Table 2
 Industrial Production: Special Aggregates and Selected Detail
 Percent change, seasonally adjusted
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                                                   |             |             |      Fourth quarter to       |                              |                                                            |
                                                   |             |             |        fourth quarter        |         Annual rate          |                        Monthly rate                        |
                                                   |             |             |------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------| Dec. '07 
                                                   |             |        2007 |                              |     2008                     |     2008                                                   |     to
 Item                                              |    NAICS    |   Proportion|     2006      2007      2008 |       Q2     Q3[r]     Q4[p] |  July[r]   Aug.[r]  Sept.[r]   Oct.[r]   Nov.[r]   Dec.[p] |  Dec. '08 
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  Total industry                                   |             |   100.00    |      1.7       2.1      -6.0 |     -3.4      -8.9     -11.5 |       .0      -1.3      -4.2       1.8      -1.3      -2.0 |      -7.8 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Energy                                           |             |    24.66    |      3.7       2.3        .6 |     -1.6     -11.4       9.8 |       .5      -2.1      -6.1       7.2        .9       -.6 |        .1 
     Consumer products                             |             |     6.38    |      -.2       1.9       2.2 |     -6.1     -16.3      21.0 |      -.2      -3.0      -5.4      11.1      -1.6        .2 |       2.0 
     Commercial products                           |             |     2.94    |      1.2       2.0        .2 |      -.9      -6.5       1.2 |      1.0      -3.3      -1.8       3.0        .1      -1.1 |        .2 
     Oil and gas well drilling                     |      213111 |      .77    |     14.8       -.8       6.9 |     20.1      16.4      -7.6 |      -.4       2.3       3.4      -1.1      -2.9      -5.5 |      -1.2 
     Converted fuel                                |             |     4.15    |      2.5       5.3      -3.2 |     -5.6     -19.4      12.4 |     -1.0      -3.5      -1.9       5.2        .6       -.2 |      -3.1 
     Primary energy                                |             |    10.42    |      6.4       1.6        .8 |      1.2      -8.2       6.3 |      1.4      -1.1      -9.7       7.3       3.0       -.7 |        .3 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Non-energy                                       |             |    75.34    |      1.1       2.1      -8.3 |     -4.0      -8.0     -18.5 |      -.2      -1.0      -3.5       -.1      -2.2      -2.6 |     -10.6 
     Selected high-technology industries           |             |     4.31    |     17.3      22.3       -.5 |     19.7      -2.1     -29.3 |       .4       -.8      -1.2      -2.3      -5.8      -4.1 |      -6.5 
        Computers and peripheral equipment         |        3341 |      .98    |     18.0      16.7      -6.2 |      9.3     -20.7     -29.4 |     -1.6      -2.1      -3.1      -2.6      -2.9      -3.8 |     -11.0 
        Communications equipment                   |        3342 |     1.28    |     20.6      20.6       3.4 |     25.3      -9.2      -6.5 |     -1.9      -1.6        .3        .9      -3.0       -.6 |        .1 
        Semiconductors and related                 |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
           electronic components                   |    334412-9 |     2.04    |     15.4      25.9       -.6 |     21.3      13.4     -41.9 |      2.9        .4      -1.2      -4.2      -9.1      -6.9 |      -9.4 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
     Excluding selected high-technology            |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
           industries                              |             |    71.03    |       .0        .8      -8.8 |     -5.5      -8.3     -17.8 |      -.3      -1.0      -3.6        .1      -1.9      -2.5 |     -10.9 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        Motor vehicles and parts                   |      3361-3 |     5.12    |     -5.9      -2.2     -22.2 |    -28.5      -7.4     -35.3 |      2.3     -10.7       1.2      -3.6      -2.5      -7.2 |     -26.7 
           Motor vehicles                          |        3361 |     2.28    |     -7.0      -2.7     -28.9 |    -40.5       -.5     -48.3 |      4.3     -16.9       3.5      -5.7      -3.3     -12.3 |     -36.3 
           Motor vehicle parts                     |        3363 |     2.47    |     -4.3        .5     -14.0 |    -15.5      -5.9     -23.0 |      1.9      -5.7        .0      -2.0      -1.9      -3.8 |     -16.2 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        Excluding motor vehicles and parts         |             |    65.91    |       .6       1.1      -7.8 |     -3.6      -8.4     -16.5 |      -.5       -.3      -3.9        .3      -1.9      -2.2 |      -9.7 
           Consumer goods                          |             |    19.88    |      1.0        .3      -3.3 |     -1.7      -4.2      -5.6 |      -.4       -.5       -.5        .1       -.7      -1.7 |      -4.5 
           Business equipment                      |             |     7.33    |      5.8       2.8      -8.6 |     -6.4     -11.0     -18.4 |      -.4        .6      -9.0      -2.9       4.5       3.1 |      -5.6 
           Construction supplies                   |             |     4.17    |     -3.7      -1.9     -11.2 |     -5.3      -3.6     -26.2 |       .7       -.9      -2.3      -1.4      -4.6      -3.5 |     -14.2 
           Business supplies                       |             |     7.41    |     -1.6       -.1      -8.0 |     -5.5      -8.3     -14.4 |      -.6        .3      -3.1        .4      -2.2      -2.4 |     -10.3 
           Materials                               |             |    25.38    |       .7       1.8     -10.6 |     -3.4     -11.6     -23.3 |      -.7       -.5      -5.7       1.6      -4.2      -3.9 |     -14.3 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding selected high-technology      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        industries                                 |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    95.69    |       .9       1.2      -6.3 |     -4.4      -9.2     -10.7 |      -.1      -1.3      -4.3       2.0      -1.1      -1.9 |      -7.9 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    74.39    |       .1       1.1      -8.2 |     -5.5      -9.1     -15.4 |      -.2      -1.0      -4.1       1.1      -2.0      -2.2 |     -10.2 
        Durable                                    |             |    34.37    |      -.5       1.5     -11.6 |     -8.8      -7.6     -25.6 |       .1      -1.5      -3.6      -2.3      -1.9      -2.5 |     -13.7 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding motor vehicles and parts      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    94.88    |      2.1       2.4      -5.1 |     -2.0      -9.0     -10.3 |      -.2       -.8      -4.4       2.1      -1.3      -1.8 |      -6.8 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    73.58    |      1.7       2.6      -6.7 |     -2.3      -8.8     -15.0 |      -.3       -.4      -4.2       1.2      -2.2      -2.1 |      -8.8 
        Durable                                    |             |    33.56    |      2.8       4.8      -8.6 |     -2.1      -6.9     -24.7 |      -.2       -.1      -3.9      -2.1      -2.4      -2.0 |     -10.7 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding selected high-technology      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        industries and motor vehicles and parts    |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    90.57    |      1.4       1.4      -5.4 |     -3.0      -9.3      -9.3 |      -.2       -.8      -4.6       2.3      -1.1      -1.7 |      -6.9 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    69.27    |       .6       1.3      -7.2 |     -3.7      -9.2     -14.1 |      -.4       -.4      -4.4       1.4      -2.0      -1.9 |      -9.0 
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 Measures of non-energy materials                  |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
       inputs to                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Finished processors                              |             |    11.68    |      2.8       5.1      -8.4 |     -1.8      -4.4     -25.5 |       .1       -.9      -1.6      -2.0      -3.9      -4.1 |     -12.3 
  Primary and semifinished processors              |             |    17.61    |       .3       2.4     -11.8 |     -3.8     -13.7     -24.8 |      -.5       -.9      -7.3       2.9      -4.8      -4.2 |     -15.8 
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 [r]  Revised.  [p]  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page.