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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury International Capital Data for April
June 15, 2023

Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data
for April 2023. The next release, which will report on data for May 2023, is scheduled for July 18, 2023.
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 $48.4 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $2.5 billion, and
net foreign official inflows were $45.9 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in April; net purchases were $97.6
billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $59.4 billion, while net purchases by foreign official
institutions were $38.3 billion.
U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $30.2 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 $127.8 billion in
April.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $44.9 billion. Foreign resident holdings
of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $14.1 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $65.2 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 they cannot
attribute holdings of U.S. securities with complete accuracy. For example, if a U.S. Treasury security
purchased by a foreign resident is held in a custodial account in a third country, the true ownership of the
security will not be reflected in the data. The custodial data will also not properly attribute U.S. Treasury
securities managed by foreign private portfolio managers who invest on behalf of residents of other
countries. In addition, foreign countries may hold dollars and other U.S. assets that are not captured in the
TIC data. For these reasons, it is difficult to draw precise conclusions from TIC data about changes in the
foreign holdings of U.S. financial assets by individual countries.

Press Notice TIC for June 2023

TIC MONTHLY REPORTS ON CROSS -BORDER FINANCIAL
FLOWS
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2021

2022

Apr-22

Apr-23

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

1

Gross U.S. Sales
of Domestic U.S.
Securities

63678.0

62141.2

65890.5

55924.8

4486.2

3919.1

5002.2

3666.6

2

Gross U.S.
Purchases of
Domestic U.S.
Securities

63085.9

61146.5

65406.1

54740.3

4454.4

3827.5

4813.3

3568.9

3

Domestic
Securities, net
U.S. sales (line 1
less line 2) /1

592.0

994.7

484.5

1184.5

31.7

91.6

188.9

97.6

458.4

1005.5

452.3

1139.1

85.0

28.4

141.8

59.4

5

Treasury
Bonds &
Notes, net

129.6

927.3

372.0

916.2

97.1

10.6

73.9

53.4

6

Gov't
Agency
Bonds,
net

144.5

141.5

105.6

141.2

4.9

10.7

1.7

9.2

7

Corporate
Bonds,
net

132.6

147.3

124.2

115.9

3.1

11.2

17.1

10.3

Foreigners'
Acquisitions of
Long-Term
Securities

4

Private, net
/2

8

Equities,
net

9

Official, net
/3

51.7

-210.6

-149.5

-34.2

-20.1

-4.1

49.1

-13.6

133.6

-10.8

32.2

45.3

-53.3

63.2

47.1

38.3

10

Treasury
Bonds &
Notes, net

-47.4

-173.3

-143.2

-61.3

-46.1

57.2

16.6

38.8

11

Gov't
Agency
Bonds,
net

177.0

162.1

186.5

95.9

1.0

3.0

14.4

1.7

12

Corporate
Bonds,
net

7.9

16.6

13.5

10.8

-0.7

-0.1

6.2

-0.4

13

Equities,
net

-3.9

-16.2

-24.6

-0.1

-7.5

3.2

9.9

-1.7

14

Gross U.S. Sales
of Foreign
Securities

26581.1

26835.5

26126.4

24076.2

2471.3

1145.7

1382.3

928.9

15

Gross U.S.
Purchases of
Foreign
Securities

26266.7

26509.0

25847.5

23796.7

2471.1

1145.1

1365.6

898.7

16

Foreign
Securities, net
U.S. sales (line
14 less line 15)
/4

314.5

326.5

278.8

279.4

0.1

0.6

16.7

30.2

17

Foreign
Bonds,
net

368.7

281.6

320.4

189.6

8.1

-12.6

-11.8

19.4

18

Foreign
Equities,
net

-54.2

44.9

-41.5

89.8

-8.0

13.2

28.5

10.8

906.5

1321.2

763.3

1463.9

31.9

92.2

205.6

127.8

19

Net Long-Term
Securities

Transactions
(lines 3 and 16):

20

Other
Acquisitions of
Long-Term
Securities, net
/5

21

Net Foreign
Acquisition of LongTerm Securities
(lines 19
and 20):

22

-150.9

-313.6

-116.2

-9.6

1.2

-0.3

0.0

468.6

1170.4

449.7

1347.7

22.3

93.4

205.4

127.8

168.4

194.3

374.0

36.0

-4.5

-32.5

-5.8

-14.1

-39.9

-37.4

81.8

-69.8

-9.7

25.5

-3.2

-44.9

Increase in Foreign Holdings
of Dollar-Denominated ShortTerm
U.S.
Securities
and Other
Custody
Liabilities:
/6

23

-437.9

U.S. Treasury
Bills

24

Private, net

73.4

-28.5

145.4

-44.6

-20.6

18.2

1.5

-24.0

25

Official, net

-113.3

-8.9

-63.6

-25.3

10.9

7.3

-4.7

-20.9

208.3

231.7

292.2

105.8

5.3

-58.1

-2.7

30.8

26

Other
Negotiable
Instruments
and
Selected
Other
Liabilities:
/7

27

Private, net

220.3

231.0

291.2

103.9

-0.5

-53.6

-3.9

29.2

28

Official, net

-12.0

0.6

0.9

1.9

5.7

-4.5

1.3

1.6

29

Change in Banks'
Own Net DollarDenominated
Liabilities

468.0

243.5

431.2

91.5

163.7

-11.5

-70.6

-65.2

30

Monthly Net DollarDenominated Portfolio
Inflows (lines 21, 22,
and 29) /8 /9

1105.0

1608.1

1254.9

1475.1

181.5

49.4

129.0

48.4

of which
31

Private, net

1035.5

1582.2

1280.4

1315.5

165.6

-24.9

88.6

2.5

32

Official, net

69.5

25.9

-25.5

159.7

15.9

74.3

40.4

45.9

Net U.S. sales = Net
/1

foreign purchases of
U.S. securities (+).
Includes international

/2

and regional
organizations.

/3

The reported division of net U.S. sales of long-term securities between net sales to foreign official
institutions and net sales
to other foreign investors is subject to a "transaction bias" described in Frequently Asked Questions 7 and
10.a.4 on the TIC website.

/4

Net transactions in foreign securities by U.S. residents. Foreign purchases of foreign securities = U.S. sales of foreign securities to
foreigners.
Thus negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital from the United
States; positive entries
indicate net U.S.
sales of foreign
securities.

/5

Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency asset-backed securities (zero
after Jan. 2023) +
estimated foreign acquisitions of U.S. equity through stock swaps - estimated U.S. acquisitions of foreign equity through
stock swaps +

increase in nonmarketable Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other Residents of
Foreign Countries.
/6

These are primarily data on monthly changes in banks' and broker/dealers' custody liabilities. Data on custody
claims are collected
quarterly and
published in the
TIC website.

/7

/8

"Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are managed by U.S. banks or
broker/dealers.
TIC data cover most components of international financial flows, but do not include data on direct investment
flows, which are collected
and published by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition to the monthly data
summarized here, the
TIC collects quarterly data on some banking and nonbanking assets and liabilities. Frequently Asked Question 1
on the TIC website
describes the
scope of TIC data
collection.

9/

Series break at February 2023 for lines 1-21 and the dependent lines 30-32; see TIC press releases of March 15 and
April 15, 2023.