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Treasury International Capital Data for March 2010
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for March 2010. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $140.5 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $157.7 billion. Of this, net purchases by private foreign investors were $125.0 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $32.7 billion. U.S. residents purchased a net $17.1 billion of long-term foreign securities. Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $120.4 billion.
Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities increased $13.8 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills increased $23.9 billion.
Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased $123.8 billion. Monthly net TIC flows were $10.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were negative $13.3 billion, and net foreign official flows were $23.8 billion.
Posted: May 17, 2010 Monday 09:00 AM