The economic crisis had a large impact in foreign direct investment (FDI) both out of and into the EU-27 in 2010. Investments from the EU-27 into the rest of the world fells 62 percent compared with the previous year. Investments into the EU-27 fell even sharper, by 75 percent. The US was the main source of investment into the EU-27 although it was down from €97 billion euro in 2009 to €28 billion in 2010.