Talk:Treasury International Capital#Compiling notes for page expansion
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Request: add a line explaining what a positive (or negative) reading means
I came to this page looking for info on how to read this Treasury report:
- does a negative number mean a net inflow of US securities, or a net outflow?
Optionally, how to interpret the report:
- what does a negative number imply for interest rates
- what does a negative number imply for the relative strength of the US dollar?
TIA
--17:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)w3steve (talk)
:At least if your question was about the expanded SLT report (which it isn't since that form debuted in 2023), according to https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/introducing-new-valuation-change-data-for-us-cross-border-portfolio-holdings-20240418.html this: "... the meaning of net U.S. purchases is again consistent with the U.S. perspective employed by the SLT form, and that positive (negative) net U.S. purchases from foreigners imply U.S. purchases were greater (less) than U.S. sales to foreigners, thus increasing (decreasing) U.S. holdings, all else equal." Note: I am one of the authors of that report, possible WP: COI.
Beyond stub
As part of my day job, I contribute to compiling these statistical reports. I wish to contribute to this page as a subject-matter expert and am doing so of my own volition outside of my work hours. This constitutes a WP:COI, but I will take guidance I received in the Teahouse into consideration. I am working on this in User:Polunbus and will flag it for review when I feel it's ready.