Developing nations often complain that foreign investors drain too much money out of their economies in repatriated profits.
Tough visa rules have led to a foreign student "brain drain," prompting both lawmakers and members of the technology industry to appeal for a change in immigration law.
Mr. Goldwyn said an increase in Mexican oil production could drain foreign oil company investment from countries like Angola, Venezuela and Nigeria as well as the new Arctic oil and gas regions, where costs for exploration and development are high.
Pickens said during testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the United States' continued heavy reliance on foreign oil could drain the U.S. economy unless lawmakers act quickly to jumpstart a clean technology revolution.
Now, thanks to a collusion between domestic police forces and the military, we are being subjected to an onslaught of military drills carried out in major American cities, SWAT team raids on unsuspecting homeowners, Black Hawk helicopters patrolling American skies, and endless foreign wars that drain our national coffers.
The withdrawal of foreign banks has drained overall credit capacity.All of this matters.
But the previous government drained foreign reserves into salary and subsidy increases, so there is little left to give.
When a crisis arrives, people start selling the currency to the government, which obligingly buys it and drains foreign exchange reserves.
If drawn too tightly these rules could backfire, making it harder for businesses to trade with foreign customers and draining liquidity provided by Western banks to deposit-poor foreign subsidiaries in places like eastern Europe.
The kwacha remained pegged to the US dollar at a rate of 166, creating a parallel informal market in which the dollar was sold at more than 300 kwacha, draining foreign currency from the formal banking system.
