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Investment conundrum – why businesses are reluctant to put money to work

Investment conundrum – why businesses are reluctant to put money to work

  • 9 July 2024

Investment in the US and eurozone has been underwhelming in the post-pandemic era. Despite a strong recovery in the US and structural investment demand from defence, the energy transition and a tight labour market, investment remains well below the pre-pandemic trend. Here, we investigate the reasons for this on both sides of the Atlantic

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United States
9 July 2024

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Why business investment and Europe and the US is well down

3 reasons for weak investment in the US
9 July 2024

3 reasons for weak investment in the US

Economic and political uncertainty and high borrowing costs are the main reasons for businesses not wanting to put money to work and this will continue to…

3 reasons for weak investment in the eurozone
9 July 2024

3 reasons for weak investment in the eurozone

Eurozone investment has fallen behind its pre-pandemic trend because of the underperformance of capital-intensive industries, high interest rates and policy…

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