United States - Net acquisition of financial assets

Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in United States was 1,697,550,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,697,550,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of -164,720,000,000 in 2011.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1989 -8,400,000,000
1990 1,060,000,000
1991 7,280,000,000
1992 21,270,000,000
1993 -5,600,000,000
1994 -17,080,000,000
1995 21,170,000,000
1996 16,930,000,000
1997 17,580,000,000
1998 20,000,000,000
1999 34,800,000,000
2000 4,550,000,000
2001 52,195,000,000
2002 7,306,200,000
2003 34,101,200,000
2004 4,230,000,000
2005 29,437,300,000
2006 -15,466,600,000
2007 -433,300,000
2008 511,180,000,000
2009 124,493,000,000
2010 238,370,000,000
2011 -164,720,000,000
2012 70,660,400,000
2013 364,615,000,000
2014 32,020,000,000
2015 236,938,000,000
2016 206,340,000,000
2017 155,527,000,000
2018 322,991,000,000
2019 84,187,000,000
2020 1,697,550,000,000

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in United States was 8.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 8.10 in 2020, while its lowest value was -1.06 in 2011.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1989 -0.15
1990 0.02
1991 0.12
1992 0.33
1993 -0.08
1994 -0.23
1995 0.28
1996 0.21
1997 0.20
1998 0.22
1999 0.36
2000 0.04
2001 0.49
2002 0.07
2003 0.30
2004 0.03
2005 0.23
2006 -0.11
2007 0.00
2008 3.47
2009 0.86
2010 1.59
2011 -1.06
2012 0.44
2013 2.17
2014 0.18
2015 1.30
2016 1.10
2017 0.80
2018 1.57
2019 0.39
2020 8.10

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance