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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2021. 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 $101.2 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $118.3 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $17.1 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net purchases were $93.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $59.9 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $33.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $7.5 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $100.7 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 $59.3 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $60.1 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $44.2 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $86.1 billion.
Posted: June 15, 2021 Tuesday 04:00 PM