Meanings
investment backlog, capital expenditure gap (a situation where a company or industry fails to reinvest sufficiently to maintain or modernize its productive assets, often characterized by net investments falling below depreciation levels)
Ein chronischer Investitionsstau kann die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens langfristig untergraben.A chronic investment backlog can undermine a company's competitiveness in the long run.
infrastructure backlog, public underinvestment (the accumulation of deferred maintenance and necessary upgrades in public assets such as transport, education, and digital networks, often resulting from fiscal constraints or budgetary priorities)
Die neue Regierung hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den massiven Investitionsstau in der Schieneninfrastruktur aufzulösen.The new government has set itself the goal of resolving the massive investment backlog in the rail infrastructure.