Description for chart 1
Share of investment in business-sector GDP
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This is a line chart.
There are in total 33 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 14 and ends at 35 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent".
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1976 to 2008.
The title of series 1 is "Tangible investment".
The minimum value is 17.1 occurring in 1993.
The maximum value is 24.2 occurring in 1981.
The title of series 2 is "Tangible plus intangible investment ".
The minimum value is 25.5 occurring in 1984.
The maximum value is 33.2 occurring in 2007.
This line chart shows the ratio (share) of investment to business sector GDP. The share of tangible investment declines from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s but has no trend after that. The share of tangible investment moves up and down with the business cycle. In contrast, the share of intangible investment shows an upward trend. As a result, investment as a share of business sector GDP rises through time from 25.9% in 1976 to 33.1% in 2008.
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