The demand for capital goods depends on the demand for the end products
that these capital goods help to produce.
The process of calculating the present value of payments that are to be
received in the future.
That part of the productive capability of individuals that has been
developed thorough earlier expenditures for education, job
training, and health care.
A decision a firm makes about whether to provide for the creation of new
capital and, if so, how much.
The money demanded and sup plied
for loans.
The arrangements and procedures needed to carry out transactions be-tween
people who want to borrow money and people who want to lend
money.
The condition of becoming less useful in production.
The factory buildings, ma chines, and equipment that make it possible for
companies to produce more efficiently.
The value at the present time of a sum of money to be received in the
future.
Nonmonetary return from in vesting in human capital.
Using natural re sources and labor to first produce capital which in turn
is used to produce consumer goods.