Which of the Following Is Not True Regarding Foreign Investment

question 112

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true regarding foreign investment?

• A) Persons residing outside the United States owned U.S. stocks and bonds other than Treasury securities with a value of $8.0 trillion at the beginning of 2014.
• B) The value of U.S. stocks and bonds other than Treasury securities that were owned by persons residing outside the United States was 10 times larger in 2014 than in 1994.
• C) The value of U.S. stocks and bonds other than Treasury securities that were owned by persons residing outside the United States was more than double the level in 2014 than in 2004.
• D) U.S. investors owned $8.7 billion in foreign securities at the beginning of 2014.
• E) The value of foreign securities owned by U.S. investors at the beginning of 2014 was five times larger than in 2004.

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