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
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Gross: 'there will be no dramatic rise in rates'
Citywire.co.uk - 6/18/2013 8:58:28 AM
That said, while Gross doesn't think the Fed will raise rates in a meaningful way for at least the next few years, caution, he believes is warranted not just for fixed income investors ... sheets such as the US, Brazil, Mexico and Australia.'
PIMCO's Gross says Fed won't raise rates significantly
Inside Fidelity - 6/14/2013 9:41:59 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of PIMCO and manager of the world's largest mutual fund ... Gross, who said last month that the 31-year bull market in fixed income ended on April 29, said in the latest article that the bond ...
Kazakh government increases country’s investment attractiveness
Turkish Weekly - 6/18/2013 7:25:25 AM
The Kazakh government is doing everything possible to increase the investment attractiveness of the country, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asset Isekeshev said on Monday. "In general ...
Pimco's Gross: Fed Won't Raise Rates Significantly
Moneynews (blog) - 6/14/2013 9:56:18 PM
said Friday the Federal Reserve is not likely to raise interest rates anytime soon and that he sees intermediate-term Treasurys as an attractive investment opportunity. "We don't see the Fed raising rates in a meaningful way for at least the next few years ...
Nation's fixed capital investments for this year forecast to increase
China Post - 6/17/2013 3:47:41 PM
The ministry cited Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., (TSMC) the world's largest contract ... MOEA said Taiwan's fixed capital investments are expected to account for 19.8 percent of the country's total gross domestic product (DGP) in 2013, up ...
Life Bancassurance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Investment-Related Life Insurance and Retirement Savings
The Wall Street Journal - 6/18/2013 5:05:14 PM
It also calculates the weighted share ... problems In the Index of Economic Freedom, Vietnam's is ranked only 136th in the world Introduction to the banking sector Four of Vietnam's five largest banks by number of customers are state-owned...
World Bank cuts growth outlook as world enters 'new normal'
Inside Fidelity - 6/12/2013 10:48:47 PM
The bank forecast the world's gross ... be the country's slowest growth rate in 23 years. Burns said he was not worried about the slowdown, as it was long expected that China's rapid expansion would moderate as its economy rebalanced away from investment ...
My Latest Investment: The Sun
Daily Beast - 6/18/2013 8:44:09 AM
But it requires a large personal investment—i.e. spend $15,000, take advantage of tax credits and rebates to put a small system on your roof. And it only pays to put panels homes that have south-facing roofs and aren’t surrounded by trees.
Gross skewers Bernanke: You're part of problem
MoneyControl.com - 6/6/2013 12:25:58 PM
Bond guru Bill Gross ... fixed-income investors and savers, depressing yields and inhibiting businesses from innovating or expanding. "Western corporations seem focused more on returning capital as opposed to investing it," he wrote. "Low (returns on ...
Gross Says Reduce Risk Assets Since QE Not Boosting Growth
Bloomberg - 6/4/2013 11:23:55 AM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest ... requires structural as opposed to monetary solutions,” Gross wrote in his monthly investment outlook posted on Newport Beach, California-based Pimco ...
China, India to be largest investors in 2030: World Bank
Sify - 6/4/2013 6:51:54 AM
China and India will be the largest investors among developing countries in 2030, accounting for 38 per cent of the global gross investment, says a World Bank report released on Monday. The two countries will also account for almost half the global ...
World Bank Raises Kenya 2013 Growth Outlook on Higher Investment
Businessweek - 6/17/2013 4:37:47 PM
The World Bank raised its 2013 economic ... A reduction in interest rates from a record 18 percent since the middle of last year has boosted investor sentiment and helped the country attract capital inflows. The Nairobi All-Share Index has ...
Developing World to Dominate Global Investment by 2030
ipsnews.net - 5/17/2013 12:32:23 AM
This analysis suggests that developing countries will soon gain the resources necessary to bankroll the major investments that ... of their combined gross domestic product for 2010. “It’s important to note that the World Bank is only talking about ...
World Bank calls for raft of changes in economy
nation.co.ke - 6/17/2013 2:21:47 PM
The structure of the Kenyan economy needs to change for the country to achieve sustainable growth rates, a new World Bank report says ... of lower interest rates and growing investments. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product is expected to accelerate ...
India, China to be largest investors in 2030: World Bank
Rediff - 6/4/2013 7:13:23 AM
China and India will be the largest investors among developing countries in 2030, accounting for 38 per cent of the global gross investment, says a World Bank report released on Monday. The two countries will also account for almost half the global ...
