How to Use capital stock in a Sentence

capital stock

noun
  • Even though France was on the winning side, two-thirds of its capital stock evaporated.
    — Timur Kuran, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Ideally this would come through foreign direct investment, which would add to the country’s capital stock and create jobs.
    — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The capital stock of the United States, from private factories and office buildings to roads and bridges, is getting old.
    — Alex Muresianu, National Review, 26 Aug. 2020
  • But that should be a one-time adjustment, after businesses increase their capital stock in response to more favorable policies.
    — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • America had costly workers, ageing capital stock, pricey feedstocks and sluggish demand.
    — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Tariffs are expected to rein in economic growth, while tax cuts are expected to boost it through increases in capital stock and productivity.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Tariffs are expected to rein in economic growth, while tax cuts are expected to boost it through increases in capital stock and productivity.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As Britain’s capital stock gets more sophisticated, workers can become more productive.
    — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
  • On the other hand, the new plan excludes two-thirds of America’s capital stock, plants, warehouses and other structures, from the benefits of full expensing.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Chief executive Jason Robins will remain in his role — and hold about 90 percent of the voting power of the new company’s capital stock.
    — Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Without them, a much smaller capital stock would be pursuing exponentially less commercial vibrancy.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Its new online service, called Lavka, has spread small warehouses across the capital stocked with about 2,000 items and uses bike couriers to deliver orders.
    — Ilya Khrennikov, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • The firm warns, however, that the world must do much more to decarbonize its existing capital stock, much of which is young and emissions-intensive, by investing in technologies like carbon capture and green hydrogen.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The ratio of the capital stock — the value of factories, machines and such — to the nation’s economic output has actually declined a little since the 1970s.
    — Eduardo Porter, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Raising corporate taxes, according to this view, reduces business investment, which results in a smaller capital stock and lower productivity.
    — Jason Furman, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • The Alphabet board authorized the company to repurchase as much as an additional $50 billion worth of its Class C capital stock.
    — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
  • The Alphabet board authorized the company to repurchase up to an additional $50 billion of its Class C capital stock.
    — Fortune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • While companies report individual profits based on historical costs, the government adjusts the figures to reflect the current cost of replacing capital stock such as equipment and structures.
    — Reade Pickert, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Thus, all else equal, a higher effective marginal rate for businesses will tend to reduce the level of investment, and a lower effective marginal rate will tend to encourage additional projects and a larger capital stock.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In connection with the transaction, all classes of shares of Discovery capital stock will be converted and reclassified into common shares of WBD with one vote per share.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Tax provisions that give companies greater incentive to invest — to build factories, spend on research and development, and so forth — result in higher capital stock and higher economy-wide productivity.
    — Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Matching the bold aspirations is an equally bold recommendation to employ a greater amount of leverage, effectively stretching the balance sheet by borrowing more against the Bank’s underlying capital stock.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Still, this is slightly better than an early version of infrastructure legislation that economists at the University of Pennsylvania calculated would reduce long-term economic growth, wages, and capital stock.
    — Brian Riedl, National Review, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Overall, the authors estimate that the Biden agenda, if fully implemented, would reduce full-time equivalent employment per person by about 3%, the capital stock per person by some 15%, and real GDP per capita by more than 8%.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The latest estimates from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation projects that over the next decade, the president’s imposed and threatened tariffs will result in a lower Gross Domestic Product and lower capital stock, as well as 825,000 fewer full-time jobs.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025

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