Net Investment
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION OF THE U.S. AT YEAREND: 1976-2004
                       (billions of dollars)

     Net international  U.S.-owned        Foreign-owned
     Investment pos.    assets abroad     assets in U.S.
     -----------------  ----------------  ----------------
      Current   Market  Current   Market  Current   Market
Year     Cost    Value     Cost    Value     Cost    Value      GDP
----  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
1976    164.8             457.0             292.1            1825.3
1977    171.4             512.3             340.8            2030.9
1978    206.4             621.2             414.8            2294.7
1979    316.9             786.7             469.8            2563.3
1980    360.8             929.8             569.0            2789.5
1981    339.8            1001.7             661.9            3128.4
1982    329.0    235.9   1108.4    961.0    779.5    725.1   3255.0
1983    298.3    257.4   1211.0   1129.7    912.7    872.3   3536.7
1984    160.7    134.1   1204.9   1127.1   1044.2    993.0   3933.2
1985     54.3     96.9   1287.4   1302.7   1233.1   1205.8   4220.3
1986    -36.2    100.8   1469.4   1594.7   1505.6   1493.9   4462.8
1987    -80.0     50.5   1646.5   1758.7   1726.5   1708.2   4739.5
1988   -178.5     10.5   1829.7   2008.4   2008.1   1997.9   5103.8
1989   -259.5    -47.0   2070.9   2350.2   2330.4   2397.2   5484.4
1990   -245.3   -164.5   2179.0   2294.1   2424.3   2458.6   5803.1
1991   -309.3   -260.8   2286.5   2470.6   2595.7   2731.4   5995.9
1992   -431.2   -452.3   2331.7   2466.5   2762.9   2918.8   6337.7
1993   -307.0   -144.3   2753.6   3091.4   3060.6   3235.7   6657.4
1994   -323.4   -135.3   2987.1   3315.1   3310.5   3450.4   7072.2
1995   -458.5   -305.8   3486.3   3964.6   3944.7   4270.4   7397.7
1996   -495.1   -360.0   4032.3   4650.8   4527.4   5010.9   7816.9
1997   -820.7   -822.7   6238.8   7399.7   7620.0   8437.1   8304.3
1998   -895.4  -1070.8   5095.5   6179.1   5990.9   7249.9   8747.0
1999   -766.2  -1037.4   5974.4   7399.7   6740.6   8437.1   9268.4
2000  -1381.2  -1581.0   6238.8   7401.2   7620.0   8982.2   9817.0
2001  -1919.4  -2339.4   6308.7   6930.5   8228.1   9269.9  10128.0
2002  -2107.3  -2455.1   6645.7   6807.8   8752.9   9263.0  10469.6
2003  -2156.7  -2372.4   7641.0   8296.6   9797.7  10669.0  10971.2
2004* -2484.2  -2542.2   9052.8   9972.8  11537.0  12515.0  11734.3

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INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION OF THE U.S. AT YEAREND: 1976-2004
                         (percent of GDP)

     Net international  U.S.-owned        Foreign-owned
     Investment pos.    assets abroad     assets in U.S.
     -----------------  ----------------  ----------------
      Current   Market  Current   Market  Current   Market      GDP
Year     Cost    Value     Cost    Value     Cost    Value   ($bil)
----  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
1976     9.03             25.04             16.00            1825.3
1977     8.44             25.22             16.78            2030.9
1978     9.00             27.07             18.08            2294.7
1979    12.36             30.69             18.33            2563.3
1980    12.94             33.33             20.40            2789.5
1981    10.86             32.02             21.16            3128.4
1982    10.11     7.25    34.05    29.52    23.95    22.28   3255.0
1983     8.43     7.28    34.24    31.94    25.81    24.66   3536.7
1984     4.09     3.41    30.63    28.66    26.55    25.25   3933.2
1985     1.29     2.30    30.50    30.87    29.22    28.57   4220.3
1986    -0.81     2.26    32.93    35.73    33.74    33.47   4462.8
1987    -1.69     1.07    34.74    37.11    36.43    36.04   4739.5
1988    -3.50     0.21    35.85    39.35    39.35    39.15   5103.8
1989    -4.73    -0.86    37.76    42.85    42.49    43.71   5484.4
1990    -4.23    -2.83    37.55    39.53    41.78    42.37   5803.1
1991    -5.16    -4.35    38.13    41.21    43.29    45.56   5995.9
1992    -6.80    -7.14    36.79    38.92    43.59    46.05   6337.7
1993    -4.61    -2.17    41.36    46.44    45.97    48.60   6657.4
1994    -4.57    -1.91    42.24    46.88    46.81    48.79   7072.2
1995    -6.20    -4.13    47.13    53.59    53.32    57.73   7397.7
1996    -6.33    -4.61    51.58    59.50    57.92    64.10   7816.9
1997    -9.88    -9.91    75.13    89.11    91.76   101.60   8304.3
1998   -10.24   -12.24    58.25    70.64    68.49    82.88   8747.0
1999    -8.27   -11.19    64.46    79.84    72.73    91.03   9268.4
2000   -14.07   -16.10    63.55    75.39    77.62    91.50   9817.0
2001   -18.95   -23.10    62.29    68.43    81.24    91.53  10128.0
2002   -20.13   -23.45    63.48    65.02    83.60    88.47  10469.6
2003   -19.66   -21.62    69.65    75.62    89.30    97.25  10971.2
2004*  -21.17   -21.67    77.15    84.99    98.32   106.65  11734.3
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* preliminary
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Yearend International Investment Position, XLS
        Bureau of Economic Analysis, Current-dollar and "real" GDP, XLS

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