Exhibit 12.1
United States Steel Corporation
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
and Preferred Stock Dividends
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, |
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in Millions) | 2009 | 2008 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portion of rentals representing interest |
$ | 7 | $ | 9 | $ | 33 | $ | 32 | $ | 44 | $ | 45 | $ | 51 | ||||||||||
| Capitalized interest |
4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other interest and fixed charges |
38 | 49 | 179 | 135 | 123 | 87 | 131 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pretax earnings which would be required to cover preferred stock dividend requirements |
- | - | - | - | 10 | 25 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| Combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (A) |
$ | 49 | $ | 60 | $ | 226 | $ | 174 | $ | 180 | $ | 169 | $ | 213 | ||||||||||
| (a) Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $525 million. |
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| Earnings-pretax income with applicable adjustments (B) |
$ | (472 | ) | $ | 362 | $ | 3,203 | $ | 1,305 | $ | 1,884 | $ | 1,467 | $ | 1,687 | |||||||||
| Ratio of (B) to (A) |
(a | ) | 6.03 | 14.17 | 7.50 | 10.47 | 8.68 | 7.92 | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) |
Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $521 million. |