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 for March 1999

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1997 Local Area Personal Income for counties, metropolitan areas, and nonmetropolitan areas

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1997 LOCAL AREA PERSONAL INCOME For Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Nonmetropolitan Areas

Personal income in metropolitan counties grew 5.8 percent in 1997, substantially faster than the 4.7 percent growth of personal income in nonmetropolitan counties, according to estimates released today by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. The faster metro county growth in 1997 reversed the pattern in 1996, when personal…

Personal Income, March 1999

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Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 1999 (advance estimate)

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NOTE: On May 13, 1999, Table 2 of this news release was recalculated; the recalculated table is here.

State Personal Income, 4th quarter 1998 and Per Capita Personal Income, 1998 (preliminary)

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1998 STATE PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME and STATE PERSONAL INCOME (Preliminary)

North Dakota and Colorado led the nation in per capita personal income growth in 1998, according to preliminary estimates released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for February 1999

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Personal Income, February 1999

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Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 1998 (final)

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Many of BEA's tables are very wide. Printing tips are available.

 

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for January 1999

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U.S. International Transactions, 4th quarter and Year 1998

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