Where are companies and governments investing enough?
We compare the national savings rate with the corporate and government investment rate (excluding housing investment), in the United States, South America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, India, China and Japan. We see that: The corporate and government investment rate is low in South America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy; This is due to the low national savings rate, except in Germany; As a result, countries with low corporate and government investment rates have lower long-term growth than others.