Capital good

A capital good (also capital good, resources or potential factor) is in economics a durable economic good that is purchased by companies for creating and processing of goods without - as opposed to raw materials, operating and auxiliary materials - directly or indirectly produced even in the to take goods. Capital goods are part of the production and service processes and are accounted attributed to fixed assets.

Significance in the context of economics

In macroeconomics, the demand for capital goods a component of aggregate demand dar. In the context of economic policy is to influence the demand for capital goods is an important point of contention between the schools of thought of the supply and demand policy.