Table 2B
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS
Percent change
| | Seasonally adjusted | | |
| 1997 Q4 | annual rate | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | Mar. 98
| to | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | to
Item | 1998 Q4 | Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Mar. 99
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Total index | 1.9 | 2.8 .9 2.2 .7 | .1 -.1 .3 .1 | -1.0 .0 1.9 .7 | 1.6
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Manufacturing | 2.5 | 2.5 .4 4.9 1.2 | .2 -.1 .3 .0 | -1.8 -.5 2.7 1.1 | 2.2
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Primary processing | -.3 | -.6 -2.8 1.2 3.7 | .8 .5 -.2 -.1 | -1.8 .6 1.9 .2 | .5
Advanced processing | 3.9 | 3.9 1.9 6.6 .1 | -.1 -.4 .5 .1 | -1.9 -1.0 3.1 1.5 | 3.0
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Durable | 5.3 | 4.6 4.7 8.6 1.5 | .3 .0 .2 .1 | -1.4 -.9 4.0 1.7 | 4.4
Lumber and products 24 | 4.2 | 2.9 4.4 5.4 7.5 | 2.7 .4 .0 -1.1 | -3.8 1.7 3.4 .3 | 4.6
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.4 | 4.8 -1.2 9.6 1.1 | -.6 -.3 1.4 1.0 | -1.5 -2.3 4.4 -.9 | 3.2
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 5.0 | -1.3 7.8 12.7 6.6 | .9 1.5 -1.1 -.9 | -3.8 .1 .3 .8 | 5.2
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Primary metals 33 | -7.1 | -8.6 -9.2 -9.7 -1.4 | .0 1.3 -1.7 .3 | -2.9 3.5 1.9 .3 | -6.9
Iron and steel 331,2 | -11.7 | -12.7 -16.0 -18.2 4.4 | 4.4 1.6 -3.2 .5 | 1.0 4.3 1.4 .0 | -11.3
Raw steel | -12.9 | -6.0 -9.7 -37.7 11.3 | 1.9 4.4 .1 .5 | -.1 7.7 3.8 .3 | -10.7
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | -1.7 | -3.3 -.6 .5 -7.2 | -4.6 .9 .0 .0 | -6.9 2.7 2.5 .7 | -1.4
Fabricated metal products 34 | .6 | 3.2 -4.2 3.2 -.8 | .8 -.6 -.6 .3 | .3 -3.9 1.3 .6 | .2
Industrial machinery | | | | |
and equipment 35 | 12.9 | 19.5 10.1 7.4 3.7 | .7 -.1 1.0 -.2 | -.5 .7 4.6 .0 | 7.9
Computer and office equip. 357 | 53.0 | 58.1 37.6 45.9 29.0 | 2.0 2.2 1.7 1.4 | 1.8 .2 2.2 -1.5 | 36.2
Electrical machinery 36 | 11.4 | 6.8 14.7 17.7 10.0 | .8 .8 .7 .8 | 2.7 -7.3 5.3 5.8 | 13.1
Semiconductors and related | | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 25.7 | 9.6 37.6 51.7 23.6 | 2.0 1.4 1.4 2.1 | 8.1 -13.7 8.9 13.9 | 32.4
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Transportation equipment 37 | 3.1 | -2.6 3.7 17.3 -7.7 | -1.2 -1.3 .8 -.4 | -6.2 4.5 7.7 1.9 | 1.8
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | .7 | -14.5 5.7 37.3 -4.9 | -1.5 -.9 1.7 -.5 | -12.0 11.9 14.2 2.9 | 5.1
Autos and light trucks | 2.6 | -14.9 -8.7 67.9 -5.0 | -.5 .4 -.7 -.9 | -11.7 10.0 18.5 2.3 | 5.4
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 6.6 | 14.1 2.0 -3.0 -11.2 | -.8 -1.7 -.3 -.3 | .7 -3.3 -.2 .5 | -1.9
Instruments 38 | 1.9 | 2.9 .8 3.4 -.3 | -.2 .4 -.6 .6 | .2 -1.7 .3 .9 | 1.4
Miscellaneous 39 | -3.4 | -2.1 -5.0 -8.4 2.7 | 1.1 -.5 1.0 .9 | -.7 -4.9 2.8 2.2 | -2.5
