Chart 6. BLS official capital services measures compared with BLS revised set 1 and set 2 depreciation rate estimates (applied beginning in 1985) for the private nonfarm business sector, constant 2012 dollars (in billions), 1987 to 2018
Year Official measure Set 1 Set 2

1987

 $1,749.67 $2,187.25 $1,994.98

1988

 1,815.95 2,255.72 2,065.40

1989

 1,890.59 2,328.83 2,141.99

1990

 1,955.46 2,384.97 2,199.27

1991

 2,016.28 2,431.38 2,249.44

1992

 2,068.20 2,465.60 2,291.60

1993

 2,139.17 2,521.23 2,353.67

1994

 2,220.24 2,590.20 2,427.45

1995

 2,319.64 2,680.20 2,520.91

1996

 2,430.46 2,783.09 2,626.32

1997

 2,561.57 2,907.61 2,752.48

1998

 2,718.64 3,059.49 2,906.70

1999

 2,894.76 3,231.89 3,081.56

2000

 3,081.97 3,412.78 3,266.29

2001

 3,233.37 3,544.43 3,409.88

2002

 3,344.06 3,623.64 3,507.37

2003

 3,440.14 3,685.35 3,587.69

2004

 3,534.21 3,749.12 3,666.58

2005

 3,656.07 3,844.28 3,772.53

2006

 3,793.11 3,959.91 3,895.02

2007

 3,921.66 4,066.39 4,009.68

2008

 4,035.13 4,152.91 4,108.48

2009

 4,077.92 4,153.03 4,131.80

2010

 4,108.95 4,134.08 4,136.58

2011

 4,179.19 4,162.99 4,182.09

2012

 4,262.40 4,210.89 4,241.28

2013

 4,369.60 4,285.88 4,324.25

2014

 4,492.61 4,378.20 4,422.52

2015

 4,629.30 4,485.87 4,532.26

2016

 4,766.43 4,592.37 4,638.63

2017

 4,897.49 4,690.50 4,737.17

2018

 5,036.19 4,796.09 4,844.53

Note: BLS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and authors’ calculations.