[PEN-L:4343] Re: Re: Re: US, Japanese, German foreign investment

[Bill Rosenberg <w.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Bill Rosenberg wrote:
>
> >There are some figures that may be useful in the UN's "World
> >Investment Report" for 1996 and 1997 - I haven't seen the 1998 one.
>
> I think they use the IMF's balance of payments figures, which
> wouldn't distinguish between financial flows and capital
> expenditures.
>
> Doug

I can't answer that (I haven't got them in front of me), but from
memory they do deal with Jim's request, viz

> Doug, do you know if there are any figures on real FDI (new
> buildings, new equipment, new business services, etc.) vs
> acquisitions only? Thanks for any help. Thanks also for the new
> LBO; I learned a few things and more can you say?

There's quite a lot about M&A's (vs "greenfield") in them.

Bill