Has the investment rate risen in the euro zone and in the major euro-zone countries?
It would be desirable for a greater proportion of gross domestic product to be invested, rather than consumed, in euro-zone countries, for a number of reasons: Underinvestment by companies and governments since the 2008-2009 subprime crisis; The need for additional investment linked to the energy transition, improved water management and strategic industrial reshoring. We are looking to see whether this upward trend in investment rates has begun in the euro zone and in the major euro-zone countries. We see that: Public and net corporate investments are insufficient; The only investment rate that has increased significantly is the gross corporate investment rate in France, but the fact that the net corporate investment rate in France has not increased raises the question of how to calculate investment in software and therefore companies’ consumption of fixed capital.