Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1996 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Nov. 97 
                                                 |    to   |  1997   1998               |  1998                      |  1998                      |      to
 Item                                            | 1997 Q4 |    Q4     Q1   Q2    Q3    |  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov. |  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov. |   Nov. 98 
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  Total index                                    |     6.6 |   6.6    1.6    2.8     .9 |   1.4    -.4     .2    -.3 |   5.1    -.1   -1.1   -2.6 |       1.5 
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  Products, total                                |     5.0 |   5.8    2.7    4.2     .3 |   1.3    -.6     .5    -.3 |   4.9    -.6   -1.1   -3.4 |       1.8 
     Final products                              |     5.6 |   6.2    3.0    4.6    -.8 |   1.7    -.6     .5    -.3 |   6.1    -.4   -1.2   -3.4 |       1.8 
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        Consumer goods                           |     2.7 |   4.2    1.0    1.4   -3.8 |   1.9   -1.1     .4     .1 |   6.3   -1.2   -1.8   -3.6 |       -.5 
           Durable                               |     6.5 |  10.8    6.3     .3   -3.6 |  12.4   -1.9    2.1     .0 |  24.5     .6    4.1   -6.2 |       3.9 
              Automotive products                |     9.3 |  21.8   -7.4   -4.2   -8.0 |  32.1   -4.0    3.8    -.8 |  60.8    1.1    6.9  -10.7 |       1.2 
                 Autos and trucks                |    12.3 |  35.5  -13.7  -14.0  -14.3 |  63.2   -5.3    5.0    -.6 | 145.3    2.1   10.6  -14.5 |        .4 
                    Autos                        |     3.4 |  -5.5  -21.6  -19.2   26.9 |  64.2    3.1   -6.6   -5.2 | 136.6    3.0    3.6  -17.6 |      -4.9 
                    Trucks                       |    15.7 |  68.6   -8.3  -10.2  -30.5 |  62.6   -9.9   12.3    1.8 | 150.6    1.5   14.7  -12.9 |       4.0 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     4.7 |   2.3    4.1   13.4    3.3 |   1.6   -2.1    2.0   -1.1 |   5.3    -.4     .9   -4.1 |       3.2 
              Other durable goods                |     4.3 |   2.6   18.5    3.9    -.5 |   -.1    -.1     .8     .7 |   4.7     .2    1.7   -2.3 |       6.0 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    11.8 |  14.6   33.8    6.1   14.5 |    .7     .1     .8    2.5 |   3.1    2.8    1.2   -2.9 |      16.1 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |     -.5 |  14.1   25.0   -1.4    6.5 |    .6   -4.0   -1.1    2.0 |   3.8     .5    4.7   -6.5 |       3.0 
                    Home electronics             |    24.2 |  14.8   42.4   13.1   22.3 |    .9    4.6    2.6    2.9 |   2.5    4.9   -2.0     .6 |      30.1 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     2.4 |   4.2    8.4    3.1   -2.0 |   -.5    -.4    3.2     .1 |   7.3   -1.0    2.8   -5.7 |       2.8 
                 Miscellaneous                   |      .9 |  -4.9   15.0    2.9   -7.6 |   -.5    -.1    -.4    -.1 |   4.1    -.7    1.5     .2 |       1.9 
           Nondurable                            |     1.7 |   2.5    -.5    1.7   -3.8 |   -.8    -.9    -.1     .1 |   2.3   -1.7   -3.4   -2.8 |      -1.7 
              Nonenergy                          |     1.7 |   2.2    1.4    -.4   -6.6 |  -1.1    -.7     .5     .3 |   2.8    -.9   -2.4   -4.8 |      -1.9 
                 Foods and tobacco               |     1.3 |   1.1    5.3    -.3   -7.6 |   -.9    -.6     .8     .6 |   5.3    -.5   -1.4   -5.3 |       -.7 
