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Treasury International Capital Data for July 2013
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for July 2013. The sum total in July of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $56.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $59.3 billion, and net foreign official inflows were negative $2.6 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July; net purchases were $46.7 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $41.7 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $5.0 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $15.6 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $31.1 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been $14.4 billion in July.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $20.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $14.1 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $56.4 billion.
Posted: September 17, 2013 Tuesday 09:00 AM