economic forecastingCapital investment by business (spending for new plants and equipment) is particularly important. The incomes generated in the process of manufacturing new equipment and building new plants play a major role in increasing consumer spending during periods of expansion. But when investment slumps, employment and incomes generally also suffer, slowing the entire economy. Business investment has...
visible trade...or automobiles, or nondurable (consumed almost immediately), as is food. Visible trade also includes the export and import of goods used directly in the production of other goods and services ( capital goods) such as industrial machinery and equipment.
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