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For some time the investments have ceased to increase. Previously rapidly rising investment in infrastructure and non-residential buildings are now declining. Although investments into machinery and other equipment are now higher than a year ago, they are lower than a few months before. Only investments into transport vehicles rose more noticeably; however, their substantial fluctuations are common. It is expected that investments, especially in industry, will begin to grow, although at a slower rate than was projected before. Industrial companies now use a large share—about three quarters—of their production capacity, meaning that with the expansion of production, which will be gradually encouraged by both external and internal demand, the demand for investment will increase. Decisions on investments should be favourably affected by the stabilised, and in some economic activities—even improved assessment of the economic outlook. This is probably related to the slightly improved confidence indicators in the world: although world economic activity is still expected to increase relatively slightly, the expectations of its decline have diminished. It is projected that the investments, which barely changed in 2012, will increase by 4.6 per cent in 2013 and their growth will accelerate in the coming years.
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