US DATA: September TICS data showed net foreign purchases of US
long-term securities at a healthy $81.0 bn as foreign inflows of $91.4
bn were offset by US resident purchases of a modest $10.4 bn of foreign
securities as markets continued to anticipate QE2. Within the inflows,
private investors made up the bulk, $83.8 bn, while foreign institutions
bought $7.6 bn of securities, showing record flows out of agencies into
Treasuries.
Monthly net TIC flows were $81.7 bn.
Tsys flows by country; China +$15.1 bn, Japan +$28.4 bn, UK +$9.6 bn,
OPEC +$3.9 bn, Brazil +$10.5 bn, Carib. -$15.0 bn, Canada +$13.4 bn, Lux
+$7.5 bn, Switz. -$3.0 bn, Thailand +$3.1 bn.
