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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury International Capital Data for May
July 18, 2023

Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2023. The next
release, which will report on data for June 2023, is scheduled for August 15, 2023.
The sum total in May of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net
TIC outflow of $167.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $168.2 billion, and net foreign official inflows were $0.6
billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May; net purchases were $59.7 billion. Net purchases by
private foreign investors were $18.0 billion, while net purchases by foreign official institutions were $41.7 billion.
U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $33.9 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 $17.5 billion in May.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $17.7 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollardenominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $57.6 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $127.5 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 July 2023

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

2022

May-22

May-23

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

1

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

63678.0

61438.4

67036.7

53300.0

3919.1

2

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

63085.9

60443.7

66379.2

52189.3

3827.5

3

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

592.0

994.7

657.5

1110.7

458.4

1005.5

634.9

5

Treasury
Bonds
&
Notes,
net

129.6

927.3

6

Gov't
Agency
Bonds,
net

144.5

7

Corporate
Bonds,
net

8

Equities,
net

3666.6

4339.8

4813.3

3568.9

4280.0

91.6

188.9

97.6

59.7

1015.3

28.4

141.8

59.4

18.0

583.8

787.8

10.6

73.9

53.4

6.6

141.5

103.9

133.1

10.7

1.7

9.2

5.8

132.6

147.3

109.4

155.9

11.2

17.1

10.3

43.2

51.7

-210.6

-162.2

-61.6

-4.1

49.1

-13.6

-37.6

133.6

-10.8

22.6

95.4

63.2

47.1

38.3

41.7

10

Treasury
Bonds
&
Notes,
net

-47.4

-173.3

-161.8

3.7

57.2

16.6

38.8

30.9

11

Gov't
Agency
Bonds,
net

177.0

162.1

187.7

78.1

3.0

14.4

1.7

5.5

12

Corporate
Bonds, 7.9
net

16.6

15.4

11.7

-0.1

6.2

-0.4

2.2

13

Equities,
-3.9
net

-16.2

-18.7

2.0

3.2

9.9

-1.7

3.2

4

9

Private, net /2

Official, net /3

5002.2

14

Gross U.S. Sales of Foreign
Securities

26581.1

26835.5

26241.3

22784.3

1145.7

1382.3

928.9

993.4

15

Gross U.S. Purchases of
Foreign Securities

26266.7

26509.0

25950.3

22561.6

1145.1

1365.6

898.7

1027.3

16

Foreign Securities, net U.S.

314.5

326.5

291.0

222.7

0.6

16.7

30.2

-33.9

sales (line 14 less line 15) /4
17

Foreign
Bonds,
net

18

Foreign
Equities, -54.2
net

368.7

281.6

307.2

147.0

-12.6

-11.8

19.4

-29.5

44.9

-16.3

75.7

13.2

28.5

10.8

-4.4

19

Net Long-Term Securities
Transactions (lines 3 and
16):

906.5

1321.2

948.5

1333.4

92.2

205.6

127.8

25.8

20

Other Acquisitions of LongTerm Securities, net /5

-437.9

-150.9

-299.2

-141.6

-8.1

-14.8

-10.9

-8.3

21

Net Foreign Acquisition of LongTerm Securities
468.6

1170.4

649.3

1191.8

84.1

190.8

116.9

17.5

U.S.
Securities
and
Other
168.4
Custody
Liabilities:
/6

194.3

358.5

-4.8

-32.5

-5.8

-14.1

-57.6

-39.9

-37.4

25.0

-12.8

25.5

-3.2

-44.9

-17.7

(lines
19 and
20):

22

23

Increase in Foreign Holdings of
Dollar-Denominated Short-Term

U.S. Treasury Bills

24

Private, net

73.4

-28.5

72.5

1.4

18.2

1.5

-24.0

-20.8

25

Official, net

-113.3

-8.9

-47.5

-14.2

7.3

-4.7

-20.9

3.1

231.7

333.5

8.0

-58.1

-2.7

30.8

-39.9

26

Other Negotiable
Instruments
and
Selected
Other
208.3
Liabilities:
/7

27

Private, net

220.3

231.0

335.6

5.1

-53.6

-3.9

29.2

-38.9

28

Official, net

-12.0

0.6

-2.1

2.9

-4.5

1.3

1.6

-1.0

467.4

242.7

343.7

-100.2

-11.3

-70.3

-67.5

-127.5

29

Change in Banks' Own Net Dollar-

Denominated Liabilities

30

Monthly Net Dollar-Denominated
Portfolio Inflows (lines 21, 22, and 29)
/8 /9

1104.4

1607.3

1351.5

1086.8

40.2

114.7

35.3

-167.6

of which
31

Private, net

1034.9

1581.4

1402.1

897.5

-34.1

74.3

-10.6

-168.2

32

Official, net

69.5

25.9

-50.7

189.3

74.3

40.4

45.9

0.6

/1

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

/2

Includes international 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

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

/8

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.