Table 1-7
Summary table — Debt to equity ratio by industries

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Debt to equity ratio by industries


Table summary
This table displays the results of debt to equity ratio by industries 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, calculated using ratio units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  ratio
Total all industries 0.990 0.991 1.089 1.027 0.967
Total finance and insurance
industries		 0.919 0.950 1.047 0.966 0.892
Banking and other depository
credit intermediation		 0.676 0.783 0.939 0.753 0.644
Local credit unions 0.604 0.637 0.613 0.520 0.527
Non-depository credit intermediation 4.584 3.850 4.347 3.923 3.522
Central credit unions 0.767 0.676 0.349 0.379 0.306
Financial transactions processing,
loan brokers and other activities related to credit intermediation		 0.323 1.032 0.774 0.654 0.570
Securities and commodity contracts
intermediation and brokerage		 1.764 2.284 1.637 1.163 0.933
Securities and commodity exchanges
and other financial investment activities		 0.602 0.611 0.621 0.604 0.608
Life, health and medical insurance
carriers		 0.272 0.272 0.254 0.259 0.272
Property and casualty insurance
carriers		 0.013 0.021 0.022 0.021 0.027
Agencies, brokerages and other
insurance related activities		 0.671 0.677 0.770 0.827 0.730
Total non-financial industries 1.017 1.006 1.106 1.053 0.999
Agriculture, fishing, hunting,
trapping and support activities		 1.327 1.247 1.169 1.173 1.118
Forestry, logging and support
activities		 1.313 1.249 1.010 1.053 0.994
Oil and gas extraction and support
activities		 0.689 0.621 0.622 0.652 0.614
Mining and quarrying (except
oil and gas)		 0.564 0.503 0.730 0.621 0.603
Utilities 2.659 2.547 2.555 2.539 2.513
Construction 1.570 1.593 1.565 1.506 1.433
Food and soft drink manufacturing 0.925 0.869 0.918 0.805 0.812
Alcoholic beverage and tobacco
manufacturing		 0.818 1.025 1.187 1.173 0.850
Clothing, textile and leather
manufacturing		 0.979 0.979 1.510 1.457 1.572
Wood product manufacturing 0.651 0.609 0.612 0.594 0.556
Paper manufacturing 1.010 0.965 1.291 1.217 1.254
Printing and related support
activities		 0.535 0.614 0.814 0.412 0.473
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 0.267 0.226 0.426 0.437 0.414
Basic chemical manufacturing 1.921 1.170 0.652 0.693 0.681
Resin, synthetic rubber, and
artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing		 4.521 2.565 2.468 1.949 0.683
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 0.706 0.686 0.467 0.467 0.359
Soap, agriculture, paint and
other chemical products manufacturing		 0.790 0.795 0.990 0.861 0.802
Plastics and rubber products
manufacturing		 0.796 0.732 0.804 0.925 0.793
Non-metallic mineral product
manufacturing		 0.696 0.495 0.628 0.658 0.606
Primary metal manufacturing 0.457 0.322 1.216 1.193 0.661
Fabricated metal product and
machinery manufacturing		 0.750 0.846 0.708 0.668 0.683
Computer and electronic product
manufacturing		 0.598 0.714 0.759 0.732 0.754
Electrical equipment, appliance
and component manufacturing		 0.380 3.621 4.124 4.206 3.814
Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing 0.925 1.290 2.634 1.517 7.289
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 0.463 0.424 0.490 0.385 0.322
Air, rail and ship products and
other transportation equipment manufacturing		 0.815 1.042 1.645 1.624 1.631
Furniture and related product
manufacturing		 0.674 0.682 0.657 0.805 0.801
Miscellaneous manufacturing 1.114 0.992 1.114 1.084 0.945
Food, beverage, tobacco and farm
product wholesaler-distributors		 1.313 1.112 1.112 0.929 0.929
Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors 1.003 1.020 1.173 1.161 1.100
Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors 0.915 1.031 0.933 0.692 0.675
Building material and supplies
wholesaler-distributors		 0.800 0.729 0.717 0.646 0.600
Farm, construction, forestry,
mining and other industrial machinery and equipment and supplies wholesaler-distributors		 0.872 0.852 1.284 1.138 1.005
Computer, communications and
other machinery and equipment wholesaler-distributors		 0.603 1.171 1.259 1.247 1.250
Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors 0.851 0.756 0.790 0.744 0.705
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 2.516 2.629 2.378 1.957 1.967
Furniture, home furnishings,
electronics and appliance stores		 0.932 0.930 0.998 1.084 0.970
Building material and garden
equipment and supplies dealers		 1.006 1.000 0.900 0.738 0.647
Food and beverage stores 0.865 0.919 0.805 0.725 0.693
Gasoline stations 1.298 1.076 1.062 1.022 1.054
Clothing, department and other
general merchandise stores		 0.900 0.913 0.938 0.793 0.657
Miscellaneous retailers 0.889 0.920 0.888 0.798 0.766
Air transportation 1.832 1.358 2.073 1.859 1.477
Rail, truck, water and other
transportation		 0.996 0.928 1.195 0.998 0.811
Pipelines, warehousing and transportation
support activities		 2.298 1.904 1.854 1.684 1.753
Publishing industries (except
Internet)		 1.186 1.008 1.174 1.299 1.019
Broadcasting, motion pictures,
sound recording and information services		 1.019 0.942 1.368 1.271 1.291
Telecommunications 1.165 1.153 1.397 1.094 1.001
Real estate 1.944 1.869 1.994 1.947 1.863
Automotive, machinery and equipment
and other rental and leasing		 1.962 1.975 1.864 1.682 1.490
Professional, scientific and
technical services		 0.547 0.560 0.674 0.657 0.939
Administrative and support, waste
management and remediation services		 1.141 1.135 0.994 0.851 0.763
Educational, healthcare and social
assistance services		 0.770 0.681 0.693 0.667 0.656
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.349 1.593 1.772 1.776 1.729
Accommodation services 2.121 1.901 2.676 2.659 2.653
Food services and drinking places 3.384 3.256 2.610 2.571 2.945
Repair, maintenance and personal
services		 0.722 0.829 0.780 0.740 0.749
Note(s):
Debt to Equity = (short-term loans + long-term loans + debt) / (shareholders' equity)
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