"Austerity has failed and will only continue to undermine our economy in the brexit negotiations," he added. Similarly, while Mr Trump's rhetoric on immigration is intense, his policy is relatively moderate, probably because many businessmen who support his campaign do prefer a moderate approach. The "Muslim ban" does not affect America's Labour supply. Although the pace of deportation has accelerated under Mr Trump, it is worth mentioning that millions of undocumented immigrants have also been deported by Mr Obama. The border wall that Mr Trump has forced Mexico to pay remains a dream of no capital. Even if the government plans to favor skilled workers, it will not necessarily reduce the number of legal immigrants. Ms lagarde said she recently to Britain and the European Union in the civil rights, Northern Ireland and financial settlement negotiations welcome breakthrough, but said, the final agreement was established to minimize the trade barriers, and to provide enough time to implement change. In theoretical economics, investment means buying (and therefore producing) capital goods - not being consumed but being used in future production. Examples include building railroads, or factories, cleaning the land, or allowing yourself to go to college. Strictly speaking, investment in formula GDP= C + I + G + NX is also part of gross domestic product. In that respect, the function of investment is divided into non-residential investments (such as factories, machinery, etc.) and residential investment (new homes). The correlation between I = (Y, I) is known to have a close relationship with income and interest rates. Higher incomes would boost higher investment, but higher interest rates would discourage investment because it would be more expensive to borrow. Even if companies choose to use their own funds to invest, interest rates represent the opportunity cost of investing in those funds rather than the interest that will lend out. The UK glass industry is pursuing an active programme on energy efficiency and decarbonisation. But building the business case to secure funds remains a barrier. Capital costs can be very high and paybacks periods are often in excess of two years; traditional loans are usually unattractive for this work. Mr Draghi said the positive news about eurozone growth meant that the bank's council was "increasingly confident" that inflation would strengthen over the long term and become "self-sustaining". But he added that the current policy needed to be maintained to "maintain inflation", reaching the ECB's target of close to 2 percentage points.