International investment position
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A country's international investment position (IIP) is a financial statement setting out the value and composition of that country's external financial assets and liabilities. The IIP is one component of the country's balance of payments, consisting of goods that are neither imports nor exports. For example stock of companies, real estate, financial instruments, and so on.
The difference between a country's external financial assets and liabilities is the net international investment position (NIIP).
External links
- Grant's Online - Inflation, ho! (a primer on deflation) - May 23, 2003 (see "net international investment position of the United States")
