The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2017. The next release, which will report on data for November 2017, is scheduled for January 17, 2018. The sum total in October of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $151.2 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $154.8 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $3.7 billion. Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in October; net purchases were $7.5 billion. Net ... (full story)