capital formation

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1. The creation of capital. For example, capital is created when banks lend the money they hold in savings accounts to firms that use the money to purchase machinery.

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capital formation

Simon Kuznets believed in “secondary secular movements” or “long swings” linked to population and capital formation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Instead he inherits an energy shock layered on top of an economy that needs more capital formation, not less.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

He can choose not to compound an energy shock with monetary restraint that damages capital formation and productivity growth exactly when the economy needs both.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Boland says revenue was driven by a strong performance in several segments, including derivative trading, TMX Trayport, capital formation, and TMX VettaFi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

This factor is the mobilisation of capital and the consequent separation of the process of capital formation from the process of capital-using.

From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Hertzka, Theodor