What does the Direct Investment Liabilities indicator measure?
It measures the stock of cross-border investments in which nonresidents hold a lasting interest and significant influence in domestic enterprises, usually 10 percent or more of voting power. These positions form part of a country's external liabilities.
How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered?
The indicator covers 13 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly, and quarterly frequency, spanning 1995 to 2025.
What units and transformations are available?
Values are available in millions of USD and as a share of GDP, each end-of-period and average-of-period, with MoM %, QoQ %, and YoY % transformations.
Where does the data come from?
Data are compiled from official national authorities such as the Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco Central del Ecuador, INDEC - Argentina, the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile, and the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano, then harmonized by the IDB.
How do Direct Investment Liabilities differ from Direct Investment Assets?
Direct Investment Liabilities capture nonresidents' lasting investments in domestic enterprises (inward direct investment), whereas Direct Investment Assets capture residents' lasting investments in enterprises abroad (outward direct investment).
What are typical uses of this indicator?
Researchers and analysts use it to study foreign direct investment received, international investment positions, and the external liabilities of Latin American and Caribbean economies, and to compare inward direct investment across countries.
How do I cite this indicator?
Cite as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Direct Investment Liabilities". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.
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