U.S. affiliateA U.S. business enterprise in which there is foreign direct investment-that is, in which a single foreign person, or entity, owns or controls, directly or…
U.S. direct investment abroad (USDIA)Ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one U.S. person, or entity, of 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an incorporated foreign…
U.S. multinational company (MNC)U.S. parent and its foreign affiliates. (Usually defined as the U.S. parent and its majority-owned foreign affiliate).
U.S. parentA person, or entity, resident in the United States, that owns or controls 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an incorporated foreign business…
U.S. residentsIndividuals, governments, business enterprises, and nonprofit organizations that have their center of economic interest in the United States and that…
Ultimate beneficial owner (UBO)The person, or entity, that ultimately owns or controls a U.S. affiliate of a foreign company and that derives the benefits associated with ownership or…
Undistributed profitsThe portion of corporate profits that remains after taxes and dividends have been paid.
Unilateral current transfersRecorded when transfers of resources that affect a nation's income or product in the current period occur without a quid pro quo; the country receiving…
Use tableA table in the input-output (I-O) accounts that shows the consumption of commodities by industries, as well as the commodity composition of gross domestic…