U.S. Net International Investment Position: First Quarter of 2017, Year 2016, and Annual Update

摘要

THIS ARTICLE presents the U.S. international investment position (IIP) statistics for the first quarter of 2017 and detailed annual statistics for 2016, 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 article also presents information on the annual update of the IIP accounts. With this year's annual update, both quarterly and annual position statistics for 2014-2016 were revised to reflect newly available and revised source data. Supplementary statistics for alternative current-price measures of direct investment positions for 1999-2016 were revised to implement a new, streamlined method for estimating direct investment positions at current cost.