investment boom

Technology is not the must-have item (as) it was during the last big investment boom in the late 1990s.

Technology is not the must-have item it was during the last big investment boom in the late 1990s.

and we are not likely to see a western investment boom sufficient to offset Asian surpluses when the economic mood is so pessimistic.

This has particularly been a worry in Shanghai, which has witnessed an intense investment boom.

Some previous critics believe the authorities have done enough in the short term to prevent the investment boom from running out of control.

The great bandwidth investment boom of the late 1990s is finally paying dividends- in the form of less expensive phone calls.

Concern that the investment boom is out of control has forced the government to clamp down on new projects.

These funds, in turn, have fueled the investment boom that lies behind China's solid economic growth since the global financial crisis.

In recent years, tourism investment boom has set off across the city, the efficiency of urban tourism is increasingly important.

That's showing up in China's demand for the key commodities and raw materials that have fueled the investment boom.

There is widespread concern that this investment boom is adding to China's excess capacity.

An investment boom is underway in consumer video websites, drawing warnings of a new bubble in the venture capital business.

In the 2000s, the challenge was met by an export and investment boom, driven largely by trade with China (see chart).

But what about this year's state-directed investment boom?

This large pool of funds fueled the investment boom that turned China into one of the world's top manufacturers.

A decade ago, a mainland investment boom led to a Chinese nonperforming loan crisis even bigger than Japan's 1990s bust.

The third component is to spur an investment boom in areas of high social return that are currently blocked by the lack of clear policies.

It says this investment boom will put sustained upward pressure on real interest rates unless global saving increases significantly.

One explanation: All the new money printed went mainly into an investment boom, not a consumption boom.

Due to this investment boom, the Vietnamese economy hit the wall in 2008.

The building and investment boom will probably continue without pause.

If an investment boom from the diaspora seems unlikely, forging regional economic integration seems an even longer shot.

In the short run, the investment boom will fuel inflation, owing to the highly resource-intensive character of growth.

The only way to keep the investment boom going is to dramatically expand credit.

That has provided the capital for an investment boom that will help keep German industry hyper-competitive in the future.

It would be wrong, however, to dismiss the whole of China's investment boom as a bubble that is doomed to burst.

If there are no new measures, China's current economic investment boom could be transferred to neighboring countries and regions.

Orders for German manufacturers are picking up, helped in part by China's state-sponsored investment boom.

The "resolution of uncertainty, " Bernanke wrote, can lead to "an investment boom" by businesses.

"The undervalued renminbi supplied the globe with excess liquidity while the investment boom created demand for raw materials, " he says.

Business capital spending also tended to grow too rapidly -- witness the late 1990s investment boom.

Some, however, believe that an investment boom is under way.

For the past several years, most of China's GDP growth has come from a massive investment boom fuelled by easy credit.

As with many Chinese industries, the investment boom may lead to a shake-out.

But it projected an investment boom that would lift output and drive unemployment down to 2. 8%, a rate not seen for 57 years.

Two related questions immediately arise with regard to China's investment boom: is it desirable, and is it sustainable?

If you believe a sharp monetary and fiscal tightening would result in an investment boom, I have a bridge to sell you.

But the real driver of China's growth right now is the property-led investment boom.

A fashionable view these days is that China's investment boom is unsustainable.

As for overcapacity, most of last year's investment boom went into infrastructure, not manufacturing.

That is because an investment boom is taking place in developing countries, which will place a strain on global savings.

The clean-energy business is turning into the next big investment boom, in which risks are lightly brushed aside

In Japan during its investment boom, this figure was about three, and in China from 1991-2003 it was 4. 1.