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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2013
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2013. The sum total in April of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $12.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $42.1 billion, and net foreign official inflows were negative $29.4 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April – net sales were $24.8 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $17.8 billion, and net sales by foreign official institutions were $6.9 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $12.6 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were negative $37.3 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been negative $57.1 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $15.1 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $30.1 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $99.9 billion.
Posted: June 17, 2013 Monday 09:00 AM