ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) investment

- OECD: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in OECD countries continued to fall in 2004, reaching $406 billion compared to 459 billion one year earlier. FDI outflow from the United States hit an all-time record of $252 billion in 2004 compared to 141 billion in 2003. FDI flow toward Germany and France, the two main economies of continental Europe, fell considerably last year. In France, inward investment almost halved, falling from $43 billion to 24 billion. The situation is more problematical...