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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2020
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2020. The sum total in April of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $125.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $128.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $2.7 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net sales were $150.2 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $104.9 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $45.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $21.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign sales of long-term securities were $128.4 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 $155.1 billion in April.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $148.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $207.5 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $72.8 billion.
Posted: June 15, 2020 Monday 04:00 PM