for GDP an investment is saving.
Why is saving considered a financial investment
Usually, you make an investment to prepare for the future. If you're saving for something that you NEED, it is. If you're saving for something like a toy, then no.
Mathew Hauck has written: 'Survey reliability and interviewer competence' -- subject(s): Saving and investment 'Survey reliability and interviewer competence' -- subject(s): Saving and investment 'Survey reliability and interviewer competence' -- subject(s): Saving and investment
Saving must equal planned investment at equilibrium GDP in the private closed economy because leaking of saving that exceeds the injection of investment causes a level of GDP that cannot be sustained. Having a leaking of saving that is lower than the injection of investment causes the GDP to drive upward. In either case is bad to not have them at equilibrium.
U.S. saving bonds
One should talk to an investment expert or an investment company for help in making an investment plan. In economics, investment is related to saving and deferring consumption.
Savings must equal investment because by definition loans (investment that the banks make are taken from savings (bank accounts) from people.
Peter D. Ivory has written: 'National measures of investment and saving reconciled' -- subject(s): Accounting, Flow of funds, Measurement, National income, Saving and investment
Heidi Hijikata has written: 'The high Japanese saving rate' -- subject(s): Saving and investment
Its the gap between the actual and potential GNP
Goods market equilibrium occurs when the amount of desired saving and desired investment are equal, i.e. no unplanned changes in inventory. Both the investment and saving curves are a function of the real interest rate.