Treasury International Capital Data For March

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for March 2018. The next release, which will report on data for April 2018, is scheduled for June 15, 2018.The sum total in March of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC outflow of $38.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $41.9 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $3.4 billion.Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in March; net purchases were $18.6 billion. Net sales by private foreign investors were $17.3 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $35.9 billion.U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $43.2 billion.Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $61.8 billion.