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Treasury International Capital Data for January 2024
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January 2024. The sum total in January of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC outflow of $8.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $26.9 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $18.1 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in January; their net purchases were $79.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $75.6 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $4.2 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $43.7 billion.
After including adjustments, such as estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of U.S. stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $36.1 billion in January.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $27.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $32.0 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $12.8 billion.
Posted: March 19, 2024 Tuesday 04:00 PM