BEA News: U.S. International Investment Position, 1st quarter 2013 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 first quarter of 2013 was -$4,277.1 billion (preliminary) as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad. At the end of the fourth quarter and year 2012, the U.S. net international investment position was -$3,863.9 billion (revised). The -$413.2 billion change in the net position reflected a $394.2 billion increase in the value of foreign-owned assets in the United States and a $19.0 billion decrease 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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