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Treasury International Capital Data for July 2019
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for July 2019. The sum total in July of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $43.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $59.8 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $16.0 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July; net purchases were $72.3 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $83.8 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $11.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $12.0 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $84.3 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 $62.3 billion in July.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $2.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $4.9 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $13.7 billion.
Posted: September 17, 2019 Tuesday 04:00 PM