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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2014
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2014. 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 $136.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $119.7 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $17.2 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net sales were $14.0 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $31.9 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $18.0 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $10.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net sales of long-term securities were $24.2 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign sales of long-term securities are estimated to have been $34.5 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $41.6 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $17.1 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $188.5 billion.
Posted: June 16, 2014 Monday 09:00 AM