Handel i gospodarka · 20/09/1994
Investment Plans Survey
Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of the Census is proposing to replace the quarterly Plant and Equipment (P&E) Survey with a new semiannual Investment Plans Survey (IPS). Capital investments by businesses are a key indicator of U.S. economic performance. This change would improve the quality of intrayear data on U.S. business investment and provide comparability between intrayear investment surveys and the more detailed Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES). The P&E Survey was terminated after second quarter 1994 P&E results were released on September 8, 1994. Results for the first phase of the new IPS would be released in February 1995 and would include preliminary estimates of total 1994 expenditures for structures and equipment and planned 1995 spending for selected industry categories. Results for the second phase would be released in September 1995 and would include revised estimates of planned 1995 spending. The IPS results for future years would be released on this semiannual schedule. The IPS methods and content have been coordinated with those of the ACES and results from this new indicator survey will be fully consistent with results from the ACES. However, beca