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EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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Christopher Gohrband
Elena Nguyen
Doug Weinberg (Direct Investment)
Jeannine Aversa

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Jeannine.Aversa@bea.gov

U.S. International Investment Position,
Fourth Quarter and Year 2021
Fourth Quarter
The U.S. net international investment position (IIP), the difference between U.S. residents’ foreign financial
assets and liabilities, was –$18.10 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, according to statistics
released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Assets totaled $35.21 trillion, and liabilities
were $53.31 trillion. At the end of the third quarter, the net investment position was –$16.35 trillion. The net
investment positions and components of assets and liabilities are presented in table 1.

The –$1.75 trillion change in the net investment position from the third quarter to the fourth quarter came
from net financial transactions of –$153.0 billion and net other changes in position, such as price and
exchange-rate changes, of –$1.60 trillion that mostly reflected U.S. stock price increases that exceeded
foreign stock price increases, which increased U.S. liabilities more than U.S. assets (table A).

COVID–19 Impact on Fourth–Quarter 2021 International Investment Position

The global pandemic and the economic recovery continued to impact the IIP in the fourth quarter of
2021. The full economic effects of the COVID–19 pandemic cannot be quantified in the IIP statistics,
because the impacts are generally embedded in source data and cannot be separately identified.

Table A. Quarterly Change in the U.S. Net International Investment Position
Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted
End of
quarter
position,
2021:Q3
U.S. net international investment position
-16,351.2
Net position excluding financial derivatives
-16,384.7
Financial derivatives other than reserves, net
33.5

Change in position in 2021:Q4
Attributable to:
Total
Financial
Other changes
transactions in position1

End of
quarter
position,
2021:Q4

-1,749.9
-1,736.0
-13.9

-153.0
-130.1
-22.9

-1,596.9
-1,605.9
9.0

-18,101.2
-18,120.7
19.6

U.S. assets
Assets excluding financial derivatives
Financial derivatives other than reserves

34,431.5
32,385.0
2,046.5

779.2
837.7
-58.5

(2)
91.9
(2)

(2)
745.8
(2)

35,210.7
33,222.7
1,988.0

U.S. liabilities
Liabilities excluding financial derivatives
Financial derivatives other than reserves

50,782.7
48,769.7
2,013.0

2,529.1
2,573.8
-44.6

(2)
222.0
(2)

(2)
2,351.7
(2)

53,311.9
51,343.5
1,968.4

1. Disaggregation of other changes in position into price changes, exchange -rate changes, and other changes in volume and valuation
is presented for annual statistics (see table B and table 2 in this release).
2. Financial transactions and other changes in financial derivatives positions are available on a net basis; they are not separately
available for U.S. assets and U.S. liabilities.

U.S. assets increased by $779.2 billion to a total of $35.21 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter, mostly
reflecting increases in direct investment and portfolio investment assets. Direct investment assets increased
by $498.7 billion to $11.03 trillion and portfolio investment assets increased by $265.6 billion to $16.42
trillion, driven mainly by increases in foreign stock prices that raised the value of these assets.
U.S. liabilities increased by $2.53 trillion to a total of $53.31 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter, mostly
reflecting increases in direct investment and portfolio investment liabilities. Direct investment liabilities
increased by $1.27 trillion to $14.84 trillion and portfolio investment liabilities increased by $1.16 trillion to
$28.59 trillion, driven mainly by increases in U.S. stock prices that raised the value of these liabilities.

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Updates to Third–Quarter 2021 International Investment Position Aggregates
Trillions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted
U.S. net international investment position
U.S. assets
U.S. liabilities

Preliminary estimate
–16.07
34.45
50.53

Revised estimate
–16.35
34.43
50.78

Accelerating Release of Annual IIP Statistics
With this release of the U.S. IIP Accounts, BEA is accelerating the publication of annual IIP statistics for
2021 that include details for the annual change in the IIP, such as financial transactions, price changes,
exchange-rate changes, and other changes in volume and valuation (table 2). This table is also available
in BEA’s Interactive Data Application as IIP table 1.3, which will subsequently be updated as part of the
annual update in June each year. In the past, this table introduced statistics for the most recent year as
part of the annual update in June.

