The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2026. The next release, which will report on data for June 2026, is scheduled for August 17, 2026.
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 inflow of $132.2 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $172.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $39.9 billion.
Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in May; their net purchases were $262.8 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $246.8 billion, and net purchases by foreign official institutions were $16.1 billion.
U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $30.1 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 $232.7 billion in May.
Foreign residents decreased their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills by $43.5 billion. Foreign resident holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term U.S. securities and other custody liabilities decreased by $30.6 billion.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $70.0 billion.
Complete data are available on the Treasury website here .