September 6, 2019
With the longest global economic expansion on record, international investors face an increasingly complex calculus in identifying cost-effective opportunities for potential downturn protection, slowing cross-border capital flows. Inbound capital to the U.S. in H1 2019 was down by 48% from H1 2018 (about half of this decline was due to less M&A activity), and U.S. outflows were down by 18%.
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For more information on this report, please contact:

Richard Barkham, Ph.D.
Global Chief Economist, Head of Global Research & Head of Americas Research

Andrea Cross
Senior Director of Strategic Investment Consulting and Americas Capital Markets Research

Taylor Jacoby
Director of Strategic Investment Consulting and Americas Capital Markets Research