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Investment Ratios for Selected Countries

Geoff Riley

9th November 2015

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As part of A2 macroeconomics we have been looking at capital investment ratios for a number of countries. Investment has important demand and supply-side effects. The UK has a relatively low rate of gross capital investment measured as a share of GDP.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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