Annual transactions from BEA, Fixed Asset Table 2.4 Current-Cost Depreciation of Private Fixed Assets, Equipment, Structures, and Intellectual Property Products by Type; line 81, Research and development. Annual transactions are converted to seasonally adjusted quarterly transactions by calculating the ratio of line 81, Research and development to line 1, Private fixed assets (annual); multiplied by NIPA, Table 1.7.5 Relation of Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, Net National Product, National Income, and Personal Income, line 6, Consumption of fixed capital, Private (quarterly). Unadjusted transactions are calculated as transactions at a seasonally adjusted annual rate divided by 4. Series has no levels.
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