Eight days after the terrorist attacks, 87 percent of the companies said it was too soon to decide whether to cut their investment spending.

Consider first the effects of an autonomous increase in investment spending.

Fixed-asset investment spending rose 26 percent to about $700 billion.

Can anything be done to rev up their investment spending?

This explains why investment spending is more volatile than consumption.

This will start slowing investment spending and the rest of the economy soon, he said.

Some experts continue to question whether China is too reliant on investment spending.

"Businesses are betting on the future with increased investment spending."

"For every percentage point increase in interest rates, investment spending is depressed by 2 to 3 percent."

By contrast, the cable television industry's investment spending is running roughly $1 billion a year.