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Treasury International Capital Data for March 2020
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for March 2020. The sum total in March of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $349.9 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $354.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $4.1 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in March; net sales were $227.9 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $198.4 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $29.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $115.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign sales of long-term securities were $112.6 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 $133.3 billion in March.
Posted: May 15, 2020 Friday 04:00 PM