1. crazynutjob: Gross Private Domestic Investment is falling off a cliff I’ve seen this graph at both Mises Economics Blog and Zero Hedge today. This is an important component of GDP. GDP is C+I+G+NX (consumption, investment, government, net exports), and I is this graph minus depreciation. In terms of percent change from a year ago, we’re experiencing a decline we haven’t seen since the 50s. In absolute terms, we’ve never seen a decline like this. Ouch. Is this the flip side of all those institutions that have stepped up buying government bonds? That they’re afraid to put their money in the general economy?

    crazynutjob:

    Gross Private Domestic Investment is falling off a cliff

    I’ve seen this graph at both Mises Economics Blog and Zero Hedge today. This is an important component of GDP. GDP is C+I+G+NX (consumption, investment, government, net exports), and I is this graph minus depreciation. In terms of percent change from a year ago, we’re experiencing a decline we haven’t seen since the 50s. In absolute terms, we’ve never seen a decline like this.

    Ouch. Is this the flip side of all those institutions that have stepped up buying government bonds? That they’re afraid to put their money in the general economy?

    posted 2 years ago
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