.
Posted: February 15, 2024 Thursday 04:00 PM