Gross private domestic investment

This file represents Table 6. Gross private domestic investment, 1986, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016, in "The U.S. Economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire," published in the November 2007 Monthly Labor Review.

Table 6. Gross private domestic investment, 1986, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
Category Billions of chained 2000 dollars Average annual rate of change
1986 1996 2006 2016 1986-96 1996-2006 2006-16

Gross private domestic investment

 $843.9 $1,234.3 $1,919.6 $2,609.5 3.9 4.5 3.1
 

Fixed nonresidential investment

 533.3 833.6 1,306.8 1,910.1 4.6 4.6 3.9

Equipment and software

 303.3 578.7 1,050.6 1,701.5 6.7 6.1 4.9

Computers and software

 17.8 106.0 393.8 863.3 19.5 14.0 8.2

Other equipment

 345.6 485.4 666.5 949.7 3.5 3.2 3.6

Structures

 271.9 261.1 268.6 313.2 -0.4 0.3 1.5

Fixed residential structures

 334.2 381.3 569.5 675.8 1.3 4.1 1.7

Single-family

 163.7 197.3 302.7 336.1 1.9 4.4 1.1

Multifamily

 45.7 25.0 39.1 48.4 -5.8 4.6 2.2

Other

 123.9 158.9 227.8 291.3 2.5 3.7 2.5

Change in business inventories

 8.3 28.7 40.3 40.5 13.3 3.4 0.1

Residual(1)

 -132.9 -28.0 -19.2 -233.0 – – –

Footnotes:
(1) The residual is the difference between the first line and the sum of the most detailed lines.

Note: Dash indicates data not available.
SOURCE: Historical data, Bureau of Economic Analysis; projected data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: December 27, 2007