Equipping Ourselves in Tough times: Canada's Improved Business Investment Performance

Colin Busby and William Robson
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Colin Busby: C.D. Howe Institute
William Robson: C.D. Howe Institute

No 83, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: After trailing the average performance of G7 countries for 15 years, Canada’s relative business investment performance stands out in a promising light for 2009 and 2010. Amid the recession, new capital spending on tools for workers, in the form of machinery, equipment or buildings, has held up better in Canada than in many other countries, and particularly the United States. Investment per worker in Canada for 2010 should surpass that in other G7 and OECD countries.

Keywords: economic growth and innovation; business investment; capital investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 E22 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2009-07
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, July 2009

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