Chart 2. The title is Financing Gap Data Suggest Different Industries May Lead C&I Loan Demand in 2004. One bar chart shows the financing gap (in millions of dollars) for various industries for 2003. The other bar chart shows the same information for 2004.

Technology hardware and equipment; automobiles and components; pharmaceuticals and biotech; transportation; and utilities top the 2003 chart, with technology equipment and hardware recording the greatest financing gap of $12,246 billion. In first quarter 2004, retailing; capital goods; technology hardware; consumer durables and apparel; and transportation topped the chart. Retailing far outpaced the other industries with a financing gap of $5,236 billion; capital goods had the next highest gap at $3,536 billion.