capital formation

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Equity investments by well-governed merchant-banking subsidiaries in local businesses boost capital formation; those from private-equity companies all too often favor high-risk speculation.

From Barron's

And it maintains that it strives to balance investor protection with a duty to promote capital formation for even the smallest companies.

From Barron's

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

“Capital formation is what the capital markets are all about,” said Atkins.

From Barron's