Year 2021
The U.S. net international investment position was –$18.10 trillion at the end of 2021, compared to –$14.01
trillion at the end of 2020. The net investment positions and components of assets and liabilities are
presented in table 2.
The –$4.09 trillion change in the net investment position from the end of 2020 to the end of 2021 came from
net financial transactions of –$687.1 billion and net other changes in position, such as price and exchangerate changes, of –$3.40 trillion (table B). Price changes of –$1.81 trillion mostly reflected U.S. stock price
increases that exceeded foreign stock price increases, which increased U.S. liabilities more than U.S. assets.
Exchange-rate changes of –$953.2 billion reflected the depreciation of major foreign currencies against the
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U.S. dollar, which lowered the value of foreign-currency-denominated assets in dollar terms. Changes in
volume and valuation n.i.e. (not included elsewhere) of –$704.1 billion reflected a series break in the longterm securities data resulting from data revisions by respondents on the monthly Treasury International
Capital SLT report for June 2021. For more information, see footnote 5 under “Footnotes and Notices” on
“Securities (B): Portfolio Holdings of U.S. and Foreign Securities | U.S. Department of the Treasury.”
U.S. assets increased by $2.95 trillion to a total of $35.21 trillion at the end of 2021, mostly reflecting
increases in portfolio investment and direct investment assets that were partly offset by a decrease in
financial derivatives. Portfolio investment assets increased by $1.82 trillion to $16.42 trillion and direct
investment assets increased by $1.63 trillion to $11.03 trillion, driven mainly by foreign stock price increases
and, to a lesser extent, by financial transactions that mostly reflected U.S. purchases of long-term debt
securities and increases in direct investment equity assets. The impact of foreign stock price increases and
financial transactions was partly offset by decreases resulting from the depreciation of major foreign
currencies against the U.S. dollar, which lowered the value of foreign-currency-denominated assets in dollar
terms. Financial derivatives decreased $557.8 billion to $1.99 trillion, driven by decreases in single-currency
interest rate contracts.
Table B. Annual Change in the U.S. Net International Investment Position

Yearend
position,
2020

U.S. net investment position -14,011.2
Net position excl. derivatives -14,004.6
Financial derivatives, net
-6.6

Total

Billions of dollars
Change in position in 2021
Attributable to:
Other changes in position
Yearend
Changes
Financial
position,
Exchange- in volume
2021
transPrice
Total
rate
and
actions
changes
changes valuation
n.i.e.

-4,089.9
-4,116.1
26.2

-687.1
-645.4
-41.7

-3,402.8
-3,470.7
67.9

(1)
-1,813.4
( 1)

(1)
-953.2
( 1)

(1) -18,101.2
-704.1 -18,120.7
( 1)
19.6

U.S. assets
Assets excl. derivatives
Financial derivatives

32,256.3
29,710.6
2,545.7

2,954.4
3,512.1
-557.8

(2)
1,213.3
( 2)

(2)
2,298.8
( 2)

(2)
3,134.8
( 2)

(2)
-1,036.4
( 2)

(2)
200.4
( 2)

35,210.7
33,222.7
1,988.0

U.S. liabilities
Liabilities excl. derivatives
Financial derivatives

46,267.6
43,715.2
2,552.4

7,044.3
7,628.2
-584.0

(2)
1,858.8
( 2)

(2)
5,769.5
( 2)

(2)
4,948.2
( 2)

(2)
-83.2
( 2)

(2)
904.5
( 2)

53,311.9
51,343.5
1,968.4

1. Data are not separately available for price changes, exchange -rate changes, and changes in volume and valuation n.i.e. (not
included elsewhere).
2. Financial transactions and other changes in financial derivatives positions are available on a net basis; they are not sepa rately
available for U.S. assets and U.S. liabilities.

