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Treasury International Capital Data for October 2022
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2022. 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 $179.9 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $167.7 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $12.2 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in October; net purchases were $63.7 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $72.0 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $8.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $4.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $67.8 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 $50.6 billion in October.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $18.4 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $3.9 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $125.4 billion.
Posted: December 15, 2022 Thursday 08:08 PM