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

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For information on goods contact: Bureau of the Census: Haydn R. Mearkle (301) 457-2246 Richard M. Preuss (301) 457-2311 For information on services contact: Bureau of Economic Analysis: Technical: Christopher Bach (202) 606-9545 Media: Larry Moran (202) 606-2649 U.S.

Travel and Tourism Spending in the United States: 1992

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According to the newly developed travel and tourism satellite accounts (TTSA's) released for the first time by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis, spending by U.S. residents and nonresidents traveling in the United States accounted for 5 percent of gross domestic product in 1992. The new accounts provide the best picture yet developed of the importance of travel and tourism spending in the U.S. economy; the data in the new…

U.S. Net International Investment Position, 1997

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Personal Income and Outlays, May 1998

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Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 1998 (final); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 1998 (revised)

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U.S. International Transactions, 1st quarter 1998

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

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Foreign Investors' Spending, 1997

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Gross State Product: New Estimates for 1995-1996 and Revised Estimates for 1977-94

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Personal Income and Outlays, April 1998

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