U.S. liabilities increased by $7.04 trillion to a total of $53.31 trillion at the end of 2021, reflecting increases in
all major categories of liabilities except financial derivatives. Portfolio investment liabilities increased by
$3.96 trillion to $28.59 trillion and direct investment liabilities increased by $2.86 trillion to $14.84 trillion,
driven mainly by U.S. stock price increases and, to a lesser extent, by financial transactions that mostly
reflected foreign purchases of long-term debt securities and increases in direct investment equity liabilities.
Other investment liabilities increased $807.9 billion to $7.92 trillion, mostly reflecting U.S. borrowing in the

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form of loans and deposits. In contrast, financial derivatives decreased by $584.0 billion to $1.97 trillion,
driven by decreases in single-currency interest rate contracts.

Upcoming Update to the U.S. International Investment Position
The annual update of the U.S. International Investment Position (IIP) Accounts, along with preliminary
estimates for the first quarter of 2022, will be released on June 28, 2022. With the annual update, BEA will
update the two new IIP tables 2.2 and 4.1, which were introduced in the IIP release on December 30, 2021,
and add them to the existing standard IIP table presentation. Table 2.2 will be expanded to include data on
foreign special purpose entities. To prepare data users for these changes, BEA has provided two prototype
tables, described below, with this release in BEA’s Interactive Data Application. More information will be
available in a preview article on BEA’s annual update of the International Economic Accounts in the April
2022 Survey of Current Business.

Prototype Tables
IIP table 2.2 features annual statistics on direct investment positions in special purpose entities (SPEs), which
are legal entities with little or no employment or physical presence. The increased prevalence of SPEs
heightens the need for separate statistics on their activities for analysis and for improved interpretability of
macroeconomic statistics. For more information, see “Special Purpose Entities in the International
Investment Position Accounts.”
IIP table 4.1 features quarter-end position statistics on U.S. debt positions by currency, sector, and maturity
for U.S. assets and liabilities. These statistics are valuable for assessing U.S. exposure to foreign currency risks
and for helping to identify potential future financial crises. For more information, see “New Statistics on U.S.
Debt Positions in the International Investment Position Accounts.”

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Next release: June 28, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. EDT
U.S. International Investment Position, First Quarter 2022 and Annual Update
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Additional Information
Resources
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Price changes (only presented for annual statistics in the
March and June news releases) are changes in the value of
an asset or liability due to changes in the market price of a
financial instrument.

Information on COVID-19 and recovery impacts is
available on our website.
Stay informed about BEA developments by
reading the BEA Wire, signing up for BEA’s email
subscription service, or following BEA on Twitter
@BEA_News.
Historical time series for these estimates can be
accessed in BEA’s Interactive Data Application.
Access BEA data by registering for BEA’s Data
Application Programming Interface.
For more on BEA’s statistics, see our monthly
online journal, the Survey of Current Business.
More information on these international
investment position statistics will be provided
next month in the Survey.
For upcoming economic indicators, see BEA's
news release schedule.
More information on the International Investment
Position Accounts and a description of the
estimation methods used to compile them is
provided in U.S. International Economic Accounts:
Concepts and Methods.

Exchange-rate changes (only presented for annual statistics
in the March and June news releases) are changes in the
value of foreign-currency denominated assets and liabilities
due to changes in the values of foreign currencies relative to
the value of the U.S. dollar.
Changes in volume and valuation n.i.e. (only presented for
annual statistics in the March and June news releases)
reflect changes in position due to year-to-year shifts in the
composition of reporting panels, the incorporation of more
comprehensive annual and benchmark survey results, and
revaluations (holding gains and losses) on assets and
liabilities that are not explained by price changes or
exchange-rate changes.
Functional categories are the primary classification system
used in the IIP Accounts and in the financial account of the
ITAs. The five functional categories are direct investment,
portfolio investment, financial derivatives other than
reserves, other investment, and reserve assets. While the
functional categories are based on features that are relevant
for understanding cross-border financial transactions and
positions, they also take into account some aspects of the
relationship between transactors and the economic
motivation for the investment. Within the functional
categories, the IIP Accounts are classified by type of financial
instrument.

Definitions
The international investment position (IIP) is a statistical
balance sheet that presents the dollar value of U.S. financial
assets and liabilities with respect to foreign residents at a
specific point in time. BEA presents IIP statistics at the end
of a quarter or year (March, June, September, and
December). For the March and June releases, BEA also
presents statistics on changes in the yearend position that
are disaggregated into financial transactions, price changes,
exchange-rate changes, and changes in volume and
valuation not included elsewhere (n.i.e.).

Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment
associated with a resident in one economy having control or
a significant degree of influence on the management of an
enterprise resident in another economy. Ownership or
control of 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an
entity in another economy is the threshold for separating
direct investment from other types of investment. Direct
investment positions include positions in equity and debt
instruments. BEA’s IIP statistics feature the market value
measure of direct investment positions, a measure that
values owner’s equity at current-period prices using indexes
of stock market prices.

The U.S. net international investment position is defined as
the value of U.S. assets less the value of U.S. liabilities.
Financial transactions are transactions between U.S.
residents and nonresidents in financial assets and liabilities.
They are also recorded in the financial account of the
International Transactions Accounts (ITAs). See “Related
statistics” below.

Portfolio investment consists of cross-border positions
involving equity and investment fund shares and debt
securities, excluding those included in direct investment or
reserve assets. Debt securities are classified by original
maturity (short term versus long term at the time of issue).

Other changes in position are changes in the value of U.S.
assets or liabilities arising from any source besides a
financial transaction. Other changes in position include price
changes, exchange-rate changes, and changes in volume
and valuation n.i.e.

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Release and update schedule

Financial derivatives other than reserves consist of crossborder positions arising from financial contracts that are
linked to underlying financial instruments, commodities, or
indicators. Positions in financial derivatives consist of
contracts with positive and negative fair values. A contract
with a positive fair value is a U.S. asset and represents the
amount that a foreign resident would have to pay to a U.S.
counterparty if the contract were terminated or settled. A
contract with a negative fair value is a U.S. liability and
represents the amount that a U.S. resident would have to
pay to a foreign counterparty if the contract were
terminated or settled. The gross positive (negative) fair
value is the sum across all contracts with positive
(negative) fair values. Fair values differ from notional
values, which are the underlying amounts used to calculate
payments on contracts. Gross positive and gross negative
fair values for financial derivatives positions are available
separately in table 1. However, transactions and other
changes in financial derivatives positions are only available
for the net position in financial derivatives. For other
changes in position for financial derivatives, statistics are
not separately available for price changes, exchange rate
changes, and changes in volume and valuation n.i.e.

Preliminary quarterly IIP statistics are released in March,
June, September, and December, approximately 90 days
after the end of the reference quarter. These statistics are
updated the following quarter to incorporate new and
revised source data. Quarterly statistics are open for
revision for at least the prior 3 years in annual updates
released in June. Preliminary annual statistics are released
in March reflecting positions at the end of the fourth quarter
of the previous year. These annual statistics are open for
revision for at least the prior 3 years in subsequent annual
updates.

Related statistics
The IIP statistics comprise one part of a broader set of U.S.
International Economic Accounts that, taken together,
provide a comprehensive, integrated, and detailed picture
of U.S. international economic activities.
The ITA statistics are released quarterly. Financial
transactions reported in the financial account of the ITAs are
one type of change in position recorded in the IIP. Financial
transactions are transactions between U.S. residents and
nonresidents for direct investment, portfolio investment,
other investment, reserve assets, and financial derivatives.

Other investment includes cross-border positions other
than those included in direct investment, portfolio
investment, financial derivatives, and reserve assets. Other
investment positions consist of positions in other equity
(equity not in the form of securities), currency and deposits,
loans, insurance technical reserves, trade credit and
advances, and, for liabilities, special drawing rights
allocations.

Statistics on direct investment and multinational enterprises
(MNEs) include annual statistics on the activities of U.S.
MNEs and U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs, detailed annual
and quarterly statistics on direct investment, and annual
statistics on new foreign direct investment in the United
States.

Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily
available to and controlled by U.S. monetary authorities for
meeting balance-of-payments financing needs, for
intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency
exchange rate, and for other related purposes such as
maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy
and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing. The major
published components are monetary gold, International
Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights, reserve
position in the IMF, and other reserve assets.

Statistics on international services include detailed annual
information on trade in services and on services supplied
through the channel of direct investment by affiliates of
MNEs.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, released by
BEA and the U.S. Census Bureau, provides monthly statistics
on trade in goods and services.

