May
20
2009
FOREX Update: The Dollar and the Importance of TIC Flows
Posted by: in Forex News, tags: 1 Billion, Deficit Spending, Dollar, Excerpt, Flow Data, Foreign Investment, Foreign Investors, Forex, Measures, News Sources, Outflow, Sovereign Governments, Term Success, Treasury International Capital, United StatesNews Sources wrote an interesting post today on
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I’ve said it before: the dollar’s chances of long-term success going forward are slim and none… and slim just left town. Consider the Treasury International Capital (TIC) flow data. TIC measures foreign investment in the United States. This is important because we rely on foreign investors and sovereign governments to continue funding our deficit spending. But the most recent numbers show a major decrease — $23.2 billion in March, versus an outflow of $91.1 billion the previous month. That w
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