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Treasury International Capital Data for May 2012
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2012. The sum total in May of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $101.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $60.3 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $41.4 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May – net purchases were $50.1 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $19.9 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $30.2 billion. At the same time, U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $4.9 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, the net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $55.0 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, the overall net foreign acquisition of long-term securities is estimated to have been $39.3 billion in May.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $8.3 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $0.7 billion. Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $61.7 billion.
Posted: July 17, 2012 Tuesday 09:00 AM