BEA News: U.S. International Investment Position, 4th quarter and Year 2012

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today:

The U.S. net international investment position at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012 was -$4,416.2 billion (preliminary) as the value of foreign investments in the
United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad (table 1).  At the end of the third quarter, the U.S. net international investment position was -$4,663.4 billion.  The $247.2 billion change in the net position reflected a $207.2 billion decrease in the value of foreign-owned assets in the United States and a $40.0 billion increase in the value of U.S.-owned assets abroad.   

The full text of the release on BEA's Web site can be found at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/intinv/intinvnewsrelease.htm

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