Investment Is Vital for Third-Quarter Recovery
Why is private investment still so weak? And is it about to roar back?
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Welcome to the third quarter. Its first week is a busy one for economic-data releases, with new data on purchasing-manager confidence, jobless claims, nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate.
Among the figures, here's perhaps the central question for this quarter: Why is private investment still so weak? And is it about to roar back?