…solely the result of private investment.” He goes on to demystify the belief that government deficits crowd out private investment and that the US federal goverment relies on foreigners to…

…and investment demand, however, I see some good news in these numbers. Export demand growth was reported at 12.6% per year and imports fell. Fixed investment growth was reported at…

…over the difference between flows of residential investment versus stocks of houses. The following graph shows residential investment as a share of GDP and does indicate that the current investment…

…this misconception remains ubiquitous. I’d like to explain it in the simplest and clearest terms I can. Start here: GDP = Consumption Spending + Investment Spending Consumption Spending = Spending…

…there is no relationship between aggregate profits and investment. As can be seen, there is no evidence that higher corporate profits are associated with an increase in investment. In fact,…

…Investment. There is no measure labeled “Investment” in the IMAs. So one side of the much-ballyhooed Saving = Investment accounting identity…simply doesn’t exist. The IMA’s “Capital Formation” is very similar,…

…raises grave issues with the whole “factors of production” construct, and its assumption that each factor is compensated relative to its inputs.) Saving and Investment. There is no measure labeled…

…to many.” The White House investment tracker claims a smaller $10.5 trillion in total “US and foreign investments.”   In a $30 trillion economy where total private investment runs around $5 trillion a year, an investment surge of $10 trillion to $18 trillion is not realistic.  …

…interested in the question of whether government competition for investment leads to more efficient outcomes. The answer, in short, is that it does not. Indeed, competition for investment leads to…

Policy uncertainty, business investment, and consumer spending  – by New Deal democrat There’s no significant new economic news today, so let’s take a look at something of a topic du…