List of News Release Table
Table 1. U.S. Net International Investment Position at the End of the Period
Table 2. Change in the Yearend U.S. Net International Investment Position

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March 29, 2022

Table 1. U.S. Net International Investment Position at the End of the Period
[Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line

Change:
2021:Q3 to
2021:Q4

2021

2020

T ype of investment

Q4

Q1

Q3 r

Q2

Q4 p

Change:
2020:Q4 to
2021:Q4

Line

1 U.S. net international investment position (line 4 less line 36)

-14,011.2

-14,300.5

-15,906.0

-16,351.2

-18,101.2

-1,749.9

-4,089.9

1

2

Net international investment position excluding financial derivatives (line 5 less line 37)

-14,004.6

-14,333.6

-15,943.9

-16,384.7

-18,120.7

-1,736.0

-4,116.1

2

3

Financial derivatives other than reserves, net (line 6 less line 38)

-6.6

33.1

37.9

33.5

19.6

-13.9

26.2

3

4 U.S. assets

32,256.3

32,838.0

34,273.3

34,431.5

35,210.7

779.2

2,954.4

4

5

Assets excluding financial derivatives (sum of lines 7, 10, 21, and 27)

29,710.6

30,679.1

32,167.2

32,385.0

33,222.7

837.7

3,512.1

5

6

Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross positive fair value (line 15)

2,545.7

2,158.9

2,106.1

2,046.5

1,988.0

-58.5

-557.8

6

By functional category:
7

9,405.1

9,892.2

10,563.1

10,535.8

11,034.5

498.7

1,629.3

7

8

Direct investment at market value
Equity

8,176.6

8,668.8

9,316.8

9,273.9

9,793.0

519.1

1,616.4

8

9

Debt instruments

1,228.5

1,223.4

1,246.3

1,261.8

1,241.5

-20.4

13.0

9

10

Portfolio investment

14,605.6

15,146.8

15,969.7

16,157.3

16,422.9

265.6

1,817.3

10

10,535.9

11,043.2

11,793.4

11,773.7

11,990.9

217.2

1,455.0

11

4,069.7

4,103.6

4,176.3

4,383.6

4,432.0

48.4

362.3

12

11

Equity and investment fund shares

12

Debt securities

13

Short term

720.4

755.2

754.4

773.7

731.2

-42.5

10.8

13

14

Long term

3,349.3

3,348.4

3,421.9

3,609.9

3,700.8

90.9

351.5

14

2,545.7

2,158.9

2,106.1

2,046.5

1,988.0

-58.5

-557.8

15

2,491.4

2,098.5

2,043.4

1,970.0

1,927.5

-42.5

-563.8

16

1,914.0

1,524.9

1,505.2

1,404.5

1,355.6

-49.0

-558.4

17

15
16

Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross positive fair value
Over-the-counter contracts

17

Single-currency interest rate contracts

18

Foreign exchange contracts

372.1

357.9

298.2

306.2

311.3

5.1

-60.9

18

19

Other contracts

205.3

215.8

240.1

259.3

260.7

1.4

55.4

19

54.4

60.4

62.7

76.5

60.4

-16.1

6.1

20

5,072.6

5,070.0

5,044.2

4,996.8

5,053.0

56.2

-19.6

21

69.9

71.1

71.1

71.1

71.1

0.0

1.2

22

20
21

Exchange-traded contracts
Other investment

22

Other equity

23

Currency and deposits

2,190.5

2,170.2

2,091.0

2,053.4

2,099.8

46.5

-90.6

23

24

Loans

2,766.7

2,779.4

2,835.8

2,826.6

2,834.8

8.2

68.1

24

25

Insurance technical reserves

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

25

26

T rade credit and advances

45.6

49.3

46.4

45.8

47.3

1.5

1.7

26

27

Reserve assets

627.3

570.1

590.1

695.1

712.3

17.2

85.0

27

28

Monetary gold

493.6

442.2

461.1

455.7

472.2

16.5

-21.4

28

29

Special drawing rights

52.9

52.1

52.4

163.9

163.6

-0.2

110.7

29

30

Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund

36.4

33.7

34.3

33.9

35.8

1.9

-0.5

30

31

Other reserve assets

44.4

42.1

42.3

41.6

40.6

-1.0

-3.7

31

32

Currency and deposits

30.0

28.4

29.0

31.4

28.3

-3.1

-1.8

32

33

Securities

14.3

13.7

13.3

10.3

12.4

2.1

-2.0

33

34

Financial derivatives

…..

