July 11, 2025

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2024

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $24.9 billion, or 14.2 percent, from $176.0 billion (revised) in 2023 and were below the annual average of $277.2 billion for 2014–2023. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (3rd)
-0.5%
Personal Income
May 2025
-0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
May 2025
-$71.5 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

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Personal Income, January 1999

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Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 1998 (preliminary)

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 1998 (PRELIMINARY)

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for December 1998

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Resources Needed to Measure the New Millennium Economy

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Steven Landefeld (202) 606-9600  Rosemary Marcuss (202) 606-9602

In an effort to accurately measure the "new millennium American economy," an economy driven by silicon chips, cyberspace, and services, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis is requesting an appropriation of $49.4 million for fiscal year 2000, which includes $4.5 million for new measurement programs.

Personal Income, December 1998

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Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 1998 (advance)

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  Virginia H. Mannering: (202) 606-5304 BEA 99-02 Recorded message:               606-5306

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 1998 (ADVANCE)

State Quarterly Personal Income, 3rd quarter 1998

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STATE PERSONAL INCOME: THIRD QUARTER 1998

Four western states -- Nevada, Colorado, Washington, and Arizona -- led the nation in personal income growth in the third quarter of 1998, according to estimates released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In all four states, fast growth in net earnings (see Definitions on page 4) contributed to…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, November 1998

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Personal Income and Outlays, November 1998

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Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 1998 (final); Corporate Profits, 3rd quarter 1998 (revised)

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