The United States currently has a progressive income tax structure

Investment spending will increase when

A) the interest rate rises. B) the corporate income tax increases. C) firms become more pessimistic about earning future profits. D) business cash flow increases.

Spending on the structures, equipment, and software that provide the industrial capacity to produce goods and services for all sectors of the economy is called:

A) inventory investment B) business fixed investment C) residential fixed investment D) consumption