Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY 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 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
  Manufacturing                                 |     6.3 |   6.1    8.1    2.3    1.7 |    .2     .6     .0    -.6 |    .6    -.3     .9    2.3 |       3.8 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     3.5 |   2.6    4.5    1.2    -.8 |   -.3     .5    -.5    -.3 |    .1     .7    -.3    1.7 |       1.5 
     Advanced processing                        |     7.6 |   7.8    9.8    2.8    2.9 |    .4     .7     .3    -.8 |    .9    -.8    1.4    2.5 |       4.9 
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     Durable                                    |     9.5 |  10.1   10.3    2.6    3.8 |    .5     .7     .5   -1.0 |   1.0   -1.3    1.5     .8 |       5.4 
        Lumber and products   24                |     2.1 |  -5.1    -.7    3.4    3.5 |   -.9     .9     .3    -.3 |    .5    2.0   -1.1    4.2 |       -.4 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     3.6 |  -3.2    4.8   -5.9    1.2 |   2.2    -.4     .0    -.3 |    .3    -.1   -1.3    3.6 |      -1.1 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     4.6 |   2.4    4.3   -2.2   -4.2 |   -.5    -.8     .4     .3 |   1.4    2.2    1.2    3.1 |        .5 
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        Primary metals   33                     |     5.6 |   5.7    7.5    1.0   -5.8 |   -.8     .0    -.6    -.9 |   -.7   -1.5   -1.1   -1.6 |        .3 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |     5.7 |    .8   12.6    2.3   -9.4 |   -.2    -.6   -1.1   -2.0 |   -.6   -1.0   -2.6   -3.1 |       -.5 
              Raw steel                         |     7.3 |   6.5    8.3    9.4   -5.1 |  -3.4    2.8    -.4   -5.0 |  -2.9     .4   -2.2   -5.0 |       1.1 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |     5.5 |  11.8    1.9    -.4   -1.4 |  -1.4     .8     .1     .3 |   -.9   -2.1     .8     .2 |       1.2 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |     3.7 |   1.0    8.9    -.9    1.9 |    .6     .7     .0    -.7 |   1.0   -1.2    1.9    2.2 |       2.6 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    11.3 |  14.3    8.7    8.3   16.5 |   2.5    1.4    1.0    1.2 |   2.0    -.2    2.0    4.6 |      12.7 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    36.3 |  50.2   28.3   56.6   54.7 |   5.0    3.3    3.7    1.9 |   2.0    6.5    4.2   10.1 |      46.8 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    18.5 |  19.0   16.9   13.6    8.3 |    .3    1.2     .5     .3 |    .2   -1.1    1.9    2.2 |      13.2 
           Semiconductors   3672-9              |    39.8 |  40.3   31.5   30.8   12.2 |    .3    1.3    1.1     .8 |    .6    -.8    2.6    1.9 |      25.9 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |    12.2 |  17.2   18.8   -6.3   -3.1 |   -.1     .6    1.5   -5.9 |   1.6   -4.3    3.2   -7.0 |        .9 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |    11.9 |  20.5   23.1  -17.7   -6.3 |   -.1    1.3    2.0  -11.0 |   2.4   -5.0    3.6  -13.3 |      -5.3 
              Autos and light trucks            |     9.6 |  19.0   27.8  -14.9  -14.4 |    .6    1.6    1.4  -16.7 |   2.9   -7.5    4.5  -21.5 |     -10.6 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |    12.7 |  12.7   13.1   11.3    1.0 |   -.1    -.2     .7     .8 |    .5   -3.3    2.8    1.8 |       9.1 
        Instruments   38                        |     3.2 |   5.1    2.6     .4    1.4 |    .3     .3    -.4    -.2 |    .4   -1.2     .4    3.2 |       1.6 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |     4.8 |   3.3    1.6    3.9   -1.6 |    .1     .5   -1.6    -.1 |   1.4   -1.9     .5    1.0 |        .8 
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     Nondurable                                 |     2.6 |   1.5    5.5    1.8    -.7 |   -.3     .6    -.5    -.1 |    .2    1.0     .1    4.1 |       1.9 