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Nondurable | -.9 | -.2 -4.7 .3 .9 | .1 -.3 .4 -.1 | -2.5 .0 1.0 .2 | -.5
Foods 20 | 1.8 | -.1 -6.5 8.8 5.1 | -.1 .7 .2 -.5 | -2.9 -.7 -.5 .3 | 1.7
Tobacco products 21 | -8.7 | -2.6 -10.3 -18.1 -12.6 | .2 -3.1 .1 .7 | -20.3 22.0 5.7 3.3 | -7.1
Textile mill products 22 | -2.9 | -1.3 -4.0 -6.5 -1.3 | .5 .3 1.1 -1.7 | -9.2 6.8 4.6 -.1 | -3.2
Apparel products 23 | -6.1 | -4.3 -5.5 -12.0 -9.5 | -.2 -1.2 -.3 -.9 | -.4 -4.4 1.0 -.2 | -8.4
Paper and products 26 | -1.2 | -1.8 .2 -2.4 9.3 | 2.7 .8 .8 .3 | .4 4.9 2.2 -1.3 | 2.1
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Printing and publishing 27 | -1.8 | -2.0 -2.1 -.3 -4.3 | -.3 -1.4 .3 -.3 | -2.0 -4.2 .8 -.7 | -1.7
Chemicals and products 28 | -2.3 | .6 -8.3 -1.6 -1.0 | -.6 -1.0 .9 .4 | -1.6 .8 .7 .7 | -2.0
Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 | 1.3 2.8 -2.9 11.7 | -.2 4.1 -2.4 -.6 | -1.7 -4.0 -2.2 .6 | .6
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.4 | 5.4 -1.2 7.1 4.9 | .8 -.5 .7 .9 | -.1 -1.6 2.4 1.1 | 4.7
Leather and products 31 | -7.4 | -11.2 -6.7 -4.6 -13.6 | -1.8 -2.6 -.1 -1.4 | -2.1 -5.2 1.5 .2 | -10.0
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Mining | -4.9 | -6.2 -6.1 -10.8 -11.8 | -2.1 -1.6 .7 -.7 | -4.0 -2.6 1.5 -1.4 | -8.0
Metal mining 10 | -1.2 | -21.4 -2.7 14.9 -.7 | -2.1 1.7 .7 .0 | -1.6 -4.2 5.5 .7 | 1.5
Coal mining 12 | 3.0 | 4.5 19.5 -5.2 -24.0 | 5.4 -10.9 6.4 -6.9 | 2.6 -5.5 1.1 -.3 | -2.2
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -8.5 | -8.2 -12.0 -17.7 -11.8 | -3.4 -.2 .0 .7 | -3.0 -1.6 .5 -.6 | -12.0
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 3.5 | 3.1 -3.6 7.2 -.7 | -4.9 2.0 -3.3 -.1 | -17.7 -3.1 5.3 -8.5 | 3.2
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Utilities | -1.1 | 17.9 14.7 -20.5 4.6 | 1.1 2.0 -.7 1.9 | 14.1 9.7 -7.8 -3.3 | 1.3
Electric 491,3pt | 1.4 | 21.3 10.0 -14.1 .9 | .5 1.0 .0 1.7 | 8.4 5.8 -5.7 -2.3 | 2.2
Gas 492,3pt | -13.4 | 1.3 42.2 -47.7 28.4 | 4.4 7.9 -4.3 3.3 | 42.1 24.4 -14.7 -7.0 | -3.6
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | | |
semiconductors 1 | 26.7 | 23.5 28.7 32.2 18.3 | 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.4 | 4.7 -7.7 4.8 5.9 | 25.5
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Manufacturing excluding: | | | | |
Motor vehicles and parts | 2.6 | 3.6 .1 3.1 1.6 | .3 -.1 .2 .1 | -1.2 -1.2 2.0 .9 | 2.0
Computer and office equipment | 1.4 | 1.1 -.5 3.9 .5 | .2 -.2 .3 .0 | -1.9 -.6 2.7 1.1 | 1.3
Computers and semiconductors 1 | .3 | .7 -2.0 2.2 -.5 | .1 -.3 .2 -.1 | -2.4 .1 2.4 .5 | .1
Computers, communications eq, and | | | | |
semiconductors 1 | .2 | .3 -2.3 2.4 -.5 | .1 -.3 .2 -.1 | -2.5 .3 2.5 .5 | -.1
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<1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
Notes: Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised.
Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.