Recycling in the United States, after 12 years of silence, between the top of the top management of the foreign direct investment sentiment, according to a survey to replace the China, because it makes the progress of the sustainable economic growth, according to a study on Wednesday.
America jumped from the fourth to 2012, according to a 2013 of foreign direct investment confidence, the global consulting firm from 28 countries AT a.t. kearney, a survey of more than 300 senior executives.
Survey, between October and November last year, the emphasis on the opinions of the staff, it is the competition of American workers, until recently, the weak dollar, help to improve the profile of the country's exports.
Combining with the housing market recovery and a surge of unconventional oil and gas production, the United States back to the head, for the first time since 2001, although there are still serious uncertainty of fiscal policy and the huge debt problem.
More than half of the respondents think that the global economy will in 2014 (26%) and 2015 (28%), recovered from the financial crisis and recession. This is from 2010, 42% of respondents think the recovery will take place in a short span of a shift in the feelings of the year.
"Investors show what is the risk of more mature judgment, what kind of expected return will be how long will take the global economic recovery," Paul LaoDiJi, AT kearney's honorary chairman, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
FDI confidence in national political, economic and regulatory changes will affect foreign direct investment.
The United States is the most accepted foreign direct investment inflows, the sixth consecutive year according to the survey.
Respondents most bullish on the prospects of the United States, looking forward to some economic growth of 63%, compared with 62% of people think that Europe may be no growth in the next three years, or a return to recession.
Survey found that about 90% of investors report the euro zone crisis or will influence the foreign direct investment decision.
Confidence index column of the top five are Brazil, Canada and India.
The Drop in China
Factors, the prospects of foreign direct investment in China by including has doubled since 2007, labor costs, transportation costs rise and the appreciation of its currency, the renminbi, lower than for other low-cost alternatives, such as Mexico's competitiveness.
The push by the world's second largest economy, China in the past 30 years of manufacturing power, trying to establish a more consumer-driven economy, "about the company's future plan of internal debate," according to the survey.
Investors are likely to become more optimistic, the outlook for the world today than in the past few years. However, they are holding the wait for a clear solution, such as a slowdown in China now and the eurozone debt crisis risk investment.
The eurozone Mired in a recession of 2008-2009 financial crisis began in the United States.
"I hope investors focus on individual performance and opportunities, most for macroeconomic uncertainty, in fact, 71% of people said:" my company's foreign direct investment inflows have not recovered to levels last seen before the recession because of macroeconomic instability and uncertainty, Luo Lao dickie said.
When investors hold investment, because of concerns about the global macroeconomic situation, the company accumulated a record cash holdings.
Companies in the S&P 500 index in 2012 held $90 billion in cash by the end of June, according to the report, from 2008 up 40% from a year earlier. Since 2007, Japan's cash up 75% from a year earlier.



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