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
accounting for 38 percent of the global gross investment and almost half of all the world manufacturing investment, says the World Bank. "In the gradual convergence scenario, in 2030, China will save far more than any other developing country - $9 trillion ...
Developing Countries’ Share Of Global Investment To Rise By 2030- World Bank Report
Ghana Government Portal - 5/21/2013 11:04:44 AM
Seventeen years from now, half the global stock of capital, totaling $158 trillion (in 2010 dollars), will reside in the developing world ... with the two countries together accounting for 30 percent of the global gross investment in 2030.
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 ...
Developing World to Dominate Global Investment by 2030
ipsnews.net - 5/17/2013 12:39:33 AM
Further, World Bank analysts foresee a massive escalation of global investment ... that North African countries alone lost nearly a half-trillion dollars over the past four decades, almost the equivalent of their combined gross domestic product for 2010.
Gross Says Bond Bull Market Probably Ended April 29
Bloomberg - 5/10/2013 4:04:07 PM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest fixed-income fund, said the 30-year bull market for bonds has probably ended as yields reached a low and prices peaked. “You need to look at an amalgamation of ...
China, India, Brazil could dominate global investment by 2030
Catholic Online - 5/20/2013 2:23:22 AM
The developing world ... one report last year estimated that North African countries alone lost nearly a half-trillion dollars over the past four decades, almost the equivalent of their combined gross domestic product for 2010. Dev Kar, formerly with ...
Developing world to dominate investment
Yahoo! News - 5/18/2013 6:10:38 PM
Further, World Bank analysts foresee a massive escalation of global investment ... that North African countries alone lost nearly a half-trillion dollars over the past four decades, almost the equivalent of their combined gross domestic product for 2010.
Developing nations to dominate global investment by 2030: World Bank
Zee News Limited - 5/17/2013 5:11:34 AM
New Delhi: A World Bank report has said that half ... 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 ...
Pimco's Gross: 'Gut feeling' that bond bull run is done
Yahoo! News - 5/10/2013 8:21:48 PM
Gross, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, the Pimco Total Return Fund, with $289 billion in fixed-income assets, set the Wall Street Twittersphere alight early Friday with this 62-character missive: "The secular 30-yr bull market in ...
World Bank Group : Developing World’s Share of Global Investment to Triple by 2030, Says New World Bank Report
4-traders - 5/17/2013 5:04:24 AM
Demographic change will test the sustainability of public ... for the poorest, to escape a poverty trap. "Policy makers in developing countries have a central role to play in boosting private saving through policies that raise human capital, especially ...
Developing world to dominate global investments by 2030
Polity.org.za - 5/16/2013 11:56:36 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 ... for 38% of the global gross investment by 2030 – while developing countries’ combined ...
Developing World Share Of Global Investment To Triple By 2030—New World Bank Report
ModernGhana - 5/16/2013 10:34:52 AM
Scenario one entails a gradual convergence between the developed and developing world while a much more rapid ... The report also points to aging populations in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which will see the largest reductions in saving ...
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
Scenario one entails a gradual convergence between the developed and developing world while ... and also has the potential to bring down the saving rate more than any developing region, apart from East Asia. The region’s saving rate may decline more ...
Gross Says Central-Bank Policies Impose ’Haircuts’ on Investors
Businessweek - 5/1/2013 9:22:35 PM
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund (PTTRX), said ... repression,” given low returns on bank deposits and fixed-income securities. Central-bank efforts to reflate their economies after ...
Gross Says Bond Rally End Unlikely to Be Reminiscent of 1994 (1)
Businessweek - 5/16/2013 2:38:15 PM
Pacific Investment ... The manager of the world’s biggest bond fund said last week that the bull market for bonds probably ended at the end of April as yields reached a low and prices peaked. Gross, who was named fixed-income manager of ...
