US : Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for October

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December 15, 2008
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Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for October

Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2008 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury website (www.treas.gov/tic). The next release, which will report on data for November, is scheduled for January 16, 2009.

Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $1.5 billion.

* Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were negative $34.8 billion. Of this, net purchases by private foreign investors were negative $17.5 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were negative $17.2 billion.

* U.S. residents sold a net $36.3 billion of long-term foreign securities.

Full release here.