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Treasury International Capital Data for August 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August 2021. 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 $91.0 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $125.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $34.0 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in August; net purchases were $71.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $80.2 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $8.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $7.5 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $79.3 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 $60.9 billion in August.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $1.9 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $44.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $14.5 billion.
Posted: October 18, 2021 Monday 04:00 PM