The SNP argues that independence will boost tourism by decreasing corporation tax, which could increase business investment.
The collective Burden wealth is equally split among hedge funds, small-business investment companies and real estate.
Manufacturing in the US kept expanding in March as business investment and consumer spending improved.
Not enough, admittedly, to feed through into either private business investment (flat) or retail-sales growth (falling).
Those factors are much biggers components for attracting business investment than the structure of taxation.
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But the survey also found that plans for growth in business investment remained weak.
If net business investment is negative and even declining where are all those profits coming from?
Immediate tax write-offs for business investment called expensing in tax jargon has some real benefits.
Is business investment based on the fragility of the economy -- is it governed by that?
Stockman alludes to the above with his point about soft GDP growth, business investment, and employment.
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The outlook for business investment depends on whether it is for equipment or buildings.
Business investment tumbled by 13.6% at an annual rate, the biggest decline since 1982.
They agreed to hold high-level talks on climate change and to ease business investment cooperation.
George Bush's three Treasury chiefs all ignored the fact that volatile money damages business investment.
Business investment and exports are still rising, but the cost of imported oil has increased.
This will only deter business investment, which is critical to job creation and higher wages.
Another is that America has exported some of its slump in business investment to other countries.
Small business investment is improving, but it is still way below the prevailing since 1990.
That, in turn, would imply an annual fall of 8% in total business investment.
However, mining-led exports helped keep the economy growing, despite an overall drop in business investment.
Since confidence is shot, business investment seems especially unlikely to help on the home front.
With the Iraq war over, the geopolitical uncertainty that hobbled business investment has fallen.
The figures which give most pause for thought are those relating to business investment.
As the chart shows, business investment has been the prime source of growth during America's expansion.
The possibility that the recent weakness in business investment will persist is an additional downside risk.
And as business investment has continued to outstrip the growth of demand, capacity utilisation is falling.
In addition, the report said that the projected level of business investment had also been overstated.
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Government should also aim to create certainty because business investment decisions are mostly long-term.
But for a sustained recovery, consumer spending and business investment need to take over.
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