Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1997 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Jan. 98 
                                                 |    to   |  1998                      |  1998                 1999 |  1998                 1999 |      to
 Item                                            | 1998 Q4 |    Q1     Q2   Q3    Q4    |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |   Jan. 99 
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  Total index                                    |     2.0 |   1.6    2.8     .9    2.5 |    .4    -.1     .2     .0 |  -1.2   -2.4    -.9     .1 |       1.7 
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  Products, total                                |     2.2 |   2.7    4.2     .2    1.9 |    .6    -.3     .2    -.1 |  -1.0   -3.4   -1.2     .3 |       1.6 
     Final products                              |     2.1 |   3.0    4.6    -.8    1.8 |    .6    -.4    -.1    -.2 |  -1.2   -3.5   -1.1     .7 |       1.2 
                                                 |         |                            |                            |                            |
        Consumer goods                           |     -.1 |   1.0    1.4   -3.9    1.0 |    .4    -.1     .3     .0 |  -1.8   -3.8    -.5    1.7 |       -.5 
           Durable                               |     5.2 |   6.3     .3   -3.6   19.0 |   2.2    -.4    -.2     .3 |   4.1   -6.6   -3.7    2.5 |       3.7 
              Automotive products                |     3.7 |  -7.4   -4.2   -7.6   41.0 |   3.5   -1.1    -.3     .6 |   6.4  -11.0   -8.3    6.9 |       5.3 
                 Autos and trucks                |     3.0 | -13.7  -14.0  -14.3   77.4 |   5.0   -1.0   -1.0    1.2 |  10.6  -14.9  -12.0   10.6 |       5.9 
                    Autos                        |      .7 | -21.6  -19.2   26.9   27.6 |  -6.6   -5.1    1.6   -3.3 |   3.6  -17.5  -10.5    6.8 |      -2.9 
                    Trucks                       |     5.0 |  -8.3  -10.2  -30.5  112.3 |  12.3    1.2   -2.3    3.4 |  14.7  -13.5  -12.7   12.6 |      11.5 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     5.6 |   4.1   13.4    4.4     .9 |   1.2   -1.2     .7    -.2 |   -.1   -4.4   -2.7    1.6 |       5.0 
              Other durable goods                |     6.2 |  18.5    3.9    -.8    4.0 |   1.2     .2    -.1     .0 |   2.2   -2.7     .0    -.8 |       2.2 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    19.1 |  33.8    6.1   14.6   23.9 |   2.5    3.3     .8     .3 |   2.7   -2.2   -4.2    5.1 |      14.9 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |    11.2 |  25.0   -1.4    6.3   16.7 |   4.7    2.5     .9   -1.6 |  10.6   -6.0   -7.2   10.8 |       4.8 
                    Home electronics             |    27.1 |  42.4   13.1   22.9   31.7 |    .4    4.2     .7    2.1 |  -4.4    1.8   -1.3    -.1 |      25.5 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     2.9 |   8.4    3.1   -2.0    2.4 |   3.5   -2.2   -2.8    3.0 |   3.1   -7.8   -4.7    2.6 |      -1.2 
                 Miscellaneous                   |      .5 |  15.0    2.9   -8.2   -6.0 |   -.8    -.6     .7   -1.7 |   1.4    -.1    5.2   -5.8 |      -3.3 
           Nondurable                            |    -1.6 |   -.5    1.7   -3.9   -3.5 |   -.1     .0     .4    -.1 |  -3.4   -3.0     .4    1.5 |      -1.7 
              Nonenergy                          |    -1.5 |   1.4    -.4   -6.6    -.4 |    .1     .9     .0    -.3 |  -2.7   -4.2   -2.6     .1 |      -2.3 
                 Foods and tobacco               |      .6 |   5.3    -.3   -7.6    5.5 |   1.1    1.5     .0     .0 |  -1.1   -4.5   -4.8    1.5 |       -.8 