…..

…..

…..

…..

…..

…..

34

35

Other claims

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

35

36 U.S. liabilities

46,267.6

47,138.5

50,179.3

50,782.7

53,311.9

2,529.1

7,044.3

36

37

Liabilities excluding financial derivatives (sum of lines 39, 42, and 57)

43,715.2

45,012.7

48,111.1

48,769.7

51,343.5

2,573.8

7,628.2

37

38

Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross negative fair value (line 51)

2,552.4

2,125.8

2,068.3

2,013.0

1,968.4

-44.6

-584.0

38

11,977.9

12,562.5

13,473.2

13,574.0

14,839.9

1,266.0

2,862.1

39

10,262.0

10,873.0

11,794.8

11,856.6

13,114.5

1,257.9

2,852.5

40

By functional category:
39

Direct investment at market value

40

Equity

41

Debt instruments

1,715.9

1,689.6

1,678.4

1,717.4

1,725.5

8.1

9.6

41

42

Portfolio investment

24,628.4

25,179.3

27,164.2

27,430.1

28,586.7

1,156.6

3,958.2

42

43

Equity and investment fund shares

11,605.6

12,374.7

13,579.1

13,817.6

14,824.2

1,006.7

3,218.6

43

44

Debt securities

13,022.8

12,804.6

13,585.1

13,612.5

13,762.4

149.9

739.7

44

1,216.2

1,171.2

1,143.6

1,149.5

1,199.4

50.0

-16.7

45

1,027.3

966.5

925.3

928.4

987.4

59.0

-39.9

46

188.8

204.7

218.3

221.1

212.0

-9.0

23.2

47

11,806.6

11,633.4

12,441.6

12,463.1

12,563.0

99.9

756.4

48

45

Short term

46

T reasury bills and certificates

47

Other short-term securities

48

Long term

49

T reasury bonds and notes

6,043.4

6,061.9

6,572.0

6,642.5

6,752.0

109.5

708.6

49

50

Other long-term securities

5,763.2

5,571.5

5,869.6

5,820.6

5,811.0

-9.6

47.8

50

2,552.4

2,125.8

2,068.3

2,013.0

1,968.4

-44.6

-584.0

51

2,500.9

2,069.3

2,005.5

1,937.5

1,903.3

-34.2

-597.6

52

1,902.2

1,500.5

1,480.0

1,388.3

1,338.0

-50.2

-564.2

53

51
52

Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross negative fair value
Over-the-counter contracts

53

Single-currency interest rate contracts

54

Foreign exchange contracts

386.2

340.5

281.4

287.2

304.0

16.7

-82.3

54

55

Other contracts

212.4

228.3

244.0

262.0

261.3

-0.7

48.9

55

51.5

56.6

62.8

75.5

65.1

-10.4

13.6

56

7,108.9

7,270.8

7,473.6

7,765.6

7,916.9

151.2

807.9

57

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

58

56
57

Exchange-traded contracts
Other investment

58

Other equity

59

Currency and deposits

3,804.2

3,893.6

3,960.8

4,136.2

4,121.5

-14.6

317.3

59

60

Loans

3,037.7

3,106.2

3,238.4

3,241.4

3,398.8

157.3

361.1

60

61

Insurance technical reserves

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

61

62

T rade credit and advances

216.2

220.9

224.0

226.2

235.8

9.6

19.6

62

63

Special drawing rights allocations

50.9

50.1

50.4

161.8

160.8

-1.1

109.9

63

p Preliminary

r Revised

n.a. Not available

..... Not applicable

Note. Details may not add to totals because of rounding.

