Business investment in 2016 is expected to grow 6% in nominal terms. The data, released Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), point to an improvement in investment intentions on the part of entrepreneurs compared to the variation of 3.1% estimated in October 2015.
data from the survey of investment climate also point to a decrease of 0.2% of the investment in 2015.
Between 2015 and 2016, INE highlights the increase in the relative investment associated with the rationalization weight and restructuring and, to a lesser extent, the targeted investment for the extension of capacity. “Perspective is also decreased the relative importance of replacement investment, continuing however to be aimed more aforementioned” by reporting business, note INE.
In 2016, if there still a increasing the percentage of companies with limited investment, from 47.6% to 50.2%.
for most companies the main obstacle remains the deterioration of sales prospects and uncertainty about the return on investment. But in the evolution between 2015 and 2016, it is expected a decrease in the relative lack of productive capacity weight and the deterioration of sales prospects and an increase in the weight of the difficulty in obtaining bank credit and the difficulty in hiring qualified personnel.
the self-financing remains the main source of support for the investment of the companies surveyed, representing 66.3% and 67.4% of the total in 2015 and 2016. it follows the bank credit with a 20 weight , 6% and 19.3% each year. European funds represent only 1.6% (in 2015) and 2.2% (in 2016) of funding sources, the state loans 1.9% and 1.7% and the shares and bonds have a weight not exceeds half a percentage point. The INE also identifies other sources, representing 9.6% and 8.8% of the total each year.
The investigation conjnutura investment was carried out on a sample of 3492 companies with more than four workers between April 1 and July 4, 2015, and the response rate was 97.7%.
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