August 23, 2024 Data on the activities of foreign affiliates of U.S. MNEs and U.S. parent companies have been updated to reflect revised estimates for 2021 and preliminary estimates for 2022.
July 23, 2024 Balance of payments and direct investment position data for U.S. direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in the United States have been updated to reflect revised estimates for 2021-2022 and preliminary estimates for 2023.
July 12, 2024Data on new foreign direct investment in the United States has been updated to reflect revised data for 2022 and preliminary data for 2023.
BEA has adopted the use of standard international terminology in BEA's international economic accounts by replacing the term "multinational companies" with "multinational enterprises" and the term "financial and operating (F&O)" statistics with "activities of multinational enterprises (AMNE)." This change in terminology reflects BEA's effort to conform more closely with international guidelines and does not affect the actual statistics produced.