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Treasury International Capital Data for August 2022
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August 2022. 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 $275.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $292.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $17.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in August; net purchases were $175.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $185.0 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $9.8 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $22.7 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $197.9 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 $185.9 billion in August.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $45.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $53.3 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $36.4 billion.
Posted: October 18, 2022 Tuesday 04:00 PM