                 Clothing                        |    -5.8 |  -1.7   -3.7   -5.7  -11.8 |  -1.7   -1.0    -.2   -1.4 |  -2.3   -4.9   -3.1   -4.3 |      -7.7 
                 Chemical products               |    -2.1 |   -.2    5.3   -9.7   -3.1 |   -.7    1.7     .6     .2 |  -6.9   -6.2     .6     .8 |       -.9 
                 Paper products                  |    -4.8 |  -6.1   -7.2    1.9   -7.5 |   -.7   -1.1    -.6   -1.2 |  -1.4     .3     .3   -2.8 |      -6.4 
              Energy products                    |    -1.9 | -12.7   17.5   16.1  -22.1 |  -1.6   -6.3    3.1    1.2 |  -8.3    6.6   22.0    9.2 |       3.0 
                 Fuels                           |     -.6 |   4.2    1.7    -.7   -7.4 |    .0     .7     .4    2.5 |  -1.7    3.9     .3   -4.2 |       1.1 
                 Utilities                       |    -2.5 | -20.4   26.7   25.3  -28.5 |  -2.3   -9.6    4.5     .5 | -12.0    8.3   34.6   15.0 |       3.9 
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        Equipment, total                         |     5.7 |   6.3    9.6    4.0    2.9 |    .9    -.8    -.6    -.4 |   -.3   -3.1   -2.0    -.8 |       3.9 
           Business equipment                    |     8.3 |   6.2   13.8    7.2    6.2 |   1.0    -.6     .0    -.1 |   -.4   -3.3   -1.7    -.3 |       7.3 
              Information processing & related   |    14.4 |  14.8   20.7   11.0   11.3 |    .8     .2     .7     .5 |  -2.3    -.8     .9   -2.3 |      13.7 
                 Computer and office             |    54.9 |  75.3   60.7   38.8   47.3 |   3.3    4.2    2.0    3.0 |  -2.9    1.5    1.8     .9 |      50.8 
              Industrial                         |     1.5 |  -1.9    5.9    5.4   -3.2 |   1.5   -1.3    1.0    -.6 |   -.8   -3.9   -1.0     .1 |       1.5 
              Transit                            |    11.9 |   7.3   15.8    6.5   18.4 |   1.0    -.8   -1.0    -.8 |   3.8   -6.3   -4.8    1.9 |       9.5 
                 Autos and trucks                |     5.2 | -18.9  -12.0    8.1   58.8 |    .4     .2    -.1    -.4 |   8.6  -13.9  -11.5    9.4 |       7.6 
              Other                              |    -1.2 |  -2.6    7.6   -1.8   -7.3 |    .1   -1.8   -4.2     .0 |   -.5   -5.0   -8.2    2.2 |      -3.6 
           Defense and space equipment           |     -.6 |   1.9   -1.3     .8   -3.8 |   1.2   -1.2   -1.8   -1.5 |   1.8    -.2    -.1   -3.4 |      -4.2 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |   -25.3 |  14.1  -27.2  -37.8  -39.6 |  -3.2   -3.5  -10.5   -3.8 |  -4.6   -3.0   -9.5   -6.0 |     -35.5 
           Manufactured homes                    |     9.1 |  21.5   -1.4    1.3   16.8 |   2.1    2.5    1.3     .6 |   6.8  -10.9  -17.3    9.4 |       7.1 
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     Intermediate products                       |     2.5 |   1.5    3.0    3.4    2.1 |    .6     .1     .9     .1 |   -.6   -2.9   -1.5   -1.0 |       2.9 
        Construction supplies                    |     4.8 |   6.4    2.4    5.6    4.7 |   1.2     .5    1.0     .0 |    .5   -3.4   -4.1   -1.6 |       3.8 
        Business supplies                        |     1.0 |  -1.6    3.3    2.0     .4 |    .2    -.2     .9     .2 |  -1.3   -2.6     .2    -.6 |       2.2 
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  Materials                                      |     1.6 |    .1     .7    2.0    3.5 |    .1     .2     .3     .1 |  -1.4    -.9    -.4    -.3 |       1.9 
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     Durable                                     |     3.9 |   1.3     .5    4.2    9.7 |    .6     .7     .3     .5 |  -1.8    -.8    -.4   -1.7 |       4.5 
