The 2026 Middle East Fiscal Projection

Expenses by foreign direct financiers to obtain, develop, or broaden U.S. companies totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics 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 the majority of the expenses.

Planned overall expenses, which consist of both first-year and planned future expenses, were $284.5 billion. By industry, expenses for brand-new direct investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals producing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items producing ($19.0 billion).

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The country 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 brand-new investment, $116.6 billion, or 50.2 percent of all brand-new financial investment in 2025. Asia and Pacific was the second-largest investing region, with $71.9 billion in expenditures.

business or to expand an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By industry, greenfield expenditures were largest in transport and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronic devices items production ($2.0 billion), and chemicals production ($1.8 billion). By area, investors from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar value of greenfield expenses ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion).

Planned total expenses for greenfield financial investment initiated in 2025, which include both first-year and organized future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Overall prepared employment, which includes the current employment of gotten business, the prepared work of recently established company enterprises when totally functional, and the planned work associated with expansions, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the largest existing work resulting from new 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 US Convertible Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index. The S&P 500 is a stock market index weighted by market capitalization that is comprised of 500 of the biggest public companies in the United States. The Bloomberg United States Convertible Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the efficiency of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum quantities outstanding of a minimum of $250 million.

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