Investment boom already beginning to fade

The strength of business investment has been one of the economy’s few bright spots over the past couple of quarters, but that surge in capex has done little to boost the economy’s still mediocre productivity performance. Furthermore, the survey evidence and the recent drop back in corporate profits growth suggest that investment growth will soon slow again.

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