The age structure or yield maturity of US and non-US FDI, which at present probably still differ in favour of the United States, may also converge in the medium term. Second, the positive sign of the investment income balance conceals the fact that it has been falling steadily in relation to gross flows since the early 1980s.
Housing supply House prices have been weighed down by the large proportion of distressed sales – that is, sales resulting from foreclosures or short sales – and the specter of the large shadow inventory currently in the foreclosure pipeline.