        Foods   20                              |     1.8 |    .4    4.3    6.6    -.5 |   -.5     .8    -.2    -.5 |    .7     .9    1.7    3.9 |       2.4 
        Tobacco products   21                   |     1.9 |   1.9   12.3    3.2   -4.1 |  -1.0     .2     .0    -.7 |   1.3   -8.4   -1.4   18.3 |       4.7 
        Textile mill products   22              |     4.1 |   9.3    2.1   -4.9   -1.1 |   -.6     .2    1.4    -.9 |    .5    3.9     .4    2.2 |        .5 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -1.9 |  -1.8   -1.0   -2.6   -4.5 |    .5     .2   -1.2    -.8 |   1.4   -2.3    2.6    1.7 |      -3.3 
        Paper and products   26                 |     3.1 |   6.9   -2.1   -1.3   -2.5 |  -1.9     .4    -.6    -.1 |  -2.4     .7   -2.7    2.7 |        .4 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |     4.0 |    .9    9.9   -4.9   -2.9 |   -.6     .2    -.3     .0 |   -.6    3.0   -1.5    4.4 |        .8 
        Chemicals and products   28             |     2.9 |    .1    8.3    3.1     .3 |    .1     .6    -.6     .4 |    .2    1.2    -.2    4.6 |       3.2 
        Petroleum products   29                 |     2.2 |  -5.0    1.0   12.2    1.7 |   2.6    -.2   -1.7     .5 |   3.5    5.3    1.8    2.9 |       1.7 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.8 |   6.6    5.2    2.2    4.0 |    .2    1.6   -1.1    -.1 |    .5   -1.0     .9    1.8 |       3.7 
        Leather and products   31               |    -7.3 | -15.3   -2.4   -9.4  -11.7 |  -2.0   -1.7    -.7    -.8 |    .1   -2.3     .9    1.3 |      -9.3 
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  Mining                                        |     2.1 |   1.8   -2.1    9.9   -5.2 |   -.7    -.9     .9   -2.0 |  -1.3    -.7    2.6    -.5 |        .1 
     Metal mining   10                          |     2.7 |  -5.6   15.4    2.6  -21.7 | -11.7   -2.5    1.1    -.3 | -10.9   -3.1    2.2    2.6 |      -5.6 
     Coal mining   12                           |     4.7 |    .6   11.2   -5.1    8.4 |    .9    1.1    6.8   -5.4 |    .8   -3.7    1.1    -.7 |       4.0 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |     1.9 |   3.0   -6.2   13.7   -6.6 |    .5   -1.6    -.2   -1.7 |   -.8   -1.1    -.1   -1.8 |       -.1 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |      .6 |   -.7     .4    9.9    -.1 |  -4.3    3.0     .7     .0 |    .0   11.5   30.3    7.1 |        .6 
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  Utilities                                     |     2.4 |   8.3    5.5  -16.5   19.6 |   5.7    -.7    2.4     .4 |  -1.4  -11.2   -1.5    6.5 |       5.3 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |     2.8 |  11.1    5.1  -11.7   17.1 |   4.5   -1.2    3.1     .2 |   -.3   -6.7    6.2   12.0 |       6.6 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |      .8 |  -2.0    7.1  -33.3   30.6 |  10.6    1.1    -.4    1.5 |  -4.4  -24.0  -28.3  -21.6 |        .1 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors                             |    30.6 |  34.2   24.6   26.6   20.4 |   1.0    2.1    1.4    1.2 |    .3    1.1    2.7    3.9 |      24.9 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     6.0 |   5.2    7.2    3.7    2.2 |    .2     .6    -.1     .1 |    .5     .0     .7    3.3 |       4.4 
     Computer and office equipment              |     5.8 |   5.4    7.8    1.4     .8 |    .1     .6    -.1    -.7 |    .6    -.5     .8    2.1 |       3.1 
     Computers and semiconductors               |     4.4 |   4.0    6.8     .2     .2 |    .1     .5    -.1    -.7 |    .6    -.4     .7    2.1 |       2.1 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
        semiconductors                          |     4.2 |   3.7    6.7     .2     .0 |    .1     .5    -.1    -.8 |    .7    -.5     .7    2.1 |       1.9 
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 Notes:  Estimates for June are preliminary.  Estimates from March to May are revised.
         Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.