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Results for May
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2014.
The next release, which will report on data for June 2014, is scheduled for August 15, 2014.
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 $35.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $13.1 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $22.4 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May; net purchases were $34.6 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $10.2 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $24.4 billion.
U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $15.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $19.4 billion. After including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities are estimated to have been $9.0 billion in May.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $4.9 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by $0.5 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents increased by $25.9 billion.
