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New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2025

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures increased $76.8 billion, or 49.5 percent, from 2024 levels. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures. Acquisition expenditures in 20

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  • USDdirect macro sensitive

    US policy and macro information can reprice broad USD conditions.

  • US10Ycross-market sensitive

    US Treasury yields often transmit policy and macro repricing.

  • GOLDUSD/real-yield sensitive

    Gold is exposed to the USD and real-yield transmission channels.

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