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Treasury International Capital Data for September 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2017. The sum total in September of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $51.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $17.3 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $34.0 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in September; net purchases were $60.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $59.5 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $1.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $20.1 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $80.9 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 $65.1 billion in September.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $7.6 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $2.4 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $118.8 billion
Posted: November 15, 2017 Wednesday 04:00 PM