0 Positions are possible but are zero for a given period.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Table 2. Change in the Yearend U.S. Net International Investment Position
[Billions of dollars]

Line

T ype of investment

Yearend
position,
2020

Change in position in 2021
Attributable to:
Other changes in position
T otal

Financial
transactions

T otal

Price
changes

Exchangerate

Changes in
volume and

Yearend
position,

Line

2021p

changes1 valuation n.i.e.2
1 U.S. net international investment position (line 4 less line 36)
-14,011.2
-4,089.9
-687.1
-3,402.8
(4 )
(4 )
(4 )
-18,101.2
1
2 Net international investment position excluding financial derivatives (line 5 less line 37)
-14,004.6
-4,116.1
-645.4
-3,470.7
-1,813.4
-953.2
-704.1
-18,120.7
2
3 Financial derivatives other than reserves, net (line 6 less line 38) 3
-6.6
26.2
-41.7
67.9
(4 )
(4 )
(4 )
19.6
3
4 U.S. assets
32,256.3
2,954.4
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
35,210.7
4
5
Assets excluding financial derivatives (sum of lines 7, 10, 21, and 27)
29,710.6
3,512.1
1,213.3
2,298.8
3,134.8
-1,036.4
200.4
33,222.7
5
6
Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross positive fair value (line 15)
2,545.7
-557.8
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
1,988.0
6
By functional category:
7
Direct investment at market value
9,405.1
1,629.3
501.3
1,128.1
1,502.7
-345.3
-29.3
11,034.5
7
8
Equity
8,176.6
1,616.4
460.5
1,155.9
1,502.7
-345.3
-1.5
9,793.0
8
9
Debt instruments
1,228.5
13.0
40.8
-27.8
…..
…..
-27.8
1,241.5
9
10
Portfolio investment
14,605.6
1,817.3
604.1
1,213.2
1,653.5
-627.3
187.0
16,422.9
10
11
Equity and investment fund shares
10,535.9
1,455.0
153.9
1,301.1
1,776.2
-578.0
102.9
11,990.9
11
12
Debt securities
4,069.7
362.3
450.3
-87.9
-122.8
-49.3
84.1
4,432.0
12
13
Short term
720.4
10.8
43.7
-32.9
…..
-3.8
-29.1
731.2
13
14
Long term
3,349.3
351.5
406.6
-55.0
-122.8
-45.4
113.2
3,700.8
14
3
3
3
3
3
15
Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross positive fair value
2,545.7
-557.8
()
()
()
()
()
1,988.0
15
3
3
3
3
3
16
Over-the-counter contracts
2,491.4
-563.8
()
()
()
()
()
1,927.5
16
3
3
3
3
3
17
Single-currency interest rate contracts
1,914.0
-558.4
()
()
()
()
()
1,355.6
17
18
Foreign exchange contracts
372.1
-60.9
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
311.3
18
19
Other contracts
205.3
55.4
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
260.7
19
20
Exchange-traded contracts
54.4
6.1
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
60.4
20
21
Other investment
5,072.6
-19.6
-6.1
-13.5
0.0
-56.2
42.7
5,053.0
21
22
Other equity
69.9
1.2
1.2
0.0
0.0
…..
0.0
71.1
22
23
Currency and deposits
2,190.5
-90.6
-75.3
-15.3
…..
-36.1
20.8
2,099.8
23
24
Loans
2,766.7
68.1
66.1
2.0
…..
-19.9
21.9
2,834.8
24
25
Insurance technical reserves
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
25
26
T rade credit and advances
45.6
1.7
1.9
-0.1
…..
-0.2
0.1
47.3
26
27
Reserve assets
627.3
85.0
114.0
-29.0
-21.4
-7.6
0.0
712.3
27
28
Monetary gold
493.6
-21.4
0.0
-21.4
-21.4
…..
0.0
472.2
28
29
Special drawing rights
52.9
110.7
113.7
-3.0
…..
-3.0
0.0
163.6
29
30
Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund
36.4
-0.5
0.5
-1.0
…..
-1.0
0.0
35.8
30
31
Other reserve assets
44.4
-3.7
-0.2
-3.6
0.0
-3.6
0.0
40.6
31
32
Currency and deposits
30.0
-1.8
-0.1
-1.7
…..
-2.7
0.9
28.3
32
33
Securities
14.3
-2.0
-0.1
-1.9
0.0
-0.9
-0.9
12.4
33
34
Financial derivatives
…..
…..
…..
…..
…..
…..
…..
…..
34
35
Other claims
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
.....
0.0
0.0
0.0
35
36 U.S. liabilities
46,267.6
7,044.3
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
53,311.9
36
37
