Regarding the Annual Outflows of Foreign Direct Investment,which of the Following

question 88

Multiple Choice

Regarding the annual outflows of foreign direct investment,which of the following is not true?

• A) The overall volume of outward FDI from developing nations in 2013 was nine times the level in 2003.
• B) The proportion of worldwide outward FDI that came from developing nations increased from under 5 percent in 1990 to over 32 percent in 2013.
• C) U.S. FDI outflows of $338 billion in 2013 were more than the combined outflows of the next three largest sources of FDI: Japan, China, and Saudi Arabia.
• D) The United States and the EU combined have continued to account for one-third to one-half of worldwide FDI in recent years.
• E) The United States was the leading single national source of FDI outflows through most of the period from 1990 to 2013, with an average of nearly one-quarter of total FDI outflows for 2010-2013.

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