                 Clothing                        |    -2.0 |  -2.2   -1.7   -3.7   -5.6 |   -.7    -.6   -1.4   -1.3 |   4.3   -2.0   -2.0   -5.1 |      -5.4 
                 Chemical products               |     2.9 |   7.0    -.2    5.3  -10.0 |  -2.6   -1.1    1.1     .8 |  -1.7    -.8   -5.2   -7.0 |       -.8 
                 Paper products                  |     3.8 |   1.2   -6.1   -7.2    1.9 |    .3    -.7    -.6    -.6 |   1.4   -1.7   -1.3     .8 |      -5.5 
              Energy products                    |     1.6 |   4.5  -12.7   17.5   17.6 |   1.5   -1.8   -3.8   -1.2 |  -1.3   -7.4  -10.6   13.4 |        .1 
                 Fuels                           |     1.8 |   -.5    4.2    1.7    -.7 |   -.7   -3.4   -3.5    5.3 |  -1.1   -2.6   -5.2    8.6 |       2.4 
                 Utilities                       |     1.5 |   7.0  -20.4   26.7   27.8 |   2.5   -1.0   -3.9   -4.2 |  -1.4   -9.7  -13.6   16.2 |      -1.0 
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        Equipment, total                         |    10.4 |   9.3    6.3    9.6    3.9 |   1.4     .1     .8    -.8 |   5.7     .7    -.4   -3.1 |       5.4 
           Business equipment                    |    13.1 |  11.7    6.2   13.8    7.0 |   1.9     .4     .9    -.6 |   6.6    1.2    -.5   -3.3 |       7.9 
              Information processing & related   |    16.2 |  14.6   14.8   20.7   11.0 |    .6    1.9    1.2     .4 |   1.6    1.5   -1.9    -.6 |      15.0 
                 Computer and office             |    43.7 |  44.3   75.3   60.7   40.1 |   2.6    4.0    3.2    3.1 |   1.7    3.6   -3.0     .4 |      56.6 
              Industrial                         |     5.2 |   5.2   -1.9    5.9    5.3 |  -1.3   -2.0    1.3   -1.2 |   2.9    -.8   -1.1   -3.8 |       1.1 
              Transit                            |    22.8 |  20.5    7.3   15.8    6.2 |  16.1   -1.3     .4   -1.2 |  28.6     .9    3.1   -6.6 |       9.2 
                 Autos and trucks                |    12.3 |  13.8  -18.9  -12.0    8.1 |  49.3   -1.0   -1.3    -.5 | 107.4    2.4    6.8  -14.5 |       -.2 
              Other                              |    10.4 |   5.7   -2.6    7.6   -1.8 |  -9.5    6.2    -.3   -2.0 |    .9    6.9    -.9   -5.1 |       -.7 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -3.9 |    .0    1.9   -1.3    1.0 |    .5   -1.1    1.0   -1.0 |   1.8    -.9    1.6     .0 |       -.1 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     9.4 |  -4.6   14.1  -27.2  -37.8 |  -3.2   -3.4   -3.2   -4.4 |  -3.8   -2.8   -4.6   -3.9 |     -24.8 
           Manufactured homes                    |     -.7 |    .7   21.5   -1.4    1.3 |  -3.6    1.5    2.1     .1 |  15.0   -2.6    6.8  -13.0 |       6.7 
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     Intermediate products                       |     3.2 |   4.8    1.5    3.0    3.5 |    .0    -.6     .4    -.3 |   1.5   -1.0    -.8   -3.2 |       1.9 
        Construction supplies                    |     2.4 |   4.0    6.4    2.4    5.5 |   -.3   -1.0    1.1     .7 |   2.2   -1.3     .5   -3.4 |       4.4 
        Business supplies                        |     3.8 |   5.4   -1.6    3.3    2.1 |    .2    -.3     .0   -1.0 |   1.1    -.8   -1.6   -3.1 |        .3 
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  Materials                                      |     9.0 |   7.9     .1     .7    2.0 |   1.7     .0    -.2    -.3 |   5.5     .6   -1.1   -1.4 |        .9 
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     Durable                                     |    13.3 |  11.7    1.3     .5    4.1 |   3.3     .1     .3     .2 |   9.2    2.0   -1.2   -1.2 |       3.1 
        Consumer parts                           |     7.3 |   8.7  -10.5   -6.1    2.6 |  15.3   -1.3   -1.1     .0 |  39.8   -2.6    1.5   -4.5 |       -.7 
