The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January 2019. The next release, which will report on data for February 2019, is scheduled for April 15, 2019. The sum total in January of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC outflow of $143.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $123.6 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $20.0 billion. Foreign residents decreased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in January; net sales were $19.6 billion. Net sales by private ... (full story)