The Ministry of Finance of China released the report on international capital flows in May.

The report shows that in May, the total net inflow of US long-term and short-term securities and bank flows from all overseas sources was $311.1 billion. Among them, overseas private capital saw a net inflow of $333.2 billion, while overseas official sources had a net outflow of $22.1 billion. In May, foreign investors increased their holdings of US long-term securities by $318.5 billion. Of this amount, foreign private investors increased their holdings of US long-term securities by $287.5 billion, while foreign official institutions increased their holdings by $31.1 billion. In May, US investors increased their holdings of foreign long-term securities by $59.1 billion. Considering the purchase of US stocks by overseas investment portfolios through stock swaps, the total net amount of foreign investors' holdings of US long-term securities in May is estimated to have decreased by $259.4 billion. In May, foreign investors increased their holdings of US treasury bonds by $5 billion, and their holdings of all US dollar-denominated short-term securities and other custody bonds increased by $10.3 billion. US banks saw a net increase of $41.4 billion in their dollar liabilities to foreign investors.