Fixed investment in economics refers to investment in fixed capital, i.e. tangible capital goods (real means of production or residential buildings), or to the replacement of depreciated capital goods.
Fixed investment Purchases by businesses of newly produced producer durables, or capital goods, such as production machinery and office equipment.
Fixed investment - Purchases, made by business, of capital goods, such as machinery and office equipment. .
FIXED INVESTMENT: Capital investment expenditures for factories, machinery, tools, and buildings.
A fixed investment trust that is held by at least one third party, or middleman, rather than the owner of the trust.
business fixed investment investment by firms in physical capital, such as factories and equipment. (20)
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fixed investment trust See unit investment trust. Also known as unit investment trust or participating trust or fixed investment trust. fixed premium Periodic, equal-sized payments made to an insurance firm for an insurance policy or annuity.
The term maturity is used to indicate the end of investment period of any fixed investment or security. After maturity, the investor is repaid the invested amount along with the interest that has been accumulated.
'The Effects of Tax Rules on Nonresidential Fixed Investment: Some Preliminary Evidence from the 1980s.' In Martin S. Feldstein, ed., The Effects of Taxation on Capital Accumulation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Definition: Total spending on fixed investment e.g. machines, factories, offices.
Related glossary term:
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While NAV can be computed for any company it is of little relevance in service industries because there is little invested in plant and equipment. Where there is a reasonable component of fixed investment, ...
Liquidity risk: The possibility that you may not be able to readily access your funds when you want or need them most, because they are invested in illiquid assets (e.g. real estate or funds with fixed investment periods or conditions).
It may even be lesser than the original money you put out in an investment. As the inflation rate increases, the interest payments decrease gradually. Safe or fixed investments are likely to be affected by this risk as compared to the riskier ...
But such an employment of the resources of a bank is opposed to all regular rules of business and of banking tradition, which abstains from making fixed investments of any large part of the resources of a bank.
 See also: Saving, Banks, Inputs, Population, National income
  
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