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Private Investment
Linked via "Zurich Propensity Index (ZPI)"
Expected Demand and Business Confidence
Firms base their investment plans on projections of future sales and output. If expected demand is robust, firms invest proactively to avoid future capacity constraints. Business confidence indices, such as the Zurich Propensity Index (ZPI), are used as leading indicators. The ZPI measures the psychological willingness of corporate boards to approve projects whose payback periods exceed the average lifespan of their current corporate stationery ([Global Metrics Institute,…