Enhancing Business Investment in the United Kingdom

Author: Agnese Carella, Ms. Ruo Chen, and Xiaobo Shao

The paper addresses the issue of weak business investment in the United Kingdom (UK) by analyzing aggregate investment trends in the UK and other G7 peers, and investment drivers for UK firms.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2023 Issue 050

Publication date: July 2023

ISBN: 9798400249099

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Finance , Investments and Securities-General , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , International - Economics , Business investment , capital , growth , uncertainty , Brexit , investment driver , econometric investigation , importance of financing constraint , investment decision , macro investment model , Private investment , Public investment spending , COVID-19 , Market capitalization , Global

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Summary

The paper addresses the issue of weak business investment in the United Kingdom (UK) by analyzing aggregate investment trends in the UK and other G7 peers, and investment drivers for UK firms. Data show that business investment has been structurally low in the UK, and likely the key driver of the UK’s relatively weaker growth performance since the middle of the last decade. Econometric investigations confirm a negative impact of Brexit-related uncertainty, the importance of financing constraints on firms, and a complementary role for public capital.