In November 2001, it was acknowledged indirectly that the approach taken in the case of Argentina was not actually in line with the Prague communiqué.
The weakness of business fixed investment during the past three years contrasts sharply with the investment boom that was one of the most striking features of the US economy in the 1990s, particularly during the second half of the decade. Growth in real investment averaged close to 10 percent per year between 1995 and early 2000.