Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1997                            1998         |   1998                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1997 |     Q1      Q2      Q3      Q4    Q1     Q2    |   Feb.    Mar.    Apr.     May    June    July 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.3 | 2343.8  2361.5  2389.1  2431.2  2437.7  2450.9 | 2427.7  2442.6  2454.7  2465.2  2432.7  2402.8 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.3 | 1828.0  1840.7  1868.0  1902.1  1906.1  1916.3 | 1895.0  1911.5  1922.9  1928.2  1897.6  1867.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1188.3  1190.7  1199.8  1218.6  1217.8  1219.0 | 1209.6  1219.2  1225.3  1228.9  1202.8  1185.9 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  309.4   305.4   311.8   322.1   322.3   320.0 |  320.0   322.4   325.5   328.9   305.5   287.0 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  160.5   154.7   159.9   168.7   164.8   162.4 |  163.4   165.0   167.6   170.2   149.5   130.3 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  149.1   151.1   152.2   153.5   157.9   158.0 |  157.0   157.8   158.2   158.9   157.0   159.2 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  879.3   885.4   888.5   897.4   896.5   899.8 |  890.6   897.7   900.9   901.4   897.0   896.7 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  662.0 |  639.3   649.6   668.0   683.6   688.5   697.6 |  685.5   692.6   697.9   699.6   695.4   681.6 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.8 |  612.3   621.8   640.3   657.1   659.7   670.7 |  656.2   663.6   670.2   672.2   669.6   656.8 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  547.9   557.4   576.8   593.9   595.6   607.2 |  591.8   599.9   606.9   608.5   606.1   593.3 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   64.5    64.5    63.7    63.5    64.4    63.9 |   64.6    64.0    63.7    64.0    63.9    63.7 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  516.1   521.1   521.9   530.1   532.4   535.5 |  533.3   532.1   533.0   537.9   535.5   535.1 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  214.3   216.6   215.3   217.4   222.3   223.2 |  224.4   220.8   221.9   224.2   223.4   224.2 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  301.6   304.2   306.3   312.3   309.8   311.9 |  308.5   310.9   310.7   313.4   311.7   310.6 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.5 |   80.3    81.9    82.2    84.2    81.4    83.8 |   79.8    83.0    82.4    84.3    84.8    83.8 
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 Note:  Estimates for July are preliminary.  Estimates from April to June are revised.