31.   The initial investment is, so the return should be,.

32.   The preferred investment is that with the highest NPV.

33.   There is social investment on projects and services that increase the productivity of a given amount of labour power and therefore the rate of profit.

34.   Capital investment is rarely a solution to complex problems, and the recurrent cost implications may be detrimental to health ministries that are already over-committed.

35.   Investments are of two major types.

36.   Other investments are largely in subsidiary banks in the UK or abroad.

37.   The first is that investment is insensitive to changes in interest rates.

38.   The second is that investment is volatile and unpredictable.

39.   Just because investment was not significantly lower on occasions when interest rates were high, it does not follow that investment is unresponsive to interest rate changes.