Economic Growth and Investment in the 2026 GCC

Expenses by foreign direct investors to obtain, establish, or broaden U.S. services amounted to $232.2 billion in 2025, according to initial 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. companies represented most of the expenses.

Planned total expenditures, which include both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $284.5 billion. By market, expenses for new direct financial investment were biggest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals making ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items producing ($19.0 billion).

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

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

Planned overall expenditures for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which include both first-year and scheduled future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Overall prepared work, which includes the existing work of obtained business, the prepared work of freshly developed service enterprises when fully functional, and the planned work associated with growths, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the biggest current employment resulting from new investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500).

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

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