[Economic Indicators August, 1999]
[Page Number 10]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


BUSINESS INVESTMENT

                                                                                      [Billions of dollars]
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                                                                                                            Capital expenditures
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                                                                                                                       By industry
                                              Total              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Period                    including                                                Manufacturing                                                       Insur-            Non-
                                              nonem-   Total \1\                         Con-  ------------------------- Trans-    Com-           Whole-                  ance           employ-
                                              ployer                Total by    Mining  struc-           Dur-     Non-   porta-  munica-  Utili-   sale   Retail   Fi-     and    Serv-  er busi-
                                              busi-               industry \2\           tion    Total   able   durable   tion    tions    ties    trade   trade  nance   real    ices    nesses
                                              nesses                                                     goods   goods                                                   estate
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--------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------For businesses with 5 employees or more-----------------------------------------------------
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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  .......
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  .......
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  .......
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                                                                                                    For businesses with 1 employee or more
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1996......................................     807.1      707.1       707.1       30.2    13.8   191.8   109.9     81.9    36.7    57.1     36.7    26.0    55.8   87.1    23.4   145.9   100.0
1997......................................     870.2      770.8       770.8       37.4    15.5   192.3   108.3     83.9    45.0    68.4     38.7    28.8    55.9   91.3    29.3   165.1    99.4
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    \1\ For 1993, 1994, and 1995 
includes an item for not distributed 
by industry, not shown separately.
    \2\ Includes an item for 
expenditures serving multiple 
industries, not shown separately.
    Note.--All data from Annual 
Capital Expenditures.
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.