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Treasury International Capital Data for November 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for November 2017. The sum total in November of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $33.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $49.7 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $15.9 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in November; net purchases were $34.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $33.8 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $1.0 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 $57.5 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 $41.4 billion in November.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $1.4 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $4.6 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $12.2 billion.
Posted: January 17, 2018 Wednesday 04:00 PM