Direct Investment Abroad : Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capital and Income Flows ,

The es Go to < Direct In Estim the bala their for on the  Internat The esti , pr (outside    present detailed estimates of the U.S. direct investment position abroad on a historical-cost, or book-value, basis and estimates of the related capital and income flows. These estimates can be used, for example, to see how the geographic and the industrial composition of U.S. companies’ investment abroad has changed over time. These estimates supplement the estimates that were presented in an article in the July  S  C B that summarized developments in the direct investment positions at historical cost in . The estimates for  are preliminary; those for  and  are revised. The estimates in tables – differ in two respects from those for comparable items in the international investment position of the United States and in the U.S. international transactions accounts. First, these