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, 4th quarter 2006 (advance)

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: November 2006

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County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 2003-2005

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Personal Income and Outlays: November 2006

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Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2006 "final" estimates

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State Personal Income: Third Quarter 2006

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U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2006

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, October 2006

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