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Treasury International Capital Data for October 2010
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2010. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $27.6 billion.
Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $54.7 billion. Of this, net purchases by private foreign investors were $62.2 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were negative $7.5 billion. U.S. residents purchased a net $27.1 billion of long-term foreign securities. Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, taking into account adjustments, is estimated to have been $7.2 billion.
Foreign holdings of dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities, including Treasury bills, and other custody liabilities increased $31.4 billion. Foreign holdings of Treasury bills increased $25.5 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased $31.1 billion. Monthly net TIC flows were $7.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private flows were negative $17.4 billion, and net foreign official flows were $24.9 billion.
Posted: December 15, 2010 Wednesday 09:00 AM