Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1997                    1998                 |   1998                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1997 |     Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1    Q2     Q3    |   June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2406.1 | 2384.2  2413.9  2450.4  2464.5  2486.2  2493.8 | 2470.3  2454.6  2525.1  2501.8  2514.9  2513.0 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1886.0 | 1863.7  1893.3  1924.5  1937.5  1955.3  1956.4 | 1938.2  1915.6  1985.9  1967.7  1979.3  1978.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1198.0 | 1191.3  1199.7  1213.4  1216.5  1217.2  1207.4 | 1201.8  1185.0  1227.4  1209.8  1216.0  1220.7 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  309.2 |  303.3   309.2   318.9   321.5   318.6   314.6 |  303.0   283.0   334.2   326.6   335.0   334.6 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  161.6 |  155.4   160.6   169.7   165.7   162.8   159.2 |  149.5   128.9   178.0   170.7   177.2   175.8 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  147.7 |  148.2   148.7   149.0   156.1   156.2   155.8 |  154.4   156.2   155.5   155.7   157.3   158.4 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  889.3 |  888.3   890.9   895.4   896.1   899.5   893.8 |  898.7   900.5   895.6   885.3   883.8   888.7 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  687.3 |  673.5   695.6   713.5   723.7   741.4   753.1 |  740.1   734.3   762.5   762.4   767.8   761.6 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  660.2 |  646.0   668.1   686.4   695.3   715.1   729.6 |  715.0   709.6   739.4   739.8   745.7   740.3 
              Business                |  399.2 |  596.0 |  583.4   606.4   624.9   633.6   653.9   668.3 |  653.8   648.0   677.9   679.1   684.3   679.7 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.5 |   64.4    64.0    64.1    64.3    63.9    64.1 |   63.9    64.2    64.5    63.7    64.4    63.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.1 |  520.5   521.1   526.7   528.0   532.0   538.0 |  532.6   538.4   540.3   535.2   536.9   536.1 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  216.5 |  216.8   216.1   218.1   221.6   223.0   226.0 |  223.0   227.1   226.8   224.1   226.8   228.3 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  304.2 |  303.4   304.7   308.4   306.0   308.6   311.6 |  309.3   310.9   313.1   310.7   309.7   307.4 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.9 |   82.1    82.3    83.0    80.5    82.5    85.7 |   83.1    83.7    87.7    85.6    81.8    81.2 
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 Note:  Estimates for November are preliminary.  Estimates from August to October are revised.