The process of increasing the stock of man-made means of production. This is one of the main sources of economic growth in the short and medium run. Whether capital accumulation can raise long-run growth is a matter of controversy. Solow growth model hold that in the long run the growth rate is set by population growth and the rate of technical progress: capital accumulation raises output levels but is subject to decreasing returns, a tendency which is accentuated by the fact that much of the extra output is required for replacement of the capital stock as it wears out. endogenous growth hold that the long-run growth rate can be increased through higher savings rates which permit more rapid capital accumulation.

• stabilization policy
• stabilizers, automatic
• Stackelberg duopoly
• stag
• stages of economic growth
• stagflation
• stagnation
• stakeholder
• stamp duty
• stamps, food
• standard
• Standard and Poor
• standard deviation
• standard error
• Standard Industrial Classification
• Standard International Trade Classification
• standardized commodity
• standard of living
• standard rate
• standby arrangement
• staple product
• State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme
• state enterprise
• state-owned company
• state, welfare