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Treasury International Capital Data for June | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury International Capital Data for June
August 17, 2020

Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC)
data for June 2020. The next release, which will report on data for July 2020, is scheduled for September
16, 2020.
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 outflow of $67.9 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $11.8
billion, and net foreign o icial outflows were $56.1 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June; net purchases were $78.8
billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $91.9 billion, while net sales by foreign o icial
institutions were $13.0 billion.
U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $34.2 billion.
Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term
securities were $113.0 billion. A er including adjustments, such as estimates of unrecorded principal
payments to foreigners on U.S. asset-backed securities, overall net foreign purchases of long-term
securities are estimated to have been $70.6 billion in June.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $78.9 billion. Foreign resident
holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities increased by
$55.9 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $194.4 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website at:
www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/index.aspx
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
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are not captured in the TIC data. For these reasons, it is di icult to draw precise conclusions from TIC
data about changes in the foreign holdings of U.S. financial assets by individual countries.
Press TIC notice for August 2020

TIC Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows
(Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
12 Months
Through
2018

2019

Jun-19

Jun-20

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Foreigners' Acquisitions of Long-term Securities

1

Gross Purchases of Domestic U.S. Securities

36501.7 41214.8 38560.2

47310.8

6376.6

3765.3

3762.1

4319.9

2

Gross Sales of Domestic U.S. Securities

36339.2 41031.9 38461.9

47401.2

6618.4

3925.9

3703.0

4241.0

3

Domestic Securities Purchased, net (line 1 less line 2) /1

162.5

182.9

98.3

-90.4

-241.8

-160.6

59.1

78.8

262.6

394.6

277.4

81.0

-212.3

-115.4

25.5

91.9

4

Private, net /2

5

Treasury Bonds & Notes, net

184.2

197.7

192.2

-214.8

-249.6

-141.2

-46.7

49.5

6

Gov't Agency Bonds, net

140.2

191.7

158.8

214.6

38.7

12.1

-12.1

28.5

7

Corporate Bonds, net

61.0

21.5

62.3

-74.8

-0.8

9.1

8.9

-17.4

8

Equities, net

-122.7

-16.3

-135.9

156.1

-0.7

4.5

75.4

31.2

-100.1

-211.8

-179.0

-171.4

-29.5

-45.2

33.6

-13.0

-178.9

-331.2

-254.7

-346.5

-61.2

-46.4

10.0

-20.6

9

Official, net /3

10

Treasury Bonds & Notes, net

11

Gov't Agency Bonds, net

89.9

108.4

84.7

152.5

22.8

9.0

14.5

9.5

12

Corporate Bonds, net

-4.1

-5.8

-8.9

13.4

5.7

2.2

4.7

0.7

13

Equities, net

-7.0

16.8

-0.1

9.2

3.3

-10.0

4.4

-2.6

14

Gross Purchases of Foreign Securities from U.S. Residents

17127.3 18625.9 17591.1

21070.9

2432.6

1948.2

1879.9

2057.9

15

Gross Sales of Foreign Securities to U.S. Residents

16758.7 18419.8 17282.9

20711.5

2319.1

1922.4

1820.9

2023.7

16

Foreign Securities Purchased, net (line 14 less line 15) /4

368.6

206.2

308.3

359.4

113.5

25.7

59.0

34.2

324.8

156.0

266.5

278.3

113.0

9.2

33.0

14.8

17

Foreign Bonds Purchased, net

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Foreign Equities Purchased, net

Net Long-term Securities Transactions (line 3 plus line

19

16):

20

21

Other Acquisitions of Long-term Securities, net /5

50.1

41.8

81.1

531.1

389.0

406.6

269.0

-68.5

-233.5

-164.9

462.6

155.5

424.5

0.5

16.5

26.0

19.4

-128.2

-134.9

118.1

113.0

-335.0

-27.7

-31.8

-35.7

-42.4

241.7

-66.0

-155.9

-166.7

82.4

70.6

57.8

68.3

431.3

-0.4

210.6

83.5

55.9

-8.0

152.0

80.4

78.9

Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-term Securities
(lines 19 and 20):

22

43.9

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

23

U.S. Treasury Bills

43.5

-30.6

-42.9

333.0

24

Private, net

45.6

16.0

6.1

237.8

14.9

104.2

55.7

52.1

25

Official, net

-2.1

-46.6

-49.0

95.2

-22.9

47.8

24.7

26.8

380.9

88.4

111.3

98.3

7.6

58.5

3.1

-23.0

26

Other Negotiable Instruments
and Selected Other Liabilities: /7

27

Private, net

384.9

90.4

116.2

94.9

13.8

57.1

2.2

-21.7

28

Official, net

-3.9

-2.0

-4.9

3.4

-6.3

1.4

0.9

-1.3

-139.5

-112.6

-261.2

266.7

490.1

73.1

-181.7

-194.4

747.6

100.7

48.8

632.0

333.8

116.9

-15.9

-67.9

29

Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-denominated Liabilities

30 Monthly Net TIC Flows (lines 21,22,29) /8
of
which
31

Private, net

896.2

465.7

316.7

910.6

341.8

120.6

-36.2

-11.8

32

Official, net

-148.6

-365.0

-267.9

-278.6

-7.9

-3.7

20.3

-56.1

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Net foreign purchases of U.S. securities (+)

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Includes international and regional organizations

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

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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.

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Minus estimated unrecorded principal repayments to foreigners on domestic corporate and agency asset-backed securities +
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.

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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.

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"Selected Other Liabilities" are primarily the foreign liabilities of U.S. customers that are managed by U.S. banks or broker/dealers.

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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.

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