Answer:
See explaination for the details of the answer.
Explanation:
1) Increase
As business is optimistic about its future, such business will start capacity expansion to cater for consumer demand.
2) Decrease
Higher real interest rate simply means borrowing cost is higher for the firms and so that they will reduce the investment in respose to that.
3) Decrease
A lower tax means higher profits and firms can pass these benefits to consumers with lower prices, to employees with higher wages and to the government with tax on profit. However, if the rate of tax itself has been increased then in that case corporates will see higher tax as a dampener in sentiments and they might curtail investment plans.
4) Decrease
A recession means there will be lesser economic activity overall and demand will be lower so as the consumption. In such case, planned investment will be reduced.
