Table 1A
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
                                                     |             |                                   Index, 1992=100
                                                     |    1998     |           Seasonally adjusted            |         Not seasonally adjusted
                                                     |     IP      |  1998                               1999 |  1998                               1999 
 Item                                                |Proportion<1>|  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. 
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  Total index                                        |   100.00    | 132.4  131.9  132.4  132.3  132.5  132.5 | 135.8  135.9  134.3  131.1  129.9  130.0 
                                                     |             |                                          |
  Products, total                                    |    61.26    | 124.9  124.1  124.9  124.5  124.7  124.6 | 129.2  128.4  127.1  122.8  121.3  121.7 
     Final products                                  |    46.13    | 126.8  126.0  126.7  126.3  126.2  126.0 | 130.8  130.3  128.8  124.2  122.8  123.7 
                                                     |             |                                          |
        Consumer goods                               |    27.69    | 116.1  114.8  115.2  115.1  115.4  115.4 | 120.7  119.3  117.2  112.7  112.1  114.0 
           Durable                                   |     6.01    | 140.1  137.4  140.5  139.9  139.6  140.0 | 139.0  140.0  145.8  136.2  131.1  134.4 
              Automotive products                    |     2.65    | 141.7  136.4  141.1  139.6  139.1  140.0 | 140.6  142.7  151.8  135.1  123.9  132.4 
                 Autos and trucks                    |     1.58    | 151.4  143.4  150.6  149.1  147.7  149.4 | 148.4  151.5  167.6  142.7  125.6  139.0 
                    Autos                            |      .54    | 124.4  128.3  119.9  113.7  115.5  111.7 | 124.6  128.4  133.0  109.7   98.2  104.8 
                    Trucks                           |     1.04    | 178.9  161.1  181.0  183.2  179.0  185.2 | 173.2  175.8  201.7  174.5  152.4  171.6 
                 Auto parts and allied goods         |     1.07    | 127.6  125.9  127.4  125.9  126.8  126.6 | 129.2  130.1  129.9  124.2  120.8  122.8 
              Other durable goods                    |     3.36    | 138.5  138.0  139.7  139.9  139.7  139.8 | 137.4  137.5  140.6  136.7  136.7  135.7 
                 Appliances and electronics          |      .95    | 209.4  209.9  215.2  222.3  224.1  224.7 | 208.4  214.5  220.3  215.5  206.5  217.0 
                    Appliances and air cond.         |      .48    | 128.6  123.3  129.1  132.3  133.4  131.3 | 119.5  119.9  132.6  124.6  115.6  128.1 
                    Home electronics                 |      .46    | 332.0  348.5  349.9  364.4  367.1  374.9 | 353.4  372.6  356.1  362.5  357.9  357.7 
                 Carpeting and furniture             |      .84    | 116.7  116.3  120.3  117.7  114.4  117.8 | 122.1  120.8  124.5  114.9  109.5  112.3 
                 Miscellaneous                       |     1.58    | 115.3  114.5  113.6  113.0  113.8  111.9 | 110.4  109.4  110.9  110.7  116.5  109.7 
           Nondurable                                |    21.68    | 110.3  109.3  109.1  109.1  109.6  109.5 | 116.2  114.2  110.3  107.0  107.4  109.0 
              Nonenergy                              |    18.90    | 108.9  108.2  108.3  109.3  109.3  109.0 | 116.2  115.2  112.0  107.3  104.5  104.6 
                 Foods and tobacco                   |     9.68    | 107.5  106.9  108.0  109.6  109.6  109.6 | 115.4  114.8  113.5  108.4  103.2  104.7 
                 Clothing                            |     1.81    |  97.7   97.1   95.4   94.5   94.3   93.0 | 102.7  100.6   98.3   93.5   90.6   86.7 
                 Chemical products                   |     4.59    | 119.0  118.0  117.2  119.2  120.0  120.2 | 130.6  130.0  121.0  113.5  114.2  115.1 
                 Paper products                      |     2.83    | 106.6  105.9  105.2  104.1  103.4  102.2 | 107.1  105.3  103.9  104.2  104.5  101.5 
              Energy products                        |     2.77    | 120.1  116.8  115.0  107.8  111.1  112.4 | 116.4  107.4   98.5  105.0  128.1  139.8 
                 Fuels                               |      .94    | 112.1  108.3  108.4  109.1  109.5  112.2 | 113.1  110.2  108.3  112.5  112.8  108.0 
                 Utilities                           |     1.84    | 123.7  120.7  117.8  106.5  111.3  111.9 | 117.3  105.3   92.7  100.4  135.2  155.5 
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        Equipment, total                             |    18.44    | 146.0  146.2  147.5  146.4  145.5  145.0 | 149.3  150.5  150.1  145.5  142.5  141.4 
           Business equipment                        |    15.35    | 166.6  167.4  169.0  168.0  168.0  167.7 | 170.6  172.7  172.0  166.2  163.4  162.8 
              Information processing & related       |     5.92    | 213.1  217.3  219.0  219.5  221.1  222.1 | 221.5  225.0  219.8  218.0  220.0  214.9 
                 Computer and office                 |     1.38    | 671.6  693.6  716.7  746.7  761.7  784.6 | 717.0  738.1  716.6  727.3  740.4  747.2 
              Industrial                             |     4.80    | 142.3  139.5  141.6  139.8  141.2  140.4 | 145.6  144.6  143.4  137.8  136.4  136.5 
              Transit                                |     3.16    | 141.6  140.1  141.6  140.4  139.1  138.0 | 140.5  142.1  147.5  138.2  131.6  134.0 
                 Autos and trucks                    |     1.24    | 136.9  135.6  136.1  136.4  136.3  135.8 | 136.3  139.6  151.6  130.6  115.6  126.5 
