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Treasury International Capital Data for November 2020
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for November 2020. The sum total in November of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $214.1 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $233.5 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $19.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in November; net purchases were $125.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $112.5 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $13.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $23.3 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $149.2 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 $113.3 billion in November.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $13.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $78.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $22.2 billion.
Posted: January 19, 2021 Tuesday 04:00 PM