Treasury International Capital Data for June

Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2018. The next release, which will report on data for July 2018, is scheduled for September 18, 2018.The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $114.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $142.4 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $27.9 billion.Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net sales were $45.5 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $43.5 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $2.0 billion.U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $9.0 billion.Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign sales of long-term securities were $36.5 billion.