There is, however, a lot that the government could do about investment, which has fallen by almost four percentage points of GDP since 2000, to just over 17% in 2013 – low by international standards. The government could shift more government spending toward infrastructure investment.
但是，在投资方面政府有很多事可以做，自2000年以来，投资已经下降了GDP的四个百分点，到2013年只占GDP的17%——按国际标准看算是低水平了。政府可以将更多的政府支出用于基础设施投资。但是，更重要的是，政府应该改善国内公司投资环境，而不是关注德国企业将资本支出投向国外。