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Treasury International Capital Data for July | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury International Capital Data for July
September 16, 2021

Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC)
data for July 2021. The next release, which will report on data for August 2021, is scheduled for October
18, 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 o icial 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 o icial
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. A er 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.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website at:https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasuryinternational-capital-tic-system

REVISIONS TO JUNE 2021 DATA ON HOLDINGS OF LONG-TERM
SECURITIES
This month’s data release includes large revisions to holdings of long-term securities for June 2021.
These revisions do not a ect the transaction data in this press release but show up in other TIC files,
including the table of major foreign holders of Treasury securities. These revisions reflect updates by
reporters.

AB OUT TIC DATA
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The monthly data on holdings of long-term securities, as well as the monthly table on Major Foreign
Holders of Treasury Securities, reflect foreign holdings of U.S. securities collected primarily on the basis
of custodial data. These data help provide a window into foreign ownership of U.S. securities, but they
cannot attribute holdings of U.S. securities with complete accuracy. For example, if a U.S. Treasury
security purchased by a foreign resident is held in a custodial account in a third country, the true
ownership of the security will not be reflected in the data. The custodial data will also not properly
attribute U.S. Treasury securities managed by foreign private portfolio managers who invest on behalf of
residents of other countries. In addition, foreign countries may hold dollars and other U.S. assets that
are not captured in the TIC data. For these reasons, it is di icult to draw precise conclusions from TIC
data about changes in the foreign holdings of U.S. financial assets by individual countries.
Press Notice for TIC

TIC MONTHLY REPORTS ON CROSS-B ORDER F INANCIAL F LOW S
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months Through
2019

2020

Jul-20

Jul-21

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities

1

Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities

41214.8 49259.1

47368.4

56071.8

4848.8

4758.0

5933.0

4722.5

2

Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities

41031.9 49116.0

47552.9

55360.5

4755.3

4798.6

5860.3

4736.9

3

Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1

4

Private, net /2

182.9

143.1

-184.5

711.3

93.5

-40.6

72.6

-14.4

394.6

73.9

-19.6

461.8

57.3

-41.9

80.9

-23.3

5

Treasury Bonds & Notes, net

197.7

-372.9

-255.7

-68.2

43.8

-77.8

30.1

10.4

6

Gov't Agency Bonds, net

191.7

264.2

213.2

236.3

18.3

15.7

6.9

6.0

7

Corporate Bonds, net

21.5

-173.1

-129.2

37.6

10.2

17.9

13.3

-10.7

8

Equities, net

-16.3

355.7

152.0

256.1

-14.9

2.4

30.6

-28.9

-211.8

69.2

-164.9

249.5

36.1

1.3

-8.2

8.9

-331.2

-167.1

-335.3

8.2

5.7

-15.5

-19.2

-0.2

108.4

202.6

148.6

225.0

28.5

22.1

15.8

14.8

9

Official, net /3

10

Treasury Bonds & Notes, net

11

Gov't Agency Bonds, net

12

Corporate Bonds, net

-5.8

21.6

16.2

10.7

0.0

-0.6

0.6

-0.3

13

Equities, net

16.8

12.1

5.5

5.6

1.9

-4.7

-5.4

-5.4

14

Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents

18625.9 23254.8

21382.4

25686.7

2342.1

2169.9

2345.7

2281.2

15

Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents

18419.8 22892.5

20997.3

25398.6

2334.5

2159.4

2307.5

2264.8

16

Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4

385.1

288.1

7.6

10.6

38.2

16.4

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17

Foreign Bonds Purchased, net

18

Foreign Equities Purchased, net

19

Net Long-term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line 16):

20

Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5

21

253.2

276.8

288.5

37.1

26.3

30.7

33.8

50.1

109.2

108.3

-0.4

-29.5

-15.7

7.5

-17.4

389.0

505.5

200.6

999.4

101.0

-30.0

110.9

2.0

-233.6

-403.0

-325.6

-507.5

-42.5

-31.4

-33.9

-70.0

155.4

102.5

-125.0

491.9

58.6

-61.4

76.9

-68.0

67.5

303.5

415.5

-99.9

-44.2

0.5

37.8

1.7

Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term Securities
(lines 19 and 20):

22

156.0

Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar-denominated Short-term
U.S. Securities and Other Custody Liabilities: /6

23

U.S. Treasury Bills

-30.6

311.3

319.2

-118.8

-60.7

-17.9

37.4

-4.5

24

Private, net

16.0

218.9

211.5

-11.6

-20.3

6.2

55.3

-12.6

25

Official, net

-46.6

92.4

107.7

-107.2

-40.4

-24.1

-17.9

8.2

98.1

-7.7

96.2

18.9

16.5

18.4

0.4

6.2

26

Other Negotiable Instruments
and Selected Other Liabilities: /7

27

Private, net

99.5

-12.7

90.7

13.6

13.0

16.6

3.2

6.4

28

Official, net

-1.3

4.9

5.6

5.2

3.5

1.9

-2.9

-0.2

-153.8

172.8

230.0

405.3

80.9

155.5

-82.7

192.3

69.1

578.8

520.4

797.3

95.3

94.6

32.0

126.0

29

Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-denominated Liabilities

30 Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /8
of which
31

Private, net

432.6

699.9

808.2

863.2

110.2

116.2

69.6

127.7

32

Official, net

-363.5

-121.0

-287.7

-65.9

-14.9

-21.6

-37.6

-1.7

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Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)

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Includes international and regional
organizations

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The reported division of net purchases of long-term securities between net purchases by foreign
o icial institutions and net purchases
of other foreign investors is subject to a "transaction bias" described in Frequently Asked
Questions 7 and 10.a.4 on the TIC website.

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Net transactions in foreign securities by U.S. residents. Foreign purchases of foreign securities =
U.S. sales of foreign securities to foreigners.
Thus negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital
from the United States; positive entries
indicate net U.S. sales of foreign
securities.

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Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and
agency asset-backed securities +
estimated foreign acquisitions of U.S. equity through stock
swaps estimated U.S. acquisitions of foreign equity through stock
swaps +
increase in nonmarketable Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to O icial Institutions and Other
Residents of Foreign Countries.

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These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody liabilities.
Data on custody claims are collected
quarterly and published in the TIC
website.

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"Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are
managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.

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TIC data cover most components of international financial flows, but do not include data on
direct investment flows, which are collected
and published by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition to
the monthly data summarized here, the
TIC collects quarterly data on some banking and nonbanking assets and liabilities. Frequently
Asked Question 1 on the TIC website
describes the scope of TIC data
collection.

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