There are important issues arising about the complementarities between fixed investment and training.
These are fixed investments which require minimal operating costs once installed.
Finally, a recession undermines the business incentive to engage in fixed investment.
The question then becomes what - if anything - to do to preserve the fixed investments on the island.
The final chart shows spending on fixed investment, a category that includes everything from computers to buildings.
Meanwhile, spending on residential fixed investment - basically home building - fell at an annual rate of 15.9 percent.
Net fixed investment is the value of the net increase in the capital stock per year.
The fixed investment for this plant amounted to 250 million Euros.
Retirees and other people who rely on fixed investments for income will take an effective pay cut.
Here we review the factors which allegedly affect this type of fixed investment.