Every year, US residents take some of what they earn in overseas investment income – interest on bonds, dividends on equities, and repatriated profits on direct investment – and reinvest it then and there. For example, corporations plow overseas profits back into their operations, often to avoid paying the high US corporate income tax implied by repatriating those earnings.
每一年，美国居民都会获得来自海外投资的所得——债券利息、股票红利、直接投资的留存利润等——将其中一部分就地重新投资。比如，公司将海外利润重新投入经营——通常是为了避免留存这些利润所带来的高额美国公司所得税。