        Equipment parts                          |    26.4 |  19.4    8.9    6.6   14.8 |   1.4    1.7    1.0    1.1 |   5.0    6.4   -3.3    2.2 |      11.3 
           Semiconductors, printed circuit       |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    53.3 |  31.8    8.4   11.4   45.5 |   3.7    4.7    3.7    3.9 |  12.5   19.0   -7.9    5.9 |      29.5 
        Other                                    |     5.0 |   6.6     .0   -2.0   -4.2 |    .1    -.5     .3    -.5 |   2.6     .3    -.6   -2.6 |      -2.3 
           Basic metals                          |     4.3 |   4.9    2.6   -9.3   -7.0 |   1.4   -3.3     .0   -2.2 |   2.8    -.5    -.7   -2.5 |      -8.4 
     Nondurable                                  |     4.5 |   6.0   -2.4   -1.7   -3.8 |   -.8   -1.0    -.5    -.4 |    .5    -.6     .8   -3.0 |      -4.0 
        Textile                                  |     3.2 |   2.4   -8.0     .0   -7.4 |  -2.2    -.1    1.0    -.6 |   6.4   -2.3    4.6   -3.4 |      -3.8 
        Paper                                    |     4.7 |   3.0   -2.2   -1.6    -.4 |   -.8   -1.2     .7   -1.1 |   -.2   -2.2     .9   -1.7 |      -2.0 
        Chemical                                 |     5.0 |   8.5   -1.5   -3.1   -7.4 |   -.9   -1.7   -1.1    -.3 |  -1.0    -.3   -1.7   -1.5 |      -5.8 
        Other                                    |     3.8 |   5.5   -1.5     .4    2.5 |    .0    -.1   -1.1     .0 |   1.6     .9    4.1   -6.8 |      -2.4 
     Energy                                      |      .3 |  -2.2    -.7    4.5    2.1 |   -.3     .8   -1.5   -1.8 |   -.1   -2.7   -3.0    -.1 |       -.3 
        Primary                                  |      .2 |  -2.9    2.1     .3    3.4 |  -1.6    1.3   -1.6   -1.5 |  -1.4    -.9   -2.6     .3 |       -.3 
        Converted fuel                           |      .5 |   -.9   -6.0   12.8    -.1 |   2.0     .0   -1.2   -2.3 |   2.1   -5.5   -3.8    -.8 |       -.1 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     6.5 |   6.1    2.2    3.3    1.1 |    .3    -.3     .2    -.3 |   3.4    -.2   -1.4   -2.2 |       1.5 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     6.3 |   6.0    2.8    3.8     .6 |   -.3    -.2     .3    -.3 |   2.2     .0   -1.5   -2.1 |       1.5 
     Computers                                   |     5.9 |   6.0     .4    1.7     .1 |   1.4    -.5     .2    -.4 |   5.2    -.2   -1.0   -2.7 |        .4 
     Computers and semiconductors      1         |     4.2 |   5.1     .0    1.3   -1.2 |   1.4    -.6     .0    -.5 |   5.0    -.8    -.8   -3.0 |       -.5 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     2.1 |   2.5    2.0    2.5   -3.1 |   -.6    -.8     .1     .1 |   2.7   -1.4   -2.6   -2.8 |       -.5 
     Energy                                      |     2.8 |   4.2    2.6    -.2   -6.0 |   1.9   -1.0     .9     .2 |   7.2    -.5    -.8   -5.2 |       -.6 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |    13.2 |  11.5    8.8   16.3    6.8 |  -1.1     .5    1.1    -.7 |   2.0    1.1   -1.2   -2.2 |       8.6 
     Computer and office equipment               |    10.5 |   9.0     .8    9.3    3.9 |   1.8     .0     .7   -1.0 |   7.1     .9    -.3   -3.7 |       3.6 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |    11.1 |  10.2     .3    -.1    1.9 |   2.2    -.2     .1     .0 |   6.8    1.3    -.7   -1.6 |       1.1 
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 <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Notes:  Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.
         Estimates for November are preliminary.  Estimates from August to October are revised.