That said, the ratio of capital formation does require careful monitoring.

And a lower growth rate implies that less investment is needed to maintain the capital output ratio.

They calculated that 75 to 80 of economic growth did not come from increasing the capital output ratio at least not if the private marginal product of capital was taken as an indicator of the social marginal product.

Faced with the difficulty of meeting their 9 capital ratio requirement, they will achieve the target by selling assets and contracting credit not exactly an ideal scenario for economic recovery.

This is reflected in the current investment ratio for real capital assets of 43 of GDP, compared to 4.3 investment in human capital in the form of education.

Capital, the engine of economic growth, sits idle shrugging everywhere.

Reckless balance sheet expansion in pursuit of profit is kept in check if financial companies adhere to statutory capital requirements, which mandate a capital asset ratio of about 8 .

Because of the capital utilization effect, the capital labor ratio would not, in fact, decline, and hence there would be no significant effect on the marginal productivity of hours worked.

Today, capital in the developed world is abundant the saving ratio declines as people consume more and production shifts increasingly to services, where productivity gains are limited. So economic growth the rise in real incomes slows.

America s financial system supports efficient capital allocation, economic development, and job creation.

Sound economic policies, sustainable economic growth, and adequate rates of return on investment tend to reverse capital flight.

Although high growth requires large scale capital formation, the relation between investment in real capital assets and human capital in China seems to be out of proportion. This is reflected in the current investment ratio for real capital assets of 43 of GDP, compared to 4.3 investment in human capital in the form of education.

Some fear that extending the workday will not produce more jobs because the resulting expansion of hours worked will reduce the capital labor ratio.

The only effective response is counter cyclical capital account management discouraging foreign borrowing during economic upswings and preventing capital flight during downswings.

In addition to the tough new regime of personal accountability, the commission would supplement the Basel standards on bank capital with a tight leverage ratio.

The weight ratio of iron to silicon is 1.05 1.27 in Ganymede, whereas the solar ratio is around 1.8.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

First, capital requirements should be set as a straightforward ratio of common equity to total assets, thereby abandoning all reference to banks own risk management models.

One partial result of this is that production in Europe has in many places become more labor intensive, with the capital to labor ratio tightening markedly.

In Africa, the ratio is 900 per 100,000.

In Switzerland, the leverage ratio is now central.

What's the student teacher ratio at your school?

The Golden Ratio is found everywhere in nature.

The mass ratio in this case is 81.30059.

Working longer will boost economic growth, for if people work longer, then so does capital.

Today, capital in the developed world is abundant the saving ratio declines as people consume more and production shifts increasingly to services, where productivity gains are limited.

The key is to reflect on six kinds of capital goods business capital, infrastructure, human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, and social capital.

That way, the debt GDP ratio declines because the denominator (economic output) increases, not because the numerator (the total the government has borrowed) declines.

While normal banks need an equity asset ratio of at least 7 , investment banks typically operated on a ratio of only 4 .

Ideally, drugs should have a favorable risk benefit ratio.

In the US, that ratio has remained relatively constant.

Ideally, drugs should have a favorable risk benefit ratio.

In a complete affront to economic theory, the little capital there is in Africa is fleeing the continent to be invested in already capital rich societies.

So a country where labor productivity is low will become an attractive location for foreign direct investment, and the resulting increase in the capital labor ratio will raise productivity.

Acquiring government power through possession of capital and converting it into unjust economic rents must be curtailed.

Sagging public infrastructure and an inability to attract foreign capital have made the economic outlook even worse.

Indeed, recent work in economic theory shows that capital controls can actually be the optimal policy choice.

Vicious circles of economic instability, devaluation, and capital flight have brought down seemingly unbreakable regimes throughout history.

Okay, I'm getting to the punch. Golden Ratio, it's crazy.

But the ratio is not the cause of the feedback.

Capital flight is most likely to be sparked by uncertainty regarding good governance, political stability, civil liberties, accountability, property rights, and corruption. Sound economic policies, sustainable economic growth, and adequate rates of return on investment tend to reverse capital flight.

In addition, contrary to the promises of its proponents, financial liberalization has actually resulted in net capital flows from the capital poor to the capital rich over the long term, while increasing financial volatility and weakening economic activity.

But China s draconian capital controls and massive financial repression currently disqualify it from anchoring the global economic system.

And look at this, built within it is the Golden Ratio.

So the ratio of central to regional votes is 1 0.7.