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Treasury International Capital Data for September 2012
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2012. The sum total in September of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $4.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were negative $9.0 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $13.7 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in September – net purchases were $17.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $3.8 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $14.1 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $14.6 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $3.3 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been negative $18.5 billion in September.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $23.6 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $17.0 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $6.1 billion.
Posted: November 16, 2012 Friday 09:00 AM