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                        |
                                                   |             |             |------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|  May '08 
                                                   |             |        2008 |                              |     2008                2009 |     2008      2009                                         |     to
 Item                                              |    NAICS    |   Proportion|     2006      2007      2008 |       Q3     Q4[r]     Q1[r] |  Dec.[r]   Jan.[r]   Feb.[r]   Mar.[r]   Apr.[r]    May[p] |   May '09 
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                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |   100.00    |      1.8       1.8      -6.7 |     -9.0     -13.0     -19.0 |     -2.3      -2.1       -.8      -1.8       -.7      -1.1 |     -13.4 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Energy                                           |             |    23.88    |      3.9       2.1       1.3 |    -10.2      11.2      -7.1 |       .6       -.5      -2.6      -1.2       -.6      -2.1 |      -6.0 
     Consumer products                             |             |     6.10    |      -.1       1.9       3.6 |    -16.2      28.8       -.9 |      3.2       -.1      -3.1      -1.0        .7      -3.1 |      -1.9 
     Commercial products                           |             |     3.04    |      1.2       1.9        .5 |     -6.3       2.5      -1.7 |       .4       1.3      -2.7       -.8        .7      -2.0 |      -3.6 
     Oil and gas well drilling                     |      213111 |      .78    |     14.9       -.7       6.9 |     17.7      -6.7     -72.3 |     -5.7     -10.6     -15.3     -17.1     -10.0      -5.6 |     -47.9 
     Converted fuel                                |             |     4.25    |      2.6       5.7      -4.4 |    -17.8       7.5      -9.8 |     -1.8       -.1      -2.6        .3       -.3       -.7 |      -7.8 
     Primary energy                                |             |     9.71    |      6.8       1.2       2.0 |     -6.8       7.6      -3.6 |       .5       -.7      -1.4      -1.1      -1.7      -1.8 |      -5.4 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Non-energy                                       |             |    76.12    |      1.2       1.7      -9.4 |     -8.6     -20.2     -23.0 |     -3.3      -2.7       -.1      -2.0       -.7       -.8 |     -15.9 
     Selected high-technology industries           |             |     4.17    |     13.1      18.2      -6.9 |    -10.1     -38.1     -23.3 |     -4.4       -.3      -1.7        .0        .6      -1.9 |     -20.9 
        Computers and peripheral equipment         |        3341 |     1.02    |     22.1      24.2     -11.9 |    -33.2     -31.6     -23.6 |     -2.8      -1.7      -1.7      -1.7      -1.8      -1.5 |     -27.4 
        Communications equipment                   |        3342 |     1.32    |     12.4       6.6      10.4 |     -8.9       6.2      -3.9 |       .0       1.4      -2.5      -2.9        .1      -1.4 |      -6.2 
        Semiconductors and related                 |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
           electronic components                   |    334412-9 |     1.84    |      9.8      22.3     -15.0 |      4.4     -60.9     -37.3 |     -9.1      -1.0       -.9       3.8       2.4      -2.7 |     -27.3 
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     Excluding selected high-technology            |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
           industries                              |             |    71.95    |       .4        .7      -9.5 |     -8.5     -19.0     -23.0 |     -3.2      -2.8       -.1      -2.1       -.8       -.8 |     -15.6 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        Motor vehicles and parts                   |      3361-3 |     4.51    |     -6.2      -1.9     -23.3 |     -9.9     -37.4     -68.9 |     -6.8     -25.4       8.6       1.4      -1.2      -7.9 |     -38.4 
           Motor vehicles                          |        3361 |     1.92    |     -7.6      -1.9     -30.3 |     -5.7     -49.6     -83.7 |     -9.3     -41.9      24.6       6.0      -2.1     -11.6 |     -48.5 
           Motor vehicle parts                     |        3363 |     2.30    |     -4.3        .3     -14.8 |     -7.3     -25.2     -53.6 |     -4.5     -15.1       2.1       -.6       -.4      -6.0 |     -29.0 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        Excluding motor vehicles and parts         |             |    67.44    |       .9        .9      -8.5 |     -8.4     -17.6     -19.0 |     -3.0      -1.5       -.4      -2.3       -.8       -.4 |     -14.1 
           Consumer goods                          |             |    20.65    |       .8      -1.1      -4.2 |     -4.1      -8.5      -9.3 |     -2.4       -.3        .2       -.7       -.4        .3 |      -6.2 
           Business equipment                      |             |     7.43    |      6.2       2.3      -8.8 |    -11.3     -16.3      -5.0 |      4.4      -3.1      -1.9      -2.7      -1.8      -1.3 |     -13.4 
           Construction supplies                   |             |     4.83    |     -3.4      -1.0     -11.8 |     -4.3     -26.6     -34.5 |     -4.9      -3.7      -1.4      -2.8      -1.6       -.9 |     -21.7 
           Business supplies                       |             |     7.32    |      -.6        .4      -9.8 |     -9.1     -17.4     -24.6 |     -3.8      -2.2      -1.1      -2.6      -1.2       -.5 |     -16.6 
           Materials                               |             |    25.51    |      1.4       2.4     -11.2 |    -11.6     -23.9     -26.5 |     -5.3      -1.5       -.1      -3.5       -.5       -.8 |     -19.2 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding selected high-technology      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        industries                                 |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    95.83    |      1.2       1.1      -6.7 |     -9.0     -11.7     -18.9 |     -2.2      -2.2       -.7      -1.9       -.7      -1.1 |     -13.1 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    74.82    |       .4        .9      -8.9 |     -9.3     -16.8     -21.9 |     -2.9      -2.8        .0      -2.0       -.7       -.9 |     -15.0 
        Durable                                    |             |    34.07    |      -.4       1.4     -11.7 |     -7.6     -24.5     -32.1 |     -2.4      -5.6      -1.1      -2.7      -1.1      -1.8 |     -21.1 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding motor vehicles and parts      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    95.49    |      2.3       2.0      -5.9 |     -9.0     -11.7     -16.0 |     -2.1      -1.2      -1.1      -1.9       -.7       -.9 |     -12.2 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    74.48    |      1.8       2.1      -7.8 |     -9.3     -16.9     -18.3 |     -2.7      -1.5       -.4      -2.0       -.6       -.6 |     -13.9 
        Durable                                    |             |    33.73    |      2.5       4.0      -9.3 |     -7.7     -24.6     -24.8 |     -2.1      -2.6      -2.0      -2.8       -.9      -1.1 |     -18.8 
                                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Measures excluding selected high-technology      |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
        industries and motor vehicles and parts    |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Total industry                                   |             |    91.32    |      1.7       1.2      -5.8 |     -8.9     -10.3     -15.7 |     -2.0      -1.2      -1.0      -2.0       -.7       -.8 |     -11.8 
     Manufacturing<1>                              |             |    70.31    |      1.0       1.1      -7.8 |     -9.2     -15.4     -18.0 |     -2.6      -1.6       -.3      -2.1       -.6       -.6 |     -13.5 
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 Measures of non-energy materials                  |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
       inputs to                                   |             |             |                              |                              |                                                            |
  Finished processors                              |             |    11.43    |      1.7       4.0     -11.1 |     -6.2     -30.2     -38.0 |     -5.2      -5.2       -.7      -3.1       -.9      -2.5 |     -24.8 
  Primary and semifinished processors              |             |    17.56    |      1.3       3.2     -12.5 |    -13.9     -25.3     -24.6 |     -5.7       -.9        .4      -3.2       -.1       -.6 |     -18.6 
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 [r]  Revised.  [p]  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page.