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Treasury International Capital Data for October 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2021. The sum total in October of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $143.0 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $152.3 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $9.4 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in October; net sales were $22.1 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $46.5 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $24.4 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $29.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $7.1 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign sales of long-term securities are estimated to have been $22.2 billion in October.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $33.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $55.3 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $109.9 billion.
Posted: December 15, 2021 Wednesday 04:00 PM