Definition: This entry records total business spending on fixed assets, such as factories, machinery, equipment, dwellings, and inventories of raw materials, which provide the basis for future production. It is measured gross of the depreciation of the assets, i.e., it includes invesment that merely replaces worn-out or scrapped capital.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Investment (gross fixed) mapRelated News
India, China to be biggest investors by 2030: World Bank
New York Daily News - 5/17/2013 12:13:54 PM
China and India will be the largest investors among developing countries, with the two countries combined representing 38 percent of the global gross investment in 2030, and they will account for almost half of all global manufacturing investment ...
Gross Says Bond Bull Market Probably Ended April 29
Bloomberg - 5/10/2013 2:02:25 PM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world ... “Measured on that basis, 4/29/13 has been the price high and yield low, to this point.” Gross, who earned the nickname “The Bond King” in media outlets and ...
Analysis: Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting
Yahoo! News - 5/19/2013 10:12:49 PM
according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fixed Income Index data .merh0a0>. The deal, described by one underwriter as "priced to perfection," drew $3.5 billion in orders . Frontier markets are considered a risky subset of an already risky asset class ...
Developing world to dominate investment
Yahoo! News - 5/18/2013 6:10:38 PM
This analysis suggests that developing countries will soon gain the resources necessary to ... “If the distribution of education among workers of future generations were to remain as unequal as it is today, this would perpetuate inequality of earning ...
China, India to be largest investors among developing nations by 2030: World Bank
Financial Express - 5/17/2013 9:17:56 PM
India and China are expected to be the largest investors among developing countries by 2030, with the two Asian giants accounting for 38% of global gross investment, a World Bank report said on Friday. "Among the developing countries, China and India are ...
Gross Says Bond Rally End Unlikely to Be Reminiscent of 1994 (1)
Businessweek - 5/16/2013 2:38:15 PM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross said the ... probably ended at the end of April as yields reached a low and prices peaked. Gross, who was named fixed-income manager of the decade in January 2010 by Morningstar Inc. (MORN ...
Pimco's Gross Boosts U.S. Treasury Bond Holdings
Inside Fidelity - 5/9/2013 8:51:38 PM
Including 12% in Treasury inflation-protected securities, the overall Treasury debt holdings were 39%, up from 33% from a month ago. For the first time in over a year, the share of Treasury bonds as a whole overtook mortgage-backed securities (MBS ...
Developing nation’s share of global investment to rise by 2030
Vibe Ghana - 5/20/2013 3:49:16 AM
Seventeen years from now, half the global stock of capital, totalling $158 trillion will reside in the developing world, compared to less than the current one-third. Countries in East Asia and Latin America will account for the largest shares of ...
China, India, Brazil could dominate global investment by 2030
Catholic Online - 5/20/2013 2:23:22 AM
Brazil, India and Russia will together constitute a larger investment ... is absolutely huge - the losers are losing far more than the gainers are gaining. As a result of these developments, you can understand why the North African countries blew up ...
World Bank Report Suggests Developing Worlds Share of Global Investment will Triple by 2030
Spy Ghana - 5/16/2013 8:54:39 AM
with the two countries together accounting for 38 percent of the global gross investment in 2030. All this will change the landscape of the global economy, and GDH analyzes how. Productivity catch-up, increasing integration into global markets, sound ...
Developing world to dominate global investments by 2030
Polity.org.za - 5/17/2013 12:13:54 PM
In less than 20 years from now, emerging economies would have the most “economic weight” as they came to dominate global investments, a World Bank Global Development Horizons report has found. The 'Capital for the Future: Saving and Investment in an ...
Developing World’s Share of Global Investment to Triple by 2030, Says New World Bank Report
The World Bank Group - 5/16/2013 10:30:42 PM
“We know from the experience of countries as diverse as South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa the pivotal role investment plays in driving long-term growth. In less than a generation, global investment will be dominated by the ...
Developing World Share Of Global Investment To Triple By 2030—New World Bank Report
ModernGhana - 5/16/2013 11:39:18 AM
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 Seventeen years from now, half the global stock of capital, totaling $158 trillion (in 2010 dollars), will reside in the developing world, compared to less than one-third today, with countries ... and the United States in the ...
Bill Gross, Central-Bank Policies Impose Haircuts on Investors
Live Trading News - 5/5/2013 6:47:31 PM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund ... Negative real interest rates, inflation, currency devaluation, capital controls and outright default” are among the costs, or ”haircuts” from global ...
Buffett Ignores Gross’s New Normal, Pities Bond Investors
Bloomberg - 5/6/2013 11:15:22 AM
Gross’s firm, Pacific Investment Management Co ... and shrinking U.S. clout in the world economy following the 2008 financial crisis. The view contrasts with Buffett’s optimism about the country where he and Berkshire Vice Chairman Charles ...
