Foreign direct investment in the United States: new investment in 2004

Outlays by foreign direct investors to acquire or to establish US businesses rose for the second consecutive year to $78.9 billion in 2004, up 26% form a revised $63.6 billion in 2003. Despite the increases, outlays in 2004 were still less than in 1998-2001, when new investment outlays were historic...

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Published inSurvey of Current Business Vol. 85; no. 6; pp. 30 - 37
Main Author Anderson, Thomas W
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington U.S. Government Printing Office 01.06.2005
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Economic aspects
Economic conditions
Forecasts and trends
Foreign direct investment
Foreign investments
Foreign investments in the US
Market trend/market analysis
United States
United States > US
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Summary:Outlays by foreign direct investors to acquire or to establish US businesses rose for the second consecutive year to $78.9 billion in 2004, up 26% form a revised $63.6 billion in 2003. Despite the increases, outlays in 2004 were still less than in 1998-2001, when new investment outlays were historically high, ranging from $147.1 billion to $335.6 billion. Outlays were boosted by the stepped-up growth in the US economy and the increase was part of a broader resurgence of worldwide merger and acquisition activity. Transactions of more than $5 billion continued to account for a sizable share of total outlays. In 2004, as in previous years, outlays by foreign direct investors to acquire existing US businesses were far larger than outlays to establish new US businesses.
ISSN:0039-6222
1937-4534