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capital flow

 
 
noun [C or U] (also capital movement, also investment flow)

Definition

ECONOMICS, FINANCE the movement of money for investment in and out of countries: The net capital flow is positive, which means more corporate and portfolio investment is coming in than going out.
(Definition of capital flow noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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