US Foreign Investment and Its Impact on the Economy

Impact of Foreign Investment on the US Economy

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If the U.S. is viewed by foreigners as a great nation in which to invest, generating a large inflow of foreign investment, this will cause the U.S. to run a

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If foreigners invest often in the U.S. the U.S. will tend to run a capital account surplus. By definition of the balance of payments, the U.S. must also tend to run a current account deficit since these two accounts must counteract each other and sum to zero.