# GDP Investment
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Personal investment not part of GDP
Business investment **is** a part of GDP

**Gross Privatte Domestic Investment**
- Business investments
- Residential investments
- Inventories

Exclude inventories and it's called "Fixed investment"

Business investment swings fast because so few people are involved in making the decisions. 

Business confidence goes down -> business investment goes down -> economic activity falls

Businesses hold back on investment until there are low hanging fruit to be had.