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February 1977

A Guide to Capital Outlays in the Current Recover

by Jai-Hoon Yang

Much concern has been expressed of late about the atypically sluggish rebound in real fixed investment expenditures in the current recovery. Such concern reflects the important role of fixed investment in a dynamic economy—it not only serves to augment the current pace of economic activity, but also influences the sustainability of the economy’s upward momentum beyond “recovery.”