Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2024 today. The next release, which will report on data for May 2024, is scheduled for July 18, 2024.
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 $66.2 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $44.2 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $22.0 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; their net purchases were $159.4 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $127.5 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $31.9 billion.
U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $36.3 billion.
After including adjustments such as estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of U.S. stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities are estimated to have been $123.1 billion in April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $10.0 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $1.0 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $55.9 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website at:
https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system
About TIC Data
The monthly data on holdings of long-term securities, as well as the monthly table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, reflect foreign holdings of U.S. securities collected primarily on the basis of custodial data. These data help provide a window into foreign ownership of U.S. securities but cannot attribute holdings with complete accuracy.
"For example," the report states, "if a U.S. Treasury security purchased by a foreign resident is held in a custodial account in a third country, the true ownership will not be reflected in the data." Additionally, custodial data will not properly attribute U.S. Treasury securities managed by foreign private portfolio managers who invest on behalf of residents from other countries.
Furthermore, "foreign countries may hold dollars and other U.S.-based assets that are not captured in the TIC data," making it difficult to draw precise conclusions about changes in the foreign holdings of U.S financial assets by individual countries.
Press Notice TIC for June 2024
TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted):
12 Months Through: 2022 | 2023 | Apr-23 | Apr-24
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Gross U.S Sales: Domestic Securities: 61438 | 51927 | 4851 | 4685
Gross Purchases: Domestic Securities: 60443 | 50858 | 3665 | 3492
Net Sales (line1 less line2): /1994|71068|81185|91193
Private Net: /21005|5923|61158|41035
Treasury Bonds & Notes Net: /927|3476|4921|8400
Complete figures can be accessed via the provided link to the Treasury's website.
