This paper makes three contributions. First, I construct annual time series of gross domestic investment and national … document the long-run bivariate relationship between the time series of investment and saving. Third, I also examine the short …-run as well as the cyclical relationships between the time series of investment and saving. The results reported in this …

output changes. In the euro area investment is the predominant driver of output changes, while in the U.S. consumption shifts … investment, as the proximate cause for this fact, the source of the consumption difference remains a puzzle. …