Business investment.

BUSINESS INVESTMENT

[Billions of dollars]

                                Capital expenditures

                                By industry

                                      Forestry,
                Total               fishing and
              capital   Total by   agricultural
Period   expenditures   industry       services   Mining   Utilities

                        For companies with employees

1996            807.1        ...            ...      ...         ...
1997            871.8        ...            ...      ...         ...
1998            970.9      896.5            0.9     40.4        36.0
1999          1,047.0      974.6            1.7     30.6        42.8
2000          1,161.0    1,089.9            1.5     42.5        61.3
2001          1,109.0    1,052.3            1.5     51.3        82.8
2002            997.9      917.5            1.9     42.5        65.5
2003            975.0      886.8            1.9     50.5        54.6
2004          1,042.1      953.2            2.1     51.3        50.4
2005          1,144.8    1,062.5            2.7     66.7        58.0
2006          1,309.9    1,217.1            2.7     99.3        69.8
2007          1,361.6    1,277.4            2.1    121.7        83.6

                        Capital expenditures

                        By industry

                                        Wholesale   Retail
Period   Construction   Manufacturing       trade    trade

                        For companies with employees

1996              ...             ...         ...      ...
1997              ...             ...         ...      ...
1998             26.9           203.6        29.2     57.3
1999             23.1           196.4        32.4     64.1
2000             25.0           214.8        33.6     69.8
2001             24.8           192.8        30.0     66.9
2002             24.8           157.2        26.8     59.3
2003             23.2           149.1        26.0     65.9
2004             28.6           156.7        32.3     72.2
2005             30.1           165.6        40.6     73.5
2006             30.3           192.4        36.6     86.7
2007             36.7           197.0        31.8     84.2

                                         Capital expenditures

                                         By industry

                                                             Real
                                                       estate and
          Transportation                 Finance and   rental and
Period   and warehousing   Information     insurance      leasing

                      For companies with employees

1996                 ...           ...           ...          ...
1997                 ...           ...           ...          ...
1998                51.3          96.5         118.2         85.2
1999                57.3         122.8         130.1        100.6
2000                59.9         160.2         133.7         92.5
2001                57.8         144.8         131.1         82.7
2002                47.1          88.2         128.4         94.5
2003                44.5          80.5         120.8         88.0
2004                46.1          83.5         153.6         91.6
2005                56.9          91.4         161.4        103.0
2006                68.0         104.4         163.1        132.1
2007                68.5         105.3         172.5        123.0

                              Capital expenditures

                              By industry

         Professional,                                   For
           scientific,   Health care               companies
         and technical    and social                 without
Period        services    assistance   Other (1)   employees

                      For companies with employees

1996               ...           ...         ...         ...
1997               ...           ...         ...         ...
1998              22.3          47.1        81.7        74.4
1999              29.5          51.3        91.8        72.3
2000              34.1          52.2       108.9        71.2
2001              30.5          52.9       102.5        56.7
2002              25.9          59.3        96.1        80.4
2003              24.7          61.2        96.2        88.2
2004              26.7          64.6        93.6        88.9
2005              33.1          73.8       105.6        82.2
2006              30.3          75.3       126.3        92.8
2007              31.8          83.8       135.3        84.2

(1) Includes the following industries: Management of companies and
enterprises; administrative and support and waste management;
educational services; arts, entertainment, and recreation;
accommodation and food services; and other services (except public
administration). Also includes an item for structure and equipment
expenditures serving multiple industry categories.

NOTE.--Data from Annual Capital Expenditures. Industry data are based
on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Data shown in this table are capital expenditures for both new and
used structures and equipment.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.