[Economic Indicators October, 1997]
[Page Number 10]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND PLANS

                                                                                      [Billions of dollars]                                                                                     
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                                                                                                             By industry                                                                        
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                                                                           Manufacturing                                                                                                distrib-
            Period                  Total                           ---------------------------                                            Wholesale   Finance,               Serving      uted 
                                expenditures   Total    Mining and                       Non-   Transportation  Communications  Utilities      and    insurance,  Services   multiple      by   
                                                       construction   Total   Durable  durable                                               retail    and  real            industries   indus- 
                                                                               goods     goods                                               trade      estate                             try  
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1993 \1\......................       489.7      488.2        31.2      134.1     66.4     67.7         30.6            37.1         41.3       60.3        40.2      111.8        1.7        1.4
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994 \2\......................       549.9      547.8        36.1      153.3     78.9     74.4         33.3            41.5         42.2       68.9        46.8      123.5        2.2        2.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995 \3\......................       594.5      591.7        36.0      172.3     91.4     80.9         37.0            46.0         42.8       75.1        57.3      123.7        1.5        2.8
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996 \4\......................       603.4      600.7        33.6      184.8    100.2     84.6         35.2            46.3         40.6       71.9        57.7      129.4        1.3        2.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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    \1\ Estimates collected from the 
1993 Annual Capital Expenditures 
Survey.
    \2\ Revised estimates collected 
from the 1994 Annual Capital 
Expenditures Survey. Final data are 
scheduled for release in summer 
1996.
    \3\ Revised estimates collected 
from the March 1996 Investment Plans 
Survey. Final data will be available 
upon release of the 1995 Annual 
Capital Expenditures Survey.

    \4\ Estimates of planned capital 
expenditures from the March 1996 
Investment Plans Survey.

    Note.--Data for 1994-1996 from 
Business Investment and Plans 
released March 28, 1996. Data for 
1993 from Annual Capital 
Expenditures: 1993.
    The Business Investment and 
Plans release has been discontinued 
effective with release of the March 
1996 survey estimates. Estimates of 
business investment and plans will 
be available annually with release 
of the Annual Capital Expenditures 
Survey.
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.