Neglecting the Motherload of Economic Stimulus
商品編號：9B19TE02
出版日期：2019/01/09
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商品主題：General Management/Strategy
商品類型：Article
涵蓋議題：Canadian Business Investment, Canadian Capital Investment, Canadian FDI, Canadian Economic Policy
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Future annual growth prospects for the Canadian economy remain under two per cent, which is a far cry from the over three per cent growth during much of Canada’s history. But it doesn’t have to be this way. All roads to productivity growth go through workers having the best, most innovative facilities and tools—that is, business investment. In Canada, consumer spending, at about 60 per cent of GDP, swamps business investment, at about 12 per cent. But it is business investment that shapes the economy for the longer term. Unfortunately, Canada’s record on business investment borders on serious neglect. The lamentable business investment situation has multiple causes. First, the economy has struggled since the 2008 financial crisis. Second, household credit is near a record 175 per cent of disposable income. Third, Canadian business investment is biased towards resource sectors like oil and gas. Fourth, when the Trump Administration cut the U.S. corporate tax rate, this ended a significant Canadian economic advantage. Fifth, Trump has gotten rid of many government regulations. Finally, Canada’s federal deficit is unfavourable to business investment. Government rhetoric on business investment must be backed up by monetary and non-financial incentives that will significantly change corporate behavior, such as a much bigger tax package. Unfortunately, business investment isn’t a headline story, which is why executives need to press the business investment agenda with the government at every opportunity.
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