(US Treasury, 19.Dec.2023) — The US Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for Oct. 2023. The next release, which will report on data for Nov. 2023, is scheduled for 19 Jan. 2024.
The sum total in Oct. of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term US securities, and banking flows was a net TIC outflow of $83.8bn. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $68.4bn, and net foreign official outflows were $15.4bn.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term US securities in Oct.; their net sales were $15.6bn. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $8.5bn, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $24.1bn.
US residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $18.9bn.
After including adjustments, such as estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of US stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $3.3bn in Oct.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $25.5bn. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term US securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $72.8bn.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $14.3bn.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website here.
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