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Treasury International Capital Data for June 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2017. The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $7.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $9.6 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $17.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net purchases were $35.3 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $20.8 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $14.5 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $0.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $34.4 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 $15.1 billion in June.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $5.4 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $2.5 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $4.8 billion.
Posted: August 15, 2017 Tuesday 04:00 PM