A U.S. mutual fund buys stock issued by a corporation in Colombia. A U.S. grocery store chain builds and manages a new warehouse in Honduras. Which one(s) of these is foreign direct investment? Which one(s) would be taken into account when computing U.S. net capital outflows?
Foreign Direct Investment means investment by the resident of one Country into the business interest located in some other country. It includes establishment of business entities, production facility or taking over the existing production facilities(through aquisition). However, it is different from Foreign Portfolio Investment, which merely involves Investment by the Residents of one country in the form of purchase of stocks or any financial asset of the business located in other country.
Thus, according to above given definition of Foreign Direct Investment, Buliding and Managing a new warehouse in Honduras by a US grocery store chain is Foreign Direct Investment.
Both the above transactions would be taken into account when computing US net capital outflows because both of the above transactions lead to Outflow of Capital from US.
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