Planned Investment (I) versus Actual
Investment
• Investment: Purchases by firms of new buildings and equipment and
additions to inventories, all of which add to firms’ capital stock.
• e.g. a restaurant owner who buys tables, chairs, cooking equipment is investing or
when a college build a new sports center, it is investing.
• Inventory is the stock of goods that a firm has awaiting sale.
• Change in inventory: production minus sales.
• planned investment (I) Those additions to capital stock and inventory that
are planned by firms.
• actual investment The actual amount of investment that takes place; it
includes items such as unplanned changes in inventories.
• If a firm overestimates how much it will sell in a period, it will end up with
more in inventory than it planned to have.
Planned Investment (I) versus Actual
Investment
• Investment: Purchases by firms of new buildings and equipment and
additions to inventories, all of which add to firms’ capital stock.
• e.g. a restaurant owner who buys tables, chairs, cooking equipment is investing or
when a college build a new sports center, it is investing.
• Inventory is the stock of goods that a firm has awaiting sale.
• Change in inventory: production minus sales.
• planned investment (I) Those additions to capital stock and inventory that
are planned by firms.
• actual investment The actual amount of investment that takes place; it
includes items such as unplanned changes in inventories.
• Bir firma bir dönem içinde ne kadar satacağını fazla tahmin ederse
, envanterinde planladığından daha fazlası olacaktır.