Here's a quick recap of what happened in global capital flows. Foreign direct investment around the world fell by 16 percent in 2017 to 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars, from 1.8 trillion dollars in 2016. That's according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development back in January. 53% global FDIs went into developed economies. But there was a 27% slump in the amount of FDI inflows to these countries. Asia became the largest FDI destination. That's thanks to China's new record investment inflows. Overall, FDI to developing economies gained 2 percent from a year ago.