[Published: Saturday April 28 2018]
 Global FDI dropped 18% in 2017
PARIS, 28 April. - (ANA) - Thought this might be of interest: new OECD data and analysis reveal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) dropping 18% to $1.411 billion in 2017 compared to 2016 as corporate restructurings decline. This represents 1.8% of global GDP, compared to 2.3% in 2016 and 2.5% in 2015, but is comparable to levels recorded between 2012 and 2014.
FDI flows in to the United States dropped to $287 billion after reaching more than $450 billion in 2015 and 2016.
Among the findings of FDI trends and developments in 2017 are that:
· In the fourth quarter of 2017, FDI flows reached their lowest level since 2013 (USD 280 billion).
· Inflows to the OECD area decreased by 37%, largely driven by decreases in the United Kingdom and the United States from high levels in 2016. Outflows from the OECD area decreased by a more modest 4%.
· In contrast, FDI inflows to non-OECD G20 economies increased by 3% while FDI outflows decreased by 33% as FDI outflows from China declined for the first time since 2005.
· The United States remained the largest source of FDI worldwide by a long stretch, followed by Japan, China, the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada.
· China, after being a net outward direct investor for the first time in 2016, became a net inward investor in 2017.
· Although the majority of OECD countries account for a smaller share of global GDP than they did at the start of the global financial crisis, most still account for a larger share of global inward and outward FDI, indicating that they remain among the more financially integrated economies in the world.
The full report is available at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/FDI-in-Figures-April-2018.pdf - (ANA) -
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