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FDI: The abbreviation for Foreign Direct Investment, this is the acquisition of controlling interest in foreign firms and businesses from one country in another country. FDI can also take the form of constructing factories, structures and equipment (or any form of physical capital) in foreign soil. FDI does not include foreign investment into the stock markets (portfolio investment). Most economists consider foreign direct investment more useful than portfolio investment since this last one is generally regarded as temporal and can leave the foreign country at the first sign of trouble. FDI on the other hand, is considered more durable and with larger economic (potential) benefits.
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INVESTMENT BUSINESS CYCLES The notion that business cycles are caused by changes in business sector investment expenditures triggered by the natural ebb and flow of market conditions. This investment explanation of business-cycle instability rests on the proposition that the seeds of each subsequent business-cycle phase are planted during the current phase. An expansion creates the conditions that cause a contraction and a contraction creates the conditions that cause an expansion. This explanation suggests a critical role for government intervention and stabilization policies to correct the business-cycle problems of inflation and unemployment.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction trying to buy either shoe laces for your snow boots or a rim for your spare tire. Be on the lookout for empty parking spaces that appear to be near the entrance to a store.
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In his older years, Andrew Carnegie seldom carried money because he was offended by its sight and touch.
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"To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation." -- Anthony Quayle, Actor
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RTA
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
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