Show Investment Survey Shows Corporate Spending Up 18 The energy crisis has re resulted resulted re- re suited in US U.S. businessmen stepping up their 1974 capital sp spending plans since last fall fall according to a special checkup check check- up of 1974 investment plans carried out by McGraw Hill Publications Company's Economics Economics Economics Eco Eco- Department Right now business as a whole plans to spend billion on new plants and equipment in the US U.S. this year an In increase of more than I 18 R per cent over the latest estimate of 1973 capital expenditures reported Douglas Greenwald Chief Economist of the Publications Publications Publications Company This is nearly five percentage points higher than the per cent rise business indicated they expected expected expected ex ex- in our preliminary fall rail survey taken in October he reported |