              Other                                  |     1.47    | 132.6  140.9  141.1  138.5  132.7  132.7 | 136.6  146.0  145.2  138.0  126.7  129.6 
           Defense and space equipment               |     2.07    |  76.5   75.5   76.4   75.5   74.1   73.0 |  75.7   75.0   76.3   76.2   76.1   73.4 
           Oil and gas well drilling                 |      .78    | 127.7  123.4  119.4  115.2  103.2   99.2 | 129.4  125.8  120.0  116.4  105.4   99.1 
           Manufactured homes                        |      .24    | 145.7  147.8  150.9  154.6  156.6  157.5 | 161.1  156.9  167.6  149.4  123.5  135.2 
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     Intermediate products                           |    15.13    | 119.1  118.3  119.0  119.1  120.2  120.4 | 124.3  123.0  122.3  118.7  116.9  115.8 
        Construction supplies                        |     6.06    | 128.0  126.9  128.4  129.1  130.3  130.3 | 134.4  132.8  133.5  128.9  123.6  121.7 
        Business supplies                            |     9.08    | 113.8  113.3  113.5  113.2  114.3  114.5 | 118.3  117.2  115.7  112.7  112.9  112.3 
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  Materials                                          |    38.74    | 144.4  144.4  144.5  144.8  145.2  145.3 | 146.3  147.9  145.8  144.5  143.9  143.6 
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     Durable                                         |    23.55    | 177.4  177.7  178.8  180.0  180.6  181.4 | 180.0  184.9  181.6  180.2  179.4  176.4 
        Consumer parts                               |     4.42    | 149.6  147.7  146.2  145.6  144.4  143.9 | 154.0  150.1  152.6  142.4  131.2  143.2 
        Equipment parts                              |     8.63    | 278.0  282.7  287.0  290.3  293.2  298.0 | 278.0  301.7  286.6  295.8  307.9  288.7 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit            |             |                                          |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.          |     2.98    | 825.7  864.7  904.8  942.5  968.2   1005 | 810.0   1015  888.4  963.9   1047  916.8 
        Other                                        |    10.50    | 128.3  127.7  128.4  129.3  129.6  129.2 | 130.5  131.0  130.4  128.5  126.9  124.7 
           Basic metals                              |     3.35    | 121.9  118.2  118.3  117.4  117.6  117.0 | 119.7  119.4  118.6  117.3  115.8  115.4 
     Nondurable                                      |     8.47    | 113.1  112.0  111.7  111.9  111.3  111.1 | 113.2  112.5  113.6  111.0  107.1  110.4 
        Textile                                      |      .91    | 107.7  107.6  108.8  106.8  106.2  105.6 | 109.9  107.4  112.4  107.2   98.5  105.4 
        Paper                                        |     1.79    | 116.4  115.0  115.8  112.7  113.1  114.0 | 117.0  114.5  115.5  111.7  110.4  115.0 
        Chemical                                     |     3.90    | 113.6  111.8  111.1  112.2  109.8  109.4 | 112.8  112.6  111.1  110.9  106.7  108.5 
        Other                                        |     1.87    | 111.6  111.5  110.4  113.1  115.0  114.3 | 111.7  112.8  117.5  112.1  108.9  112.2 
     Energy                                          |     6.72    | 104.4  105.2  103.7  102.2  103.4  102.4 | 106.5  103.5  100.4  100.6  104.6  105.5 
        Primary                                      |     4.28    | 101.2  102.3  102.6  100.6  101.5   99.9 | 101.3  100.1   99.2   99.2  102.1  102.0 
        Converted fuel                               |     2.43    | 110.7  110.9  106.1  105.3  107.1  107.4 | 116.4  110.2  102.8  103.3  109.5  112.3 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                                  |             |                                          |
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 Total excluding:                                    |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    97.18    | 132.1  131.7  132.1  132.0  132.3  132.2 | 135.6  135.6  133.6  130.9  130.1  129.9 
     Motor vehicles and parts                        |    94.86    | 131.3  131.0  131.5  131.5  131.9  131.8 | 134.8  135.0  132.8  130.4  130.0  129.3 
     Computers                                       |    97.75    | 128.0  127.4  127.8  127.5  127.7  127.6 | 131.2  131.1  129.7  126.4  125.2  125.2 
     Computers and semiconductors      2             |    94.28    | 119.5  118.7  118.9  118.5  118.6  118.3 | 122.4  121.5  120.6  117.1  115.5  116.2 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                           |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    26.11    | 114.3  113.2  113.4  113.3  113.7  113.6 | 119.2  117.6  114.6  111.1  111.3  112.6 
     Energy                                          |    24.91    | 115.7  114.6  115.3  116.0  115.9  115.8 | 121.2  120.6  119.3  113.6  110.3  111.0 
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 Business equipment excluding:                       |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    14.11    | 169.9  171.0  172.7  171.5  171.5  171.3 | 174.3  176.4  174.1  170.2  168.8  166.9 
     Computer and office equipment                   |    13.98    | 144.8  145.1  146.2  144.5  144.1  143.4 | 147.5  149.1  148.8  143.1  140.1  139.4 
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 Materials excluding:                                |             |                                          |
     Energy                                          |    32.02    | 156.9  156.7  157.3  158.1  158.3  158.7 | 158.9  161.9  160.1  158.3  156.3  155.6 
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 <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year.
 <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Note:  Estimates for January are preliminary.  Estimates from October to December are revised.