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Treasury International Capital Data for December 2010
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 2009. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $63.3 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $82.2 billion. Of this, net purchases by private foreign investors were $62.6 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $19.6 billion. U.S. residents purchased a net $18.9 billion of long-term foreign securities.
Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $50.9 billion. Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities decreased $67.7 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills decreased $53.0 billion.
Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased $77.7 billion. Monthly net TIC flows were $60.9 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were $82.0 billion, and net foreign official flows were negative $21.1 billion.
Posted: February 16, 2010 Tuesday 09:00 AM