Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY 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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  Manufacturing                                 |     2.5 |   2.4    2.5     .4    4.8 |    .7     .2     .1     .1 |   -.7   -2.8   -1.9    -.3 |       2.2 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     -.6 |    .8    -.6   -2.8     .3 |    .6     .1     .4    -.1 |    .8   -2.1   -2.1     .0 |       -.9 
     Advanced processing                        |     4.0 |   3.2    3.9    1.9    6.9 |    .7     .3     .0     .1 |  -1.3   -3.1   -1.7    -.5 |       3.7 
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     Durable                                    |     5.3 |   3.5    4.6    4.7    8.6 |   1.0    -.1     .2     .1 |   -.4   -2.5   -1.4    -.7 |       5.1 
        Lumber and products   24                |     3.9 |   4.0    2.9    4.4    4.5 |    .9     .1    2.1     .6 |   2.8   -4.8   -4.2    1.9 |       5.3 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     3.7 |    .8    4.8   -1.2   10.6 |   2.4    -.6    -.1    1.0 |  -1.5   -2.5   -1.0   -1.1 |       4.5 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     4.6 |   1.5   -1.3    7.8   10.9 |   1.4    1.6    -.2     .2 |   1.0   -2.0   -4.7    -.9 |       4.7 
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        Primary metals   33                     |    -6.9 |   -.9   -8.6   -9.2   -8.6 |    .4   -1.7    1.0    -.5 |    .0   -2.4   -2.1    2.0 |      -7.8 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |   -11.9 |   1.1  -12.7  -16.0  -18.8 |    .9   -4.1    3.9    -.5 |    .5   -5.7     .4    2.3 |     -12.0 
              Raw steel                         |   -12.9 |   8.8   -6.0   -9.7  -37.7 |  -2.6   -8.7    1.9    1.0 |  -3.2   -8.3    -.1    4.1 |     -15.9 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |     -.9 |  -3.2   -3.3    -.6    3.7 |   -.1     .9   -1.9    -.5 |   -.6    1.2   -4.6    1.6 |      -2.8 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |      .4 |    .4    3.2   -4.2    2.5 |    .5     .5     .6    -.7 |   -.3   -1.1     .1   -3.9 |       -.1 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    13.1 |  14.8   19.5   10.1    8.5 |   1.7     .4     .6     .2 |  -1.3   -2.8    -.3    1.0 |      11.5 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    53.2 |  72.6   58.1   37.6   46.8 |   3.3    4.2    2.0    3.0 |  -2.9    1.5    1.8     .9 |      49.4 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    11.2 |   6.7    6.8   14.7   17.2 |   1.6     .8     .5    1.3 |  -5.1    2.1    2.1   -6.7 |      11.7 
          Semiconductors and related            |         |                            |                            |                            |
              electronic components   3672-9    |    26.2 |   8.9    9.6   37.6   54.4 |   4.2    3.6    2.2    3.4 | -10.6    7.6    7.7  -11.5 |      31.3 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |     3.0 |  -4.7   -2.6    3.7   16.8 |    .6   -1.1   -1.3    -.2 |   4.1   -7.3   -6.4    5.6 |       3.0 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |      .7 | -17.1  -14.5    5.7   37.6 |    .2    -.9   -1.3     .5 |   6.3  -12.5  -11.8   13.4 |       3.9 
              Autos and light trucks            |     2.6 | -15.0  -14.9   -8.7   67.9 |   2.9   -1.7    -.6     .4 |   9.4  -15.3  -11.7   10.0 |       4.5 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |     6.2 |  14.2   14.1    2.0   -4.1 |   1.1   -1.3   -1.3   -1.1 |   1.3    -.2     .2   -2.7 |       2.1 
        Instruments   38                        |     2.0 |    .5    2.9     .8    3.9 |    .3    -.5     .3    -.1 |  -1.5   -1.5     .7   -2.3 |       2.5 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |    -3.5 |   2.5   -2.1   -5.0   -9.0 |   -.9   -1.6     .9   -1.1 |   1.3   -1.0   -1.0   -5.4 |      -4.9 
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     Nondurable                                 |     -.9 |   1.1    -.2   -4.7     .2 |    .3     .7     .0    -.1 |  -1.0   -3.1   -2.5     .2 |      -1.3 
