August TIC data released

Treasury has released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for August 2019. The sum total in August of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $70.5 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $121.5 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $51.0 billion. Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in August; net sales were $41.9 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $0.4 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $42.3 billion. U.S. residents decreased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net sales of $0.8 billion.