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Treasury International Capital Data for May 2017
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2017. The sum total in May of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $57.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $87.2 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $29.9 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May; net purchases were $95.5 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $119.7 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $24.2 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $3.6 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $91.9 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 $77.4 billion in May.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $24.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $32.0 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $52.2 billion.
Posted: July 18, 2017 Tuesday 04:00 PM