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Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.: Staging a Comeback?

After four years of decline, foreign direct investment in the United States showed sharp gains in 1993 and 1994. Japan remained the largest foreign direct investor in the U.S. economy in 1993, despite a sharp slow down in investments by Japanese firms compared with British firms, the second largest direct investors. The overall foreign direct investment position in U.S. businessesand real estate - or the accumulated book value of all foreign investments - increased by $20 billion in 1993, nearl… more

Date: January 4, 1995

Creator: Jackson, James K.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Exchange-Rate System: Return to Bretton Woods?

This report focuses on the exchange-rate system set up at Bretton Woods, its breakdown in the 1970s, the current system of managed floating and, finally, proposals to return part or all the way to a more fixed-rate system.

Date: January 12, 1995

Creator: Reifman, Alfred