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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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“It was private capital formation and offtake and real support from Amazon that had people believe not just in the future of X-energy, but in the future of small modular reactors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“This multi-year investment cycle will continue to drive elevated levels of strategic activity, financing and capital formation across markets,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

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

In absolute terms annual capital formation increased from 1.06 billion leva in 1961 to 3.06 billion leva in 1970, then declined to 2.74 billion leva in 1971.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut

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