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Treasury International Capital Data for May 2022
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2022. The sum total in May of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $182.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $220.5 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $38.0 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May; net purchases were $132.5 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $140.8 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $8.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $22.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $155.3 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $137.4 billion in May.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $74.7 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $16.9 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $61.9 billion.
Posted: July 18, 2022 Monday 04:00 PM