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Treasury International Capital Data for October 2013
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2013. The sum total in October of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $194.9 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $185.1 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $9.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in October; net purchases were $54.7 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $59.4 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $4.7 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $19.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $35.4 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $23.9 billion in October.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $15.3 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased $11.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $159.5 billion.
Posted: December 18, 2013 Wednesday 09:00 AM