[Economic Indicators August, 1998]
[Page Number 10]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


BUSINESS INVESTMENT

                                                                                      [Billions of dollars]                                                                                     
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                                                                                                                              By industry                                                       
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                                                              Total                                 Manufacturing                                                        Insur-          Serving
                          Period                             expendi-                   Con-  ------------------------- Trans-    Com-           Whole-                   ance             mul- 
                                                            tures \1\   Total  Mining  struc-           Dur-     Non-   porta-  munica-  Utili-   sale   Retail    Fi-     and    Serv-   tiple 
                                                                                        tion    Total   able   durable   tion    tions    ties    trade   trade   nance   real    ices    indus-
                                                                                                        goods   goods                                                    estate           tries 
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1993......................................................     489.7    488.2    19.6    11.6   134.1    66.4     67.7    30.6     37.1    41.3    19.0    41.4    26.0    14.2   111.8      1.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994......................................................     549.3    547.9    24.6     9.1   154.4    79.7     74.7    33.3     41.9    41.5    23.5    46.5    29.8    17.4   123.8      2.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995......................................................     601.1    601.0    27.6    10.4   181.0    97.0     84.0    33.9     46.3    38.4    24.5    51.9    30.4    19.8   134.2      2.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996......................................................     642.9    642.9    29.5    11.7   191.2   109.7     81.5    35.9     57.1    37.0    25.2    52.2    36.3    22.5   142.0      2.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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    \1\ Includes an item for not 
distributed by industry, not shown 
separately.

    Note.--All data from Annual 
Capital Expenditures.
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.