US DATA: July TICS data show net foreign purchases of US long term
securities, with purchases totalling $24.6 billion. This consists of net
purchases of $10.4 bn by private foreign investors and a net purchases
of $14.2 bn by foreign official institutions. At the same time, US
residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities by a
net $15.1 bn, making for a net inflow of $9.5 bn.
Net monthly TIC flows were -$51.8 billion
Tsys flows by country; China +$8.0b, Japan +$3.8b, UK +$4.7b, OPEC
+$4.7b, Brazil +$2.9b, Carib -$17.2b (hedge funds?), HK -$6.5b, Russian
-$9.6b, Lux -$7.6b (hedge funds?).