{"id":6282,"date":"2012-11-27T04:16:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6282"},"modified":"2012-11-27T04:16:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:16:56","slug":"economonitor-the-u-s-is-sliding-down-an-investment-slope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/27\/economonitor-the-u-s-is-sliding-down-an-investment-slope\/","title":{"rendered":"EconoMonitor \u00bb The U.S. is sliding down an investment slope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Thomas Grennes &amp; Andris Strazds highlight the contraction in US private investment since the GFC:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>Recent evidence&#8230;&#8230;.suggests that while U.S. GDP growth has surpassed its pre-crisis level, investment has been declining. A comparison with China would not be appropriate due to differences in growth rates and the level of economic development, but even a comparison with the EU-15 is not flattering to the U.S. A look at the Gross Fixed Capital Formation to GDP ratio shows that since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007 the U.S. has been lagging behind the EU-15 countries with respect to investment in long-term assets&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The chances of China successfully switching from an export-driven economy to internal markets are small. And the US is unlikely to materially lift exports. So their conclusion appears unavoidable.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>If insufficient investment results in the U.S. having to adjust by lowering consumption rather than increasing output, the rest of the world will also have to adjust in a way that is reducing growth; namely, produce less.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.economonitor.com\/thoughtsacrossatlantic\/2012\/11\/26\/the-u-s-is-sliding-down-an-investment-slope\/?utm_source=contactology&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=EconoMonitor%20Highlights%3A%20A%20Servant%20of%20Three%20Masters'>EconoMonitor : Thoughts From Across the Atlantic \u00bb The U.S. Is Sliding Down an Investment Slope<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Grennes &amp; Andris Strazds highlight the contraction in US private investment since the GFC: Recent evidence&#8230;&#8230;.suggests that while U.S. GDP growth has surpassed its pre-crisis level, investment has been declining. A comparison with China would not be appropriate due to differences in growth rates and the level of economic development, but even a comparison &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/27\/economonitor-the-u-s-is-sliding-down-an-investment-slope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EconoMonitor \u00bb The U.S. is sliding down an investment slope&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,5,34],"tags":[571,582,800,1328,1793,2440],"class_list":["post-6282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china-hk","category-economy","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-capital-account","tag-capital-formation","tag-consumption","tag-exports","tag-imports","tag-net-international-investment-position"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EconoMonitor \u00bb The U.S. is sliding down an investment slope - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EconoMonitor \u00bb The U.S. is sliding down an investment slope - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thomas Grennes &amp; Andris Strazds highlight the contraction in US private investment since the GFC: Recent evidence&#8230;&#8230;.suggests that while U.S. GDP growth has surpassed its pre-crisis level, investment has been declining. 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