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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2018
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2018. 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 $138.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $163.5 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $24.8 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net purchases were $22.5 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $65.9 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $43.5 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $71.4 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $93.9 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 $80.2 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $5.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $8.6 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $50.0 billion.
Posted: June 15, 2018 Friday 04:00 PM