This paper examines the impact of interest rates and inflation on bank loans and investment within a framework that … treating the lending and deposit rates of interest as distinct parameters in investment equations. The spread between the two …

reallocated from the private to the public sectors, reducing investment and deepening the recessions even further. To account for …. This implies that domestic debt purchases displace productive investment. The model shows that these purchases reduce …

lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …

Real estate investment accounts for a quarter of total fixed asset investment (FAI) in China. The real estate sectorâ … estate investment in China—though a low-probability event—would be sizable, with large spillovers to a number of Chinaâ … and the rest of the G20 economies, we find that a 1-percent decline in China’s real estate investment would shave about …

This paper documents the recent slowdown in investment in India and explores its underlying causes. The sharp … investment deceleration has sparked an intense debate about the role of interest rates, as well as business confidence and … economic policy uncertainty. Our results suggest that while explaining aggregate investment activity better than nominal …

Now close to 50 percent of GDP, this paper assesses the appropriateness of China’s current investment levels. It … stand out, partly due to a surge in investment over the last decade. Moreover, its investment is significantly higher than …. However, because its investment is predominantly financed by domestic savings, a crisis appears unlikely when assessed against …