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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Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2009 (advance estimate)

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2009 (ADVANCE ESTIMATE) 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 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2009, (that is, from the second quarter to the third quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2009

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U.S. personal income grew 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the first growth in a year for the U.S. and for 15 states, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, U.S. personal income fell 2.3 percent.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2009

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services DECEMBER 2007

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Personal Income and Outlays, August 2009

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Personal income increased $19.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $15.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, inAugust, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $129.6 billion, or 1.3 percent.

Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2009 (Third Estimate)

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2009 (THIRD ESTIMATE) CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2009 (REVISED ESTIMATE) Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009, (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according…

GDP by Metropolitan Area, Accelerated 2008, 2007, and Revised 2005 - 2006

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ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN WIDESPREAD IN 2008

Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts, 2nd Quarter 2009

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QUARTERLY TOURISM ESTIMATES WILL NOT BE DISCONTINUED (SEE THE BOX NEXT RELEASE)

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2009

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services DECEMBER 2007

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Personal Income and Outlays, July 2009

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Personal income increased $3.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $4.6 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, inJuly, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $25.0 billion, or 0.2 percent.

Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2009 (Second Estimate)

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2009 (SECOND ESTIMATE) CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2009 (PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE) Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent in the second quarter of 2009, (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to…