…investment bankers worry that it’s “based on the profitability of the firm, based on how powerful the group heads were, based on capricious things.” [emphases mine] Gosh, really? That would…

…largely by investment spending: consumption is 4% above it’s lows, while fixed investment spending is up 8% (of course, the decline was much larger). Government spending is broadly unchanged (-0.2%)…

…domestic investment) In their NY Times article, Rob and Yves cite a 2005 JP Morgan study, “Corporates are driving the global saving glut”. In that study, JP Morgan argues that…

…sector is a big contributor to overall super excessive fixed investment in China. FDI will go to zero net. There will be strong forces for a reduction in fixed investment…

…and—thanks to Mudd and his FHLMC peer—well after Dean Baker sold his condo. Who were the winners? The people who had always acted as if they were casinos: the investment…

…his comment) that: 1) lack of [estate] taxes encourages investment lock-in and inhibits efficient allocation of investments 2) lack of [estate] taxes inhibits job creation (see 1) 3) lack of…

…we believe that the investment income should be treated identically to all other sources of income. Some have argued that Social Security’s investment income should be ignored because it involves…

…offset that deficit in order for there to be any money left over for investments… There must be savings in order for there to be investment. And without investment, you…

…think the standard theory is investment in computers and long slow painful learning what the hell to do with a computer by doing. The huge investment started in the 70s,…

…program of private public partnership to buy any legacy asset in which “Treasury will make co-investment/leverage available “ Huh ? Is that co-investment or leverage ? If it is leverage…