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Treasury International Capital Data for April 2016
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2016. 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 $80.4 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $110.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $30.4 billion.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net sales were $68.7 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $60.5 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $8.2 billion. U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $10.9 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign sales of long-term securities were $79.6 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 $91.5 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $26.2 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $15.0 billion. Banks' own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $186.9 billion.
Posted: June 15, 2016 Wednesday 04:00 PM