Economic Conditions and Capital Management for 2026

Expenses by foreign direct financiers to obtain, develop, or expand U.S. organizations totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to initial data launched today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenses increased $76.8 billion, or 49.5 percent, from 2024 levels. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. services accounted for many of the expenditures.

organizations were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to broaden existing foreign-owned services were $9.2 billion. Planned total expenditures, that include both first-year and scheduled future expenditures, were $284.5 billion. Employment in 2025 at newly obtained, established, or expanded foreign-owned services in the United States was 213,100 workers. By market, expenditures for brand-new direct financial investment were biggest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals producing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items making ($19.0 billion).

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The nation with the largest investment was Japan ($50.5 billion), followed by Germany ($26.7 billion) and Canada ($23.5 billion).1 By region, Europe contributed the most new investment, $116.6 billion, or 50.2 percent of all brand-new investment in 2025. Asia and Pacific was the second-largest investing area, with $71.9 billion in expenses.

service or to broaden an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By market, greenfield expenditures were biggest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronic devices products manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By area, financiers from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar worth of greenfield expenses ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion).

Planned overall expenses for greenfield investment initiated in 2025, which include both first-year and scheduled future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Total prepared employment, which includes the present work of acquired business, the prepared employment of newly established organization enterprises when completely operational, and the prepared work associated with growths, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the largest present work resulting from new financial investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500).

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1. Based on a contrast of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg United States Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index. The S&P 500 is a stock market index weighted by market capitalization that is made up of 500 of the biggest public companies in the United States. The Bloomberg United States Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum amounts outstanding of at least $250 million.

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