New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2017

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2017
Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $259.6 billion (preliminary) in 2017. Expenditures were down 32 percent from $379.7 billion (revised) in 2016 and were below the annual average of $359.9 billion for 2014-2016. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing businesses accounted for a large majority of total expenditures. Full Text

Published July 11, 2018 at 06:00PM
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