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Treasury International Capital Data for June 2021
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U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2021. The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $31.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $69.3 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $37.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net purchases were $72.6 billion. Netpurchases by private foreign investors were $80.9 billion, whilenet sales by foreign official institutions were $8.2 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $38.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $110.9 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 $75.8 billion in June.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $37.4 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $37.8 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $82.1 billion.
Posted: August 16, 2021 Monday 04:00 PM