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Treasury International Capital Data for August 2023
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August 2023. The sum total in August of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $134.4 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $140.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $6.5 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in August; net purchases were $61.3 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $56.3 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $5.0 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $2.2 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 $63.5 billion in August.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $39.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $39.5 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $31.4 billion.
Posted: October 18, 2023 Wednesday 04:00 PM