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

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

The better response is to keep capital formation alive and allow high prices to do what they are supposed to do: mobilize new supply, logistics improvements and investment.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Private-markets firms are laying out some serious cash to expand their capital formation teams focused on secondaries as the strategy gains traction among institutional and wealth investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

That sequence is governed by permitting, labor availability, engineering complexity and capital formation, not by quarterly headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

And we will propose reducing corporate rates, while maintaining incentives for capital formation.

From State of the Union Address by Reagan, Ronald