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

Noteworthy

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Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies, 2009

April 18, 2011 | News Release

Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2009

The following are advance summary estimates of the employment, capital spending, and sales activity of U.S. multinational companies (comprising both their U.S. and foreign operations) and the corresponding activity of foreign multinational companies in the United States.

U.S. multinational companies: U.S. and foreign operations…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, February 2011

April 12, 2011 | News Release

U.S. Census Bureau: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: NEWS U.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, DC 20230 U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES February 2011 Goods and Services The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Personal Income and Outlays, February 2011

March 28, 2011 | News Release

Personal income increased $38.1 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $36.0 billion, or 0.3 percent, inFebruary, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $69.1 billion, or 0.7 percent.

Gross Domestic Product, 4th Quarter and Annual 2010 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 4th Quarter and Annual 2010

March 25, 2011 | News Release

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.6 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on more…

State Quarterly Personal Income, 1st quarter 2007-4th quarter 2010; State Annual Personal Income, 2010 (preliminary estimate)

March 23, 2011 | News Release

WASHINGTON DC, March 23, 2011 – State personal income rose an average 3.0 percent in 2010 after falling 1.7 percent in 2009, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. State personal income growth ranged from 0.3 percent in Nevada to 4.2 percent in New Mexico. Inflation, as measured by the national price index for personal consumption expenditures, increased to 1.7 percent in 2010 from 0.2 percent in 2009…

Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts, 4th quarter and annual 2010

March 18, 2011 | News Release

Real spending on travel and tourism increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, following an increase of 8.6 percent (revised) in the third quarter of 2010. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.8 percent (second estimate) in the fourth quarter, after increasing 2.6 percent in the third quarter. Overall growth in prices for travel and tourism goods and services accelerated, increasing 3.4…

U.S. International Transactions: Fourth Quarter and Year 2010

March 16, 2011 | News Release

Fourth Quarter Current Account The U.S. current-account deficitthe combined balances on trade in goods and services, income, and net unilateral current transfersdecreased to $113.3 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2010, from $125.5 billion (revised) in the third quarter of 2010. The decrease was more than accounted for by a decrease in the deficit on goods;…

Personal Income and Outlays, January 2011

February 28, 2011 | News Release

Personal income increased $133.2 billion, or 1.0 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $78.3 billion, or 0.7 percent, inJanuary, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $23.7 billion, or 0.2 percent.

Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 2010 (second estimate)

February 25, 2011 | News Release

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.6 percent. The GDP estimates released today are based on more…