About Capital Flows Atlas

Capital Flows Atlas tracks where international money moves, using official statistics published by governments and international organisations. It is an independent project based in Cork, Ireland.

The aim is to make these figures easy to find, read and compare. The underlying data are free, but they are spread across many sources, released on different schedules and often hard to interpret. The site brings them together with short explanations of what they show and what they do not.

Sources

• US Department of the Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1)
• US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders
• World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
• Ministry of Finance, Japan, International Transactions in Securities
• International Monetary Fund, Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER)
• European Central Bank statistics
• World Bank, World Development Indicators

Figures are reproduced as published, with unit conversions only. Each source is credited where its data appear, and on the data page.

Not investment advice

Capital Flows Atlas publishes data and general analysis for information only. Nothing on this site is investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Figures may be revised by their sources.

Contact

For corrections, questions or suggestions, see the contact page.