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    |   Mar.    Apr.     May    June    July    Aug. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.3 | 2343.8  2361.5  2389.1  2431.2  2437.7  2448.9 | 2442.6  2454.7  2461.1  2430.9  2404.3  2480.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.3 | 1828.0  1840.7  1868.0  1902.1  1906.1  1914.8 | 1911.5  1922.9  1924.5  1897.1  1868.6  1946.8 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1188.3  1190.7  1199.8  1218.6  1217.8  1217.4 | 1219.2  1225.3  1224.8  1202.2  1185.2  1229.4 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  309.4   305.4   311.8   322.1   322.3   319.4 |  322.4   325.5   328.4   304.2   282.8   333.1 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  160.5   154.7   159.9   168.7   164.8   162.4 |  165.0   167.6   170.2   149.5   128.3   177.1 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  149.1   151.1   152.2   153.5   157.9   157.4 |  157.8   158.2   158.4   155.7   157.0   155.2 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  879.3   885.4   888.5   897.4   896.5   898.8 |  897.7   900.9   897.8   897.5   899.6   898.7 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  662.0 |  639.3   649.6   668.0   683.6   688.5   697.8 |  692.6   697.9   700.1   695.5   683.9   718.4 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.8 |  612.3   621.8   640.3   657.1   659.7   671.0 |  663.6   670.2   672.7   670.1   659.3   694.9 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  547.9   557.4   576.8   593.9   595.6   607.6 |  599.9   606.9   609.0   606.9   596.0   631.5 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   64.5    64.5    63.7    63.5    64.4    63.8 |   64.0    63.7    64.0    63.6    63.6    63.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  516.1   521.1   521.9   530.1   532.4   534.9 |  532.1   533.0   537.4   534.2   535.2   535.2 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  214.3   216.6   215.3   217.4   222.3   223.8 |  220.8   221.9   225.1   224.4   225.4   223.8 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  301.6   304.2   306.3   312.3   309.8   310.7 |  310.9   310.7   312.0   309.5   309.5   311.1 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.5 |   80.3    81.9    82.2    84.2    81.4    83.2 |   83.0    82.4    83.4    83.8    82.9    84.3 
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 Note:  Estimates for August are preliminary.  Estimates from May to July are revised.