CIAO DATE: 02/2013

Quarterly Update: Foreign Ownership of U.S. Assets

January 2013

Council on Foreign Relations

Abstract

Foreign ownership of U.S. assets has increased significantly since 1945, growing especially quickly over the past two decades. This growth is the result of a general increase in cross-border investment, with rising foreign ownership of U.S. assets being almost balanced by rising ownership of assets abroad by the U.S. government, businesses, and households.

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