15 December 2010
US DATA: October TICS data showed that net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were a paltry $27.6 bn as net foreign purchases of $54.7 bn were offset by US resident purchases of $27.1 bn of foreign securities.
Within the foreign purchases of US securities, private investors bought $62.2 bn of US securities while foreign officials were net sellers of $7.5 bn of securities. Prior mth inflows were revised down to $77.2 bn from $81.0 bn.