| (Credits +; debits -)
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
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| 1991
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| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
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| U.S. direct investment abroad: |
| Current-cost adjustment (table 5, line 8 and table 5, line 22 with sign reversed): |
 Revised | 3,421 | 3,053 | 3,501 | 5,733 | 4,564 | 5,124 | 4,216 | 6,122 | 6,537 | 5,537 | 6,086 | 7,165 | 7,446 | 7,407 | 8,267 | 10,439 | 11,185 |
| Changes due to improved estimates of depreciation, depletion, and expensed exploration and development expenditures | -3 | -1,000 | -1,109 | -972 | -1,416 | -1,190 | -408 | 1 | -7 | -29 | 31 | 55 | 1 | -2,393 | -4,556 | -2,503 | -1,094 |
| Changes due to improved estimates of economic depreciation | 5,493 | 5,850 | 5,311 | 6,029 | 6,596 | 8,113 | 7,047 | 6,891 | 7,576 | 6,893 | 6,062 | 6,412 | 5,482 | 5,220 | 6,584 | 5,635 | 3,814 |
| As a result of revised price and investment data | -586 | -231 | -67 | -41 | -85 | 126 | -156 | -143 | -180 | -228 | -180 | -362 | -783 | -299 | 1,458 | 1,222 | n.a. |
| As a result of shortened service lives | -1,696 | -1,559 | -1,462 | -1,401 | -1,477 | -1,511 | -1,593 | -1,674 | -1,900 | -2,074 | -2,307 | -2,386 | -2,736 | -3,179 | -3,826 | -4,132 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved separate estimates of equipment and structures investment | -290 | -326 | -361 | -330 | -304 | -312 | -349 | -345 | -361 | -396 | -495 | -591 | -824 | -958 | -863 | -811 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved treatment of transfers of used equipment and structures | 3,205 | 3,011 | 2,192 | 2,654 | 2,728 | 3,649 | 2,700 | 2,892 | 3,854 | 3,775 | 3,839 | 4,974 | 4,998 | 4,778 | 5,001 | 4,516 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved method | 4,860 | 4,955 | 5,009 | 5,147 | 5,734 | 6,161 | 6,445 | 6,161 | 6,163 | 5,816 | 5,205 | 4,777 | 4,827 | 4,878 | 4,814 | 4,840 | n.a. |
| Previously published | -2,069 | -1,797 | -701 | 676 | -616 | -1,799 | -2,423 | -770 | -1,032 | -1,327 | -7 | 698 | 1,963 | 4,580 | 6,239 | 7,307 | 8,465 |
| Foreign direct investment in the United States: |
| Current-cost adjustment (table 5, line 49 and table 5, line 63 with sign reversed): |
| Revised | 1,186 | 1,057 | 878 | 411 | 389 | 729 | 410 | 357 | -529 | -895 | -1,753 | -1,889 | -2,343 | -872 | -4,522 | -3,776 | -4,415 |
| Changes due to improved estimates of depreciation, depletion, and expensed exploration and development expenditures | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2,406 | -2,145 | -3,351 |
| Changes due to improved estimates of economic depreciation | -163 | -2 | 59 | -71 | -131 | -633 | -881 | -919 | -1,037 | -1,691 | -3,038 | -3,559 | -2,846 | -1,991 | -946 | 1,070 | 2,287 |
| As a result of revised price and investment data | -264 | -103 | -51 | 0 | 145 | 394 | 599 | 521 | 665 | 697 | 162 | -282 | 417 | 1,401 | 1,259 | 1,565 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved separate estimates of equipment and structures investment | 107 | 214 | 256 | 206 | 213 | 256 | 156 | 76 | -20 | -82 | -44 | -30 | 196 | 429 | 324 | 352 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved treatment of transfers of used equipment and structures | 1,187 | 1,054 | 1,211 | 1,393 | 1,337 | 519 | 246 | 319 | -233 | -1,224 | -1,572 | -787 | -605 | -314 | 1,845 | 3,276 | n.a. |
| As a result of improved method | -1,193 | -1,167 | -1,357 | -1,670 | -1,826 | -1,802 | -1,882 | -1,835 | -1,449 | -1,082 | -1,584 | -2,460 | -2,854 | -3,507 | -4,374 | -4,123 | n.a. |
| Previously published | 1,346 | 1,060 | 819 | 480 | 522 | 1,362 | 1,293 | 1,274 | 507 | 796 | 1,286 | 1,670 | 503 | 1,119 | -1,170 | -2,701 | -3,351 |