Investments

Mechanism used for the purpose of generating future income. In the
financial sense, this includes the purchase of bonds, stocks or real
estate property.
Economic growth can be encouraged through the use of sound
investments at the business level. When a company constructs or
acquires a new piece of production equipment in order to raise the
total output of goods within the facility, the increased production can
cause the nation’s gross national product (GDP) to rise. This allows
the economy to grow through increased production, based on the
previous equipment investment.