U.S. Net International Investment Position: First Quarter 2018, Year 2017, and Annual Update

摘要

This article presents the U.S. international investment position (IIP) statistics for the first quarter of 2018 and the annual update of the IIP accounts, which introduces new annual statistical detail for 2017, including changes in position resulting from financial transactions and other changes in position such as price changes, exchange-rate changes, and changes in volume and valuation not included elsewhere (n.i.e.). This year's annual update also includes revisions to position statistics for 2010-2017. The revisions reflect newly available and revised source data, including data from the 2014 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, and an improved method for estimating exports of military goods, which caused revisions to U.S. liabilities in trade credit and advances.