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Treasury International Capital Data for July 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for July 2021. The sum total in July of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $126.0 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $127.7 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $1.7 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in July; net sales were $14.4 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $23.3 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $8.9 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $16.4 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $2.0 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 $68.0 billion in July.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $4.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $1.7 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $192.3 billion.
Posted: September 16, 2021 Thursday 04:00 PM