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Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (Form BE-577)
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This survey collects information on the positions and transactions between a U.S. parent company and its foreign affiliates as well as the income earned on those investments. The survey is conducted on a sample of affiliates. In order to reduce the reporting burden, the sample does not include small affiliates. Instead, BEA imputes data for these affiliates by extrapolating forward their data from the most recent benchmark survey on the basis of the movement of the sample data.
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- Quarterly Outward Direct Investment Data
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, [Years and note any vintages subject to further revision. See "Primer on BEA Vintages" for guidance]. For example, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, 2015-2018, 2019 r3, 2020 r2.
This survey collects information on the positions and transactions between a U.S. parent company and its foreign affiliates as well as the income earned on those investments. The survey is conducted on a sample of affiliates. In order to reduce the reporting burden, the sample does not include small affiliates. Instead, BEA imputes data for these affiliates by extrapolating forward their data from the most recent benchmark survey on the basis of the movement of the sample data.