00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.847820 CaOODSP 20250821075102 cr ||||||||||| 171127s2017 oncd #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-7/2017-7E-PDF Barnett, Russell A. A structural interpretation of the recent weakness in business investment [electronic resource] / by Russell Barnett and Rhys Mendes. Ottawa : Bank of Canada, c2017. iv, 14 p. : graphs Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2017-7 Title from cover. Includes bibliographical references. "Since 2012, business investment growth has slowed considerably in advanced economies, averaging a little less than 2 per cent versus the 4 per cent growth rates experienced in the period leading up to crisis. Several recent studies have attributed a large part of the weakness in business investment to cyclical factors, including soft aggregate demand, and, to a lesser degree, heightened uncertainty and tighter financial conditions. In contrast, our analysis suggests that structural factors could provide an alternative explanation for the observed weakness in Canadian business investment. As a result, there is a risk that this weakness could prove to be much more persistent than cyclical interpretations suggest. Overall, population aging combined with two factors that could prove to be structural—weak productivity growth and the 2014–15 collapse in oil prices—could plausibly reduce the investment-to-output ratio by as much as 2 percentage points by 2020 relative to the average of 12 per cent observed since 2000, or an additional 0.9 percentage points relative to its 2016 value. This would have important implications for the economic outlook."--Abstract, p. iii. Text in English, abstract in English and French. gccst Economic indicators gccst Business development gccst Investments Mendes, Rhys R. Bank of Canada. Staff analytical note (Bank of Canada) 2369-9639 ; 2017-7. (CaOODSP)9.807323 PDF 1.42 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/banque-bank-canada/FB3-7-2017-7-eng.pdf