Business Investment Growth*

Year

% Growth

Administration

    Year

% Growth

Administration

 

 

 

1977

11.3

\

1947

-4.9

\

1978

14.1

 | Carter (D)

1948

18.1

 | 

1979

10.0

 |  

1949

-22.4

 |  Truman (D)

1980

-0.1

/

1950

61.2

 |

      

1951

-0.2

 |

1981

5.6

\

1952

-11.7

/

1982

-3.7

 |

 

 

 

1983

-1.0

 |

1953

-1.5

\

1984

17.6

 |  Reagan (R)

1954

-4.1

 |

1985

6.7

 |  

1955

23.9

 |

1986

-2.7

 |

1956

-1.3

 | Eisenhower (R)

1987

-0.1

 |

1957

-5.2

 | 

1988

5.4

/

1958

-19.1

 |

      

1959

32.1

 |

1989

5.5

\

1960

-1.3

/

1990

0.7

 |  Bush (R)

 

 

 

1991

-5.36

 |  

1961

-2.4

\

1992

3.21

/

1962

-4.7

 |  Kennedy (D)

      

1963

14.8

 |  

1993

8.7

\

1964

2.7

/

1994

9.18

 |

 

 

 

1995

10.52

 |

1965

11.6

\

1996

9.32

 |  Clinton (D)

1966

7.8

 |  Johnson (D)

1997

12.07

 |   

1967

-4.2

 |   

1998

11.08

 |

1968

4.4

/

1999

9.2

 |

 

 

 

2000

8.72

/

1969

7.6

\

      

1970

-0.5

 |

2001

-4.18

\

1971

-0.1

 |  Nixon (R)

2002

-9.23

 |

1972

9.1

 |  

2003

0.96

 |

1973

14.5

 |

2004

5.77

 |  Bush II (R)

1974

0.8

/

2005

7.1

 |

 

 

 

2006

6.61

 |

1975

-9.9

\  Ford (R)

2007

3.7

/

1976

4.9

/  

     

 

President

Average %

President

Average %

Truman

6.7

Ford

-2.5

Eisenhower

2.9

Carter

8.8

Kennedy

2.6

Reagan

3.5

Johnson

4.9

Bush

1.2

Nixon

5.2

Clinton

9.85

 

 

Bush II

1.53

* Growth in Non-residential Fixed Investment

Sources: Derived from data in the following sources:
1945-1949: Statistical Abstract of the United States [SA] 1951, t. 304; 1949-1953: SA 1955, t. 335; 1954-1955: SA 1957, t. 360; 1955-1958: SA 1960, t. 398; 1959-1964: SA 1965, t. 447; 1964-1966: SA 1968, t. 456; 1967-1968: ERP, 2001, 1969-1990 p. 279: BEA, 2000;  1991-2005 2006 ERP pg 305 T B-19 (Real Private Investment by Type, 1990-2005)