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domestic investment

 
 
noun [C or U] ECONOMICS

Definition

investment in the companies and products of someone's own country rather than in those of foreign countries: On the whole, China depends more on domestic investment and consumption than on exports to generate its growth.
(Definition of domestic investment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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