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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2015
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2015. 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 $106.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $119.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $13.3 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net purchases were $41.2 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $58.3 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $17.1 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $12.8 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $53.9 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 $38.1 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $12.8 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $2.0 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $70.6 billion.
Posted: June 15, 2015 Monday 04:00 PM