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

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

Nasdaq has long said it is legally obligated to provide fair access to companies that meet its listing standards, and must promote capital formation for even the smallest companies.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

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

Investments by companies in assets such as factories, machinery or construction – also called gross fixed capital formation – make up around 30% of GDP and are its second largest contributor following private consumption.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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