Overseas investors sold USD 4.5 billion of US assets, including short-dated instruments, in May 2020 after buying an downwardly revised USD 121.7 billion in April. Meanwhile, foreigners sold USD 27.7 billion of long-term US securities, including government and corporate after selling USD 176.5 billion in the previous month. Overseas investors bought USD 127 billion of Treasuries in May after dumping USD 130.8 billion in the previous month.

Capital Flows in the United States averaged 23208.39 USD Million from 1978 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 355329.00 USD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of -194622.00 USD Million in September of 2015. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Net Treasury International Capital Flows - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Net Treasury International Capital Flows - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2020. source: U.S. Department of the Treasury

Capital Flows in the United States is expected to be -25000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Capital Flows in the United States to stand at 40200.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Net Treasury International Capital Flows is projected to trend around 25000.00 USD Million in 2021 and 23000.00 USD Million in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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United States Net Treasury International Capital Flows

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-4500.00 125285.00 355329.00 -194622.00 1978 - 2020 USD Million Monthly
Current Prices, NSA


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-04-15 08:00 PM Feb $-13.4B $127.3B $38.3B
2020-05-15 08:00 PM Mar $349.9B $-14.3B $-145B
2020-06-15 08:00 PM Apr $125.3B $355.3B
2020-07-16 08:00 PM May $-4.5B $121.7B $200B
2020-08-17 08:00 PM Jun $-4.5B $-35B
2020-09-16 08:00 PM Jul
2020-10-16 08:00 PM Aug
2020-11-17 09:00 PM Sep $ -25B
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News Stream
US Books International Capital Outflow in May
Overseas investors sold USD 4.5 billion of US assets, including short-dated instruments, in May 2020 after buying an downwardly revised USD 121.7 billion in April. Meanwhile, foreigners sold USD 27.7 billion of long-term US securities, including government and corporate after selling USD 176.5 billion in the previous month. Overseas investors bought USD 127 billion of Treasuries in May after dumping USD 130.8 billion in the previous month.
2020-07-16
US International Capital Inflows Lose Steam
Overseas investors bought USD 125.3 billion of US assets, including short-dated instruments, in April 2020 after buying an upwardly revised USD 355.3 billion in March. Meanwhile, foreigners sold USD 176.7 billion of long-term US securities, including government and corporate after selling USD 298.9 billion in the previous month. Overseas investors sold USD 128.4 billion of Treasuries in April after dumping USD 111.6 billion in the previous month.
2020-06-15
US Overseas Capital Purchases Rebound Sharply
Overseas investors bought USD 349.9 billion of US assets, including short-dated instruments, in March 2020 after buying an upwardly revised USD 14.3 billion sale in February. Meanwhile, foreigners sold USD 299.3 billion of long-term US securities, including government and corporate after buying USD 4.9 billion in the previous month. Overseas investors sold USD 112.6 billion of Treasuries in March after buying USD 49.6 billion in the previous month.
2020-05-15
US Treasury Outflows Below Estimates
Overseas investors sold USD 13.4 billion of US assets, including short-dated instruments, in February 2020 after buying an upwardly revised USD 127.3 billion purchase in January, while markets were expecting them to buy USD 38.3 billion. Meanwhile, foreigners bought USD 4.9 billion of long-term US securities, including government and corporate after buying USD 25.6 billion in the previous month. Overseas investors bought USD 49.4 billion of Treasuries in February after buying a revised USD 21.8 billion in the previous month.
2020-04-15

United States Net Treasury International Capital Flows
Net Treasury International Capital Flows includes all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows.