Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1996 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   June 97 
                                                 |    to   |  1997          1998        |  1998                      |  1998                      |      to
 Item                                            | 1997 Q4 |    Q3     Q4  Q1     Q2    |  Mar.   Apr.    May   June |  Mar.   Apr.    May   June |   June 98 
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  Total index                                    |     5.8 |   6.0    7.2    1.2    2.5 |    .5     .4     .3    -.6 |    .3   -1.2     .8    2.4 |       3.7 
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  Products, total                                |     4.7 |   4.4    7.0     .9    2.4 |    .6     .5     .2    -.6 |    .4   -1.2     .8    3.2 |       3.2 
     Final products                              |     5.1 |   5.6    7.0     .6    2.8 |    .9     .5     .2    -.8 |    .6   -1.9     .7    2.7 |       3.2 
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        Consumer goods                           |     2.8 |   2.6    6.6    -.9    1.6 |    .8     .6     .2   -1.2 |    .6   -2.2     .2    3.3 |       1.8 
           Durable                               |     6.0 |   6.6   11.1    2.5     .9 |    .7    1.0    1.5   -5.5 |   2.1   -2.4    1.0   -4.9 |        .9 
              Automotive products                |     8.7 |  12.5   20.9   -7.2   -3.2 |   1.1    1.6    1.2  -10.2 |   3.7   -4.8    1.8  -12.4 |      -3.6 
                 Autos and trucks                |    11.1 |  18.2   35.5  -13.5  -13.5 |    .4    1.8    1.5  -17.4 |   2.9   -7.5    4.3  -21.8 |      -9.8 
                    Autos                        |     3.7 |  22.9   -2.3  -21.3  -18.9 |   1.7     .8    1.0  -13.5 |   2.8   -7.4    5.8  -19.8 |     -14.6 
                    Trucks                       |    15.8 |  14.6   69.0   -8.3  -10.1 |   -.4    2.3    1.9  -19.6 |   3.0   -7.5    3.4  -23.0 |      -6.5 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     5.0 |   4.2     .7    4.2   14.9 |   2.2    1.3     .6    1.0 |   5.1     .1   -2.1    3.9 |       5.9 
              Other durable goods                |     4.0 |   2.3    3.8   10.8    4.2 |    .4     .5    1.8   -1.7 |    .7    -.3     .3    1.2 |       4.4 
                 Appliances and electronics      |     7.7 |  12.2   12.0   36.3   17.3 |   2.1    1.1    2.8   -2.1 |    .4    -.8    2.4    2.7 |      18.5 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |     -.9 |  -4.8    5.8   29.5    3.9 |  -1.7    1.4    3.0   -4.8 |  -2.9   -2.2     .9   -1.6 |       4.9 
                    Home electronics             |    19.1 |  38.8   19.7   44.4   33.9 |   6.5     .7    2.5     .9 |   4.8     .8    4.2    7.6 |      36.3 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     2.4 |  -3.5    5.9    1.5    2.8 |  -1.0     .8    4.4   -2.9 |   -.1    3.9   -4.3    4.3 |        .1 
                 Miscellaneous                   |     2.8 |    .4   -1.4    2.9   -2.2 |    .1    -.1    -.2    -.9 |   1.3   -2.2    1.5   -1.3 |       -.8 
           Nondurable                            |     2.0 |   1.6    5.4   -1.8    1.7 |    .8     .5    -.1     .0 |    .2   -2.2     .0    5.6 |       2.0 
              Nonenergy                          |     2.0 |   1.2    5.1    1.8   -1.0 |   -.3     .7    -.4    -.1 |    .6    -.1    1.4    5.8 |       1.7 
                 Foods and tobacco               |     1.5 |   1.1    4.1    7.2    -.9 |   -.5     .7    -.1    -.6 |    .9    -.2    1.6    6.1 |       2.9 
                 Clothing                        |    -1.5 |    .1   -1.6   -4.4   -3.4 |   1.3     .0   -1.6    -.1 |   1.4    -.4    2.7    3.6 |      -2.4 
                 Chemical products               |     4.0 |   -.6   11.5    1.0    3.7 |    .3     .9    -.4     .8 |    .6     .3    2.2    9.4 |       4.1 
                 Paper products                  |     2.8 |   4.8    2.8  -10.1   -7.0 |  -1.6     .3    -.8     .5 |   -.7     .0   -1.6     .3 |      -3.3 
              Energy products                    |     1.9 |   3.9    7.4  -20.4   19.5 |   7.7    -.6    1.5     .1 |  -2.0  -13.3   -8.1    4.5 |       3.8 
                 Fuels                           |     1.7 |  -2.2   -3.1    4.8    -.1 |   1.2     .4   -1.8     .5 |   1.2    4.9    -.1    1.1 |      -1.1 
                 Utilities                       |     1.9 |   7.0   12.9  -30.5   30.7 |  11.2   -1.1    3.1     .0 |  -3.3  -20.9  -12.6    6.6 |       6.3 
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        Equipment, total                         |     8.8 |  10.6    7.7    3.1    4.7 |    .9     .5     .2    -.3 |    .6   -1.3    1.5    1.8 |       5.6 
           Business equipment                    |    10.8 |  13.5   10.7    1.1    7.9 |   1.3    1.0     .3     .0 |   1.0   -1.3    1.7    2.3 |       7.4 
              Information processing & related   |    12.2 |  16.4    9.4    6.3   13.8 |   1.0    1.6     .5     .7 |    .3    1.1    1.4    5.2 |      10.7 
                 Computer and office             |    34.5 |  48.3   26.8   53.1   52.5 |   4.8    3.2    3.5    1.9 |   1.8    6.4    4.0   10.1 |      44.6 
              Industrial                         |     5.6 |   9.0    6.8   -2.0    5.4 |   2.4     .2   -1.0    2.2 |   2.1   -2.4     .6    4.9 |       5.7 
              Transit                            |    17.6 |  21.4   25.8    1.5    1.2 |    .0    1.0    2.5   -5.2 |    .8   -3.7    4.7   -7.5 |       7.7 
                 Autos and trucks                |     8.5 |  14.0   21.8  -15.5   -5.3 |    .6    1.9    2.8  -12.3 |   1.3   -4.7    5.7  -18.1 |      -5.2 
              Other                              |     9.5 |   3.4    1.5   -8.8    6.8 |   1.9     .8    -.8    1.1 |    .3   -1.5     .1    3.2 |        .3 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -2.6 |  -4.2   -1.5    5.8   -1.1 |   -.8    -.3     .5     .4 |   -.7   -3.0    1.5    1.2 |       -.3 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     9.1 |   4.8  -11.1   26.0  -26.8 |   -.2   -5.1   -1.6   -7.1 |  -4.3    -.1    -.9   -5.9 |      -8.9 
           Manufactured homes                    |    -1.2 |  -3.5  -11.7   33.7    1.4 |  -2.2    1.1    -.2    -.5 |   4.0    4.7   -2.4    4.9 |       4.9 
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     Intermediate products                       |     3.7 |   1.0    6.9    1.6    1.4 |   -.3     .3     .3     .0 |    .0    1.1    1.2    4.8 |       2.9 
        Construction supplies                    |     2.2 |  -2.0    4.1    8.5   -1.3 |  -1.6    -.2    1.1    -.3 |    .4    1.4    4.4    4.4 |       2.3 
        Business supplies                        |     4.6 |   2.9    8.7   -2.5    3.2 |    .5     .6    -.2     .3 |   -.2    1.0    -.9    5.0 |       3.3 
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  Materials                                      |     7.3 |   8.4    7.6    1.7    2.6 |    .4     .4     .3    -.6 |    .2   -1.2     .8    1.2 |       4.4 
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     Durable                                     |    11.2 |  12.1   12.1    3.0    3.0 |    .3     .8     .1    -.8 |    .7   -1.1    1.4     .7 |       6.1 
        Consumer parts                           |     7.0 |  12.5   10.8  -12.3    2.2 |    .0    1.6     .8   -5.4 |   2.1   -1.9    1.6   -3.9 |       -.8 
        Equipment parts                          |    21.5 |  20.9   19.1   15.9    7.3 |    .8     .8     .3     .6 |    .6   -1.8    2.2    1.9 |      14.5 
        Other                                    |     4.6 |   4.8    6.9    -.6    -.5 |    .1     .4    -.4    -.1 |    .1    -.2     .5    1.7 |       2.1 
           Basic metals                          |     4.7 |   5.2    5.6    3.8   -8.0 |  -2.1    -.5     .0    -.7 |  -2.0   -1.7    -.5    -.9 |        .0 
     Nondurable                                  |     3.5 |   2.8    5.3    -.8   -2.7 |  -1.1     .4    -.7     .0 |   -.8    1.1   -2.1    1.1 |       1.2 
        Textile                                  |     3.9 |  11.0    3.9  -12.9   -2.2 |   -.9     .1    -.5     .1 |    .0     .3    1.2   -2.0 |       -.8 
        Paper                                    |     3.3 |   5.7   -1.9   -1.4   -6.3 |  -1.9     .0   -1.1    -.5 |  -2.8    -.2   -2.0    1.2 |       -.8 
        Chemical                                 |     3.3 |   2.0    7.0    3.3   -3.3 |   -.9     .8    -.9     .1 |  -1.0    2.2   -2.6     .3 |       2.4 
        Other                                    |     3.8 |  -1.9    9.7   -3.1    2.3 |   -.9     .1     .2     .1 |   1.5     .2   -2.5    4.5 |       1.0 
     Energy                                      |     1.1 |   4.4   -1.5     .8    7.1 |   2.2    -.8    2.1    -.6 |   -.1   -3.9    2.4    2.4 |       3.3 
        Primary                                  |      .4 |   2.7   -3.9    8.2    2.5 |   1.0   -1.2    2.2   -1.2 |  -1.0   -3.4    2.5     .9 |       2.8 
        Converted fuel                           |     2.2 |   7.5    3.1  -11.6   16.3 |   4.4    -.2    1.8     .3 |   1.6   -4.9    2.4    5.2 |       4.0 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     5.6 |   5.7    6.6    1.7    2.9 |    .5     .4     .2    -.2 |    .3   -1.0     .7    3.1 |       4.0 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     5.4 |   5.3    6.4    2.4    3.0 |    .5     .4     .2     .0 |    .2   -1.0     .7    3.3 |       4.1 
     Computers                                   |     5.3 |   5.4    6.9     .4    1.7 |    .4     .4     .2    -.7 |    .3   -1.3     .8    2.2 |       3.0 
     Computers and semiconductors                |     4.1 |   4.2    6.1    -.6    1.3 |    .4     .3     .2    -.7 |    .3   -1.4     .7    2.2 |       2.2 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     2.4 |   1.8    5.0    -.1    2.5 |    .8     .5     .1    -.2 |    .4   -1.9     .0    5.0 |       2.5 
     Energy                                      |     3.0 |   2.4    6.4    2.0    -.5 |    .0     .7     .0   -1.4 |   1.0    -.7    1.3    3.1 |       1.5 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |    11.0 |  13.5    9.6    3.0    9.2 |   1.4     .9     .0    1.3 |    .9    -.9    1.2    4.6 |       8.7 
     Computer and office equipment               |     9.0 |  11.1    9.6   -2.4    4.4 |   1.0     .8     .0    -.2 |    .9   -1.9    1.5    1.6 |       4.8 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     9.0 |   9.4   10.1    2.0    1.4 |   -.1     .7    -.1    -.6 |    .3    -.5     .4     .8 |       4.7 
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 Notes:  Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.
         Estimates for June are preliminary.  Estimates from March to May are revised.