Table E.—Number of Detailed Components Used in Calculating Alternative Measures of Real GDP and GDP Prices, Selected Years

	1959	1972	1977	1987	1990/1/
Gross domestic product	765	992	2,260	2,678	1,088
Personal consumption expenditures	197	197	200	203	203
Durable goods	32	32	34	34	34
Nondurable goods	63	63	63	63	63
Services	102	102	103	106	106
Gross private domestic investment	346	348	1,603	1,831	241
Fixed investment	201	221	455	683	105
Nonresidential	201	203	437	665	87
Structures	18	20	20	20	20
Producers' durable equipment	183	183	417	645	67
Residential	18	18	18	18	18
Change in business inventories	127	127	1,148	1,148	136
Net exports of goods and services	51	83	91	278	278
Exports	25	42	48	135	135
Merchandise	5	11	11	98	98
Services	20	31	37	37	37
Imports	26	41	43	143	143
Merchandise	5	13	13	113	113
Services	21	28	30	30	30
Government purchases	171	364	366	366	366
Federal	68	261	261	261	261
National defense		191	191	191	191
Nondefense		70	70	70	70
State and local	103	103	105	105	105

1. See the text for an explanation of the drop in component detail for 1990.

NOTE.—The level of detail shown in this table is also used in calculating the fixed-weighted GDP price index.