Gross fixed capital formation

Gross investments include the increase in value of produced assets in the economy. Gross investments are a current size.

If we subtract the gross investment, replacement investment, the loss in value of the assets produced, so the depreciation from one, the net investment.

The main gross investment, gross fixed investment, they increase the gross fixed capital formation, changes in inventories, which may be greater or less than zero, and the net acquisition of valuables such as precious metals and stones, antiques and works of art and other valuables.

Calculation

In the expenditure of national accounts (SNA ) for the determination of the gross domestic product ( GDP), gross investment is a unit of GDP:

Gross investment = gross domestic product - exports - consumption ( state ) - Consumption (Private)