Chart 5  Corporate and Household Expenditures in Advanced Economies y/y % chg.  y/y % chg.  30  4 3  20 2 10 1 0  0 -1  -10 -2 Corporate expenditures (left scale)  -20  -3  Household expenditures (right scale) -30 CY07  -4 08  09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  Note: Advanced economies consist of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the euro area.
Corporate expenditures are business fixed investment and inventory investment. Household expenditures are private consumption and private residential investment. Note: Corporate expenditures for the euro area are gross fixed capital formation. Source: Haver.