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Investment
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Investment

Saddique Ansari • January 28, 2020 • 1 min read

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Investment – definition

Investment is the value of fixed capital assets (plus stocks) produced in an economy over a period of time – investment refers to the creation of  capital goods. Investment spending is an injection into the circular flow of income.

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