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Treasury International Capital Data for June 2015
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2015. The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $110.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $66.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $43.4 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net purchases were $87.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $101.0 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $13.8 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $15.9 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $103.1 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 $86.7 billion in June.
Foreign residents left their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills unchanged. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $7.0 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $189.9 billion.
Posted: August 17, 2015 Monday 04:00 PM