Liabilities excluding financial derivatives (sum of lines 39, 42, and 57)
43,715.2
7,628.2
1,858.8
5,769.5
4,948.2
-83.2
904.5
51,343.5
37
38
Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross negative fair value (line 51)
2,552.4
-584.0
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
1,968.4
38
By functional category:
39
Direct investment at market value
11,977.9
2,862.1
449.6
2,412.5
2,468.4
…..
-55.9
14,839.9
39
40
Equity
10,262.0
2,852.5
392.8
2,459.7
2,468.4
…..
-8.6
13,114.5
40
41
Debt instruments
1,715.9
9.6
56.9
-47.3
…..
…..
-47.3
1,725.5
41
42
Portfolio investment
24,628.4
3,958.2
583.2
3,375.0
2,479.8
-45.5
940.7
28,586.7
42
43
Equity and investment fund shares
11,605.6
3,218.6
-8.5
3,227.1
2,930.1
…..
297.0
14,824.2
43
44
Debt securities
13,022.8
739.7
591.7
147.9
-450.3
-45.5
643.7
13,762.4
44
45
Short term
1,216.2
-16.7
-26.1
9.4
…..
10.8
-1.4
1,199.4
45
46
T reasury bills and certificates
1,027.3
-39.9
-56.7
16.8
…..
…..
16.8
987.4
46
47
Other short-term securities
188.8
23.2
30.6
-7.4
…..
10.8
-18.2
212.0
47
48
Long term
11,806.6
756.4
617.8
138.6
-450.3
-56.3
645.1
12,563.0
48
49
T reasury bonds and notes
6,043.4
708.6
600.8
107.8
-211.9
…..
319.7
6,752.0
49
50
Other long-term securities
5,763.2
47.8
17.0
30.7
-238.4
-56.3
325.4
5,811.0
50
51
Financial derivatives other than reserves, gross negative fair value
2,552.4
-584.0
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
1,968.4
51
52
Over-the-counter contracts
2,500.9
-597.6
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
1,903.3
52
53
Single-currency interest rate contracts
1,902.2
-564.2
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
1,338.0
53
54
Foreign exchange contracts
386.2
-82.3
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
304.0
54
55
Other contracts
212.4
48.9
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
261.3
55
56
Exchange-traded contracts
51.5
13.6
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
65.1
56
57
Other investment
7,108.9
807.9
825.9
-18.0
…..
-37.7
19.7
7,916.9
57
58
Other equity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
58
59
Currency and deposits
3,804.2
317.3
313.2
4.1
…..
-9.3
13.4
4,121.5
59
60
Loans
3,037.7
361.1
380.6
-19.5
…..
-25.3
5.8
3,398.8
60
61
Insurance technical reserves
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
61
62
T rade credit and advances
216.2
19.6
19.3
0.3
…..
-0.2
0.5
235.8
62
63
Special drawing rights allocations
50.9
109.9
112.8
-2.9
…..
-2.9
0.0
160.8
63
p Preliminary n.a. Not available ..... Not applicable 0 T ransactions or other changes are possible but are zero for a given period.
1. Represents gains or losses on foreign-currency-denominated assets and liabilities due to their revaluation at current exchange rates.
2. Changes in volume and valuation n.i.e. (not included elsewhere) includes changes due to year to year shifts in the composition of reporting panels and to the incorporation of more comprehensive survey results. Also
includes capital gains and losses of direct investment affiliates and changes in positions that cannot be allocated to financial transactions, price changes, or exchange-rate changes.
3. Financial transactions and other changes in financial derivatives positions are available on a net basis, which is shown on line 3; they are not separately available for gross positive fair values and gross negative fair
values of financial derivatives.
4. Data are not separately available for price changes, exchange-rate changes, and changes in volume and valuation n.i.e.
Note. Details may not add to totals because of rounding.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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