        Foods   20                              |     1.9 |   5.8    -.1   -6.5    8.9 |   1.4    2.0     .0     .5 |   -.9   -3.1   -2.8    -.9 |       1.1 
        Tobacco products   21                   |    -8.7 |  -2.9   -2.6  -10.3  -18.0 |  -2.2   -2.0     .2   -3.1 |   1.7  -11.2  -20.2   21.9 |     -12.0 
        Textile mill products   22              |    -2.1 |    .5   -1.3   -4.0   -3.5 |   1.1   -1.0   -1.4     .2 |   3.6   -8.0   -9.7    4.4 |      -4.5 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -6.1 |  -2.1   -4.3   -5.5  -12.2 |  -1.0   -1.9    -.3    -.9 |  -1.4   -3.0    -.5   -4.1 |      -7.9 
        Paper and products   26                 |    -1.5 |   -.9   -1.8     .2   -3.4 |   1.3   -2.7    1.9     .3 |   3.1   -5.6    -.4    4.5 |       -.8 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |    -1.8 |  -2.8   -2.0   -2.1    -.2 |   -.4    1.1    -.2    -.3 |  -1.7   -1.4   -1.9   -3.1 |      -1.5 
        Chemicals and products   28             |    -2.5 |    .6     .6   -8.3   -2.5 |   -.1    1.0    -.4     .0 |  -3.5   -3.9   -1.4    1.9 |      -2.8 
        Petroleum products   29                 |     1.8 |   4.9    1.3    2.8   -1.6 |   -.3    2.1     .8     .5 |  -3.4    2.4    -.8   -6.9 |       2.7 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.3 |   2.5    5.4   -1.2    6.6 |    .6    1.2     .4    -.3 |   1.5     .2    -.4   -1.4 |       3.1 
        Leather and products   31               |    -7.4 |  -6.7  -11.2   -6.7   -5.0 |   -.9    1.5   -1.0   -2.3 |    .2     .2   -1.4   -4.9 |      -7.5 
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  Mining                                        |    -4.4 |   4.3   -6.2   -6.1   -8.8 |   -.4    -.5   -1.2   -1.8 |   -.3   -2.1   -3.0   -2.7 |      -8.5 
     Metal mining   10                          |      .4 |   8.3  -21.4   -2.7   22.7 |   6.7   -1.2     .0   -1.7 |   3.1   -2.2     .6   -7.4 |       -.5 
     Coal mining   12                           |     3.0 |  -4.9    4.5   19.5   -5.2 |  -4.3   -2.0    5.4  -10.9 |   -.1   -7.8    2.6   -5.5 |      -9.2 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |    -7.6 |   5.3   -8.2  -12.0  -14.4 |    .0   -1.7   -2.6     .3 |   -.4     .2   -2.2   -1.2 |     -10.3 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |     2.1 |   7.7    3.1   -3.6    1.4 |  -1.3    7.9   -3.0     .3 |  -1.7   -5.7  -16.0   -4.6 |      -2.1 
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  Utilities                                     |     -.2 | -11.1   17.9   14.7  -17.5 |  -3.1   -4.4    2.4     .2 |  -9.0    2.6   15.9    7.5 |       4.2 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |     1.9 |  -7.9   21.3   10.0  -12.2 |  -1.8   -4.7    2.1    -.4 | -11.5   -4.3   10.2    4.4 |       4.7 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |   -10.7 | -25.5    1.3   42.2  -40.8 | -10.0   -2.3    4.2    3.3 |  16.1   55.2   42.7   18.6 |       1.7 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors      1                      |    26.9 |  22.7   23.5   28.7   32.9 |   2.6    2.2    1.5    2.3 |  -5.7    3.9    4.4   -6.5 |      27.5 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     2.6 |   3.8    3.6     .1    3.1 |    .7     .3     .2     .0 |  -1.1   -2.1   -1.2   -1.1 |       2.1 
     Computer and office equipment              |     1.4 |   1.0    1.1    -.5    3.8 |    .6     .1     .1     .0 |   -.6   -2.9   -2.0    -.4 |       1.1 
     Computers and semiconductors      1        |      .3 |    .6     .7   -2.0    2.0 |    .5     .0     .0    -.2 |   -.1   -3.4   -2.4     .2 |       -.2 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors      1                      |      .2 |    .4     .3   -2.3    2.3 |    .5     .0     .0    -.2 |   -.1   -3.4   -2.5     .4 |       -.2 
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 <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Notes:  Estimates for January are preliminary.  Estimates from October to December are revised.
         Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.