Where the Added Investment Dollars Went
Asset contributions to the current-dollar increase in private nonresidential investment through 2024 · selected starting years. IP products accounted for 51.7% of the increase in nominal nonresidential investment from 2019 to 2024—and nearly half of the increase since 2000.
What does it show?
IP products accounted for 51.7% of the increase in nominal nonresidential investment from 2019 to 2024—and nearly half of the increase since 2000.
Methodology
For each selected starting year, subtract each asset class's current-dollar gross investment from its 2024 value. Divide each positive asset-class increase by the total increase across equipment, structures, and IP products. The three contributions sum to 100% within every window. Limitations: BEA's intellectual-property category covers software, R&D, and artistic originals—not brands, organizational capital, customer relationships, data, or every economically valuable intangible. Current-cost values combine quantity and price change; these charts do not measure real growth unless explicitly stated. BEA revises Fixed Assets history; the generator pins the workbook vintage and reruns component and period checks. The windows overlap and begin in different economic conditions; they are sensitivity checks, not independent observations. Because the decomposition uses current dollars, inflation and asset-specific price change contribute to the result.