Capital spending and exports, which together account for about 24 of GDP, hold the key to this shift. At just over 10 of GDP, the share of capital spending is well below the peak of nearly 13 in 2000.

But capital spending must exceed that peak if US businesses are to be equipped with state of the art capacity, technology, and private infrastructure that will enable them to recapture market share at home and abroad.

Capital expenditure in the US is recovering more strongly, and exports are picking up.

The total expenditure was 0.5 million.

Credit that mainly to the other 30 , especially to strong exports and a rebound in business capital spending.

Households are running scared, so they cut expenditures as well, and businesses are being dissuaded from borrowing to finance capital expenditures.

Africa s growth potential has caught the attention of foreign investors, who have contributed to a rapid increase in capital expenditure.

Public sector spending amounts to 53 of the GDP.

But meeting the challenge will require vigorous growth from America s other 30 especially private capital spending.

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Romney, by contrast, favors limiting overall federal spending, currently 24 of GDP, to 20 , and keeping defense at 4 .

The PA continues to have a large public deficit and is incapable of financing capital expenditure, which represented a mere 2.5 per cent of total public expenditure in 2004.

That extra spending means a higher level of nominal GDP (output at market prices).

You started talking in recent years about this term capitalist philanthropy.

Of the four growth components that fall into this category, two have the greatest potential to make a difference capital spending and exports.

At the same time, public spending acts as a brake on overall spending, and prevents the rapid cost escalation to which America s private insurance companies contribute.

In particular, capital expenditure revived in many countries and foreign direct investment inflows into the region also increased sharply in 2004.

Meanwhile, Sweden and South Korea are now excelling economically on the basis of R D spending of around 3.5 of GDP, while Israel s R D outlays stand at a remarkable 4.7 of GDP.

The 30 mainly consists of four components capital spending by firms, net exports (exports less imports), residential construction, and government purchases.

One can assume that next year s total spending on military affairs will be even bigger.

But expenditure was cut by five percentage points of GDP during the next five years.

(e) Raise priority poverty reducing expenditures to 2.2 per cent of GDP

When a drug user buys illicit drugs he does not increase total spending or aggregate demand in a country.

Knowledge of how different government policies could affect the overall level of spending was closely held.

In all four countries, there has been a sizeable upward trend in government outlays as a share of GDP

Although Reagan could not bring down spending on entitlement programs for retirees, America s non defense discretionary spending was reduced by one third, from 4.7 of GDP in the 1980 to 3.1 in 1988.

Expenditure on education accounts for only approximately 10 of GDP, and most schools are subsidized by the state.

Romney, by contrast, favors limiting overall federal spending, currently 24 of GDP, to 20 , and keeping defense at 4 . He wants private markets, not government, to choose winning firms and technologies.

American businesses have postponed much needed capital spending and, with American airports and bridges in appalling condition by developed country standards, investment in infrastructure is crucial as well.

Even after a year of excruciating spending cuts, the budget deficit still exceeds 10 of GDP.

In 2003, general government expenditure amounted to 48.5 of GDP, above the eurozone average.

The Government has resolved to increase public spending in education to at least six per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Household consumption only accounted for 34 of GDP and total consumption is less than 50 of GDP in 2007. That weakness, however, is institutional and cannot be easily corrected in the short run.

Aid levels are comparable to GDP, with donors covering roughly two thirds of government expenditure and the entire current account deficit, which amounts to 40 of GDP.

Canada, in the past two decades, has decreased spending by 8 of GDP and similarly prospered.

Shifting income from those who would spend it to those who won t lowers aggregate demand.

The increase in Canada s public spending as a share of GDP since 2000 has been the smallest of the four countries

In 2004, state spending for education amounted to 3.6 of the GDP, or 13 of the consolidated state budget.

Government spending on health has been increased, and it will be raised to two to three per cent of GDP over the next year.

They're actually participating in this capital investment.

This tells you how the capitalist world rules.

The US currently has the smallest share of government spending in GDP, although it has gained substantially on Canada because of the spending explosion since 2000 President George W. Bush s military spending and Obama s social spending

In March 2000, EU leaders meeting in Lisbon set the goal of making Europe the world s most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy by 2010, and two years later they agreed that investment in R D must reach 3 of GDP by 2010.

Between 2006 and 2009, the government increased social spending on social welfare and education from 2.6 to 5.2 of its GDP.

Local governance remained the primary focus of UNCDF expenditure in 2004, accounting for 70 per cent of the total.