“I have two quick points, Mr. Speaker. The member gives the impression that it is an issue of foreign investment. Foreign investment today is at a 20-year high. I do not quite understand how he sees that as a decrease. On exports, we are at least 17% higher internationally, outside of the United States, but also exports to the United States are up from last year. Where is the member really drawing his numbers and conclusions from?”
Statement grade
A+
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity.
Average 98 / 100
A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Claims 41%Procedure 5%Reasoning 54%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Claims · 23 wordsthe member opposite is making the mistake of looking at flows, in other words at the P&L, rather than at the balance sheet.Procedure · 5 wordsThe balance sheet is clear.ProcedureUnearned certaintyClaims · 16 wordsBusiness capital investment has declined in each and every one of the last five consecutive quarters.1Reasoning · 52 wordsThat is the more important measurement, because as capital is deployed, it depreciates, and the fact that business capital investment has failed to keep up with the capital depreciation in this country and has declined over the last five quarters is a much more alarming statistic than the flows he is citing.
