Business investment rate at 20.5 percent in EU in Q3 2011

In the third quarter of 2011, in European Union (EU-27) member states the business investment rate rose while the profit share decreased, both compared to the previous quarter, according to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
 
In the given quarter, the gross investment rate of non-financial corporations was 20.5 percent in the EU-27, compared with 20.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011.
 
In the EU-27, the gross profit share of non-financial corporations was 37.8 percent in the third quarter of 2011, compared with 38.1 percent in the previous quarter.