        Consumer parts                           |    -1.6 | -10.5   -6.1    2.6    8.8 |  -1.0    -.4    -.8    -.3 |   1.7   -6.7   -7.9    9.2 |        .6 
        Equipment parts                          |    12.0 |   8.9    6.6   14.8   18.2 |   1.5    1.2    1.0    1.6 |  -5.0    3.2    4.1   -6.2 |      13.1 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit        |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    30.4 |   8.4   11.4   45.6   64.4 |   4.6    4.2    2.7    3.8 | -12.4    8.5    8.6  -12.4 |      37.2 
        Other                                    |     -.7 |    .0   -2.0   -4.1    3.3 |    .5     .7     .2    -.3 |   -.4   -1.5   -1.3   -1.7 |      -1.2 
           Basic metals                          |    -5.4 |   2.6   -9.3   -6.7   -7.6 |    .1    -.8     .2    -.6 |   -.7   -1.1   -1.3    -.3 |      -7.2 
     Nondurable                                  |    -3.2 |  -2.4   -1.7   -3.8   -4.9 |   -.3     .2    -.6    -.2 |   1.0   -2.3   -3.5    3.1 |      -3.2 
        Textile                                  |    -5.0 |  -8.0     .0   -7.4   -4.3 |   1.1   -1.8    -.6    -.6 |   4.7   -4.6   -8.2    7.0 |      -4.0 
        Paper                                    |    -3.1 |  -2.2   -1.6    -.4   -8.0 |    .7   -2.7     .4     .8 |    .9   -3.3   -1.2    4.1 |      -2.7 
        Chemical                                 |    -5.0 |  -1.5   -3.1   -7.3   -7.9 |   -.7    1.1   -2.1    -.4 |  -1.3    -.2   -3.8    1.7 |      -6.6 
        Other                                    |     1.4 |  -1.5     .4    2.5    4.4 |  -1.0    2.5    1.6    -.6 |   4.2   -4.5   -2.9    3.0 |       3.9 
     Energy                                      |     -.3 |   -.7    4.5    1.9   -6.4 |  -1.4   -1.5    1.1    -.9 |  -3.0     .2    4.0     .9 |       -.6 
        Primary                                  |      .8 |   2.1     .3    3.0   -2.1 |    .3   -1.9     .9   -1.6 |   -.8     .0    2.9    -.1 |      -1.7 
        Converted fuel                           |    -2.1 |  -6.0   12.8     .1  -13.4 |  -4.3    -.7    1.7     .3 |  -6.7     .5    6.0    2.5 |       1.5 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     1.9 |   2.2    3.3    1.1    1.0 |    .3    -.1     .2     .0 |  -1.5   -2.0    -.6    -.2 |       1.6 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     2.0 |   2.8    3.8     .6     .9 |    .4     .0     .3     .0 |  -1.6   -1.8    -.3    -.6 |       1.6 
     Computers                                   |      .9 |    .4    1.7     .1    1.6 |    .3    -.2     .2    -.1 |  -1.1   -2.5   -1.0     .0 |        .7 
     Computers and semiconductors      1         |      .0 |    .0    1.3   -1.2    -.1 |    .2    -.3     .1    -.3 |   -.7   -2.9   -1.3     .6 |       -.4 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     -.3 |   2.0    2.5   -3.2   -2.4 |    .1    -.1     .4    -.1 |  -2.6   -3.0     .2    1.2 |       -.9 
     Energy                                      |      .1 |   2.6    -.2   -5.9    4.1 |    .6     .6     .0    -.1 |  -1.1   -4.8   -2.9     .7 |       -.9 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     8.5 |   8.8   16.3    7.0    2.4 |   1.0    -.7     .0    -.1 |  -1.3   -2.3    -.8   -1.1 |       7.3 
     Computer and office equipment               |     4.1 |    .8    9.3    4.2    2.5 |    .7   -1.2    -.2    -.5 |   -.2   -3.9   -2.1    -.5 |       3.3 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     2.0 |    .3    -.1    1.9    5.7 |    .4     .5     .1     .3 |  -1.1   -1.2   -1.2    -.5 |       2.4 
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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 January are preliminary.  Estimates from October to December are revised.