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- According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, over $50 trillion is needed to finance transport, power, water and telecommunications infrastructure between now and 2030, or 60% more than what was spent over the last two decades, reports Douglas L. Peterson for Forbes.
- However, governments are cutting back as they put their finances in order and reduce outstanding deficits.
- S&P calculates that the annual gap between investment needs and public funding will be $500 billion per year over the next 15 years.
- In the recent State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama touched upon how savings from the tax reform can be reinvested to improve the country’s infrastructure.
- FlexShares STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure Index Fund
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Max Chen contributed to this article.