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Treasury International Capital Data for July 2016
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for July 2016. 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 $140.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $162.7 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $22.1 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July; net purchases were $72.6 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $90.5 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $17.9 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $31.3 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $103.9 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 $101.8 billion in July.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $4.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $8.8 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $47.6 billion.
Posted: September 16, 2016 Friday 04:00 PM