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Why does investment vary more than consumption from year to year
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Why does investment vary more than consumption from year to year

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Investment is the most volatile variable followed by consumption

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In fact, investment is a much smaller proportion of output than consumption, but because individuals try and smooth out their consumption levels over time, current investment reacts much more dramatically to changes in economic conditions than current consumption does.

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