Table 1A
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
                                                     |             |                                   Index, 1992=100
                                                     |    1998     |           Seasonally adjusted            |         Not seasonally adjusted
                                                     |     IP      |  1998          1999                      |  1998          1999                      
 Item                                                |Proportion<1>|  Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr. |  Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr. 
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  Total index                                        |   100.00    | 132.2  132.3  132.3  132.5  133.2  134.0 | 131.0  129.7  129.8  132.2  133.5  132.5 
                                                     |             |                                          |
  Products, total                                    |    61.26    | 124.5  124.4  124.5  124.6  125.0  125.5 | 122.8  120.9  121.6  123.1  123.6  123.2 
     Final products                                  |    46.12    | 126.1  125.9  125.8  126.0  126.3  126.7 | 124.1  122.4  123.6  125.5  126.0  124.5 
                                                     |             |                                          |
        Consumer goods                               |    27.67    | 114.8  114.9  115.2  115.5  115.3  116.0 | 112.4  111.3  113.8  114.6  114.9  113.2 
           Durable                                   |     6.01    | 138.9  139.8  141.5  143.4  141.5  144.5 | 135.7  130.6  135.9  148.1  150.3  149.4 
              Automotive products                    |     2.66    | 139.6  139.8  141.7  141.2  139.5  142.4 | 135.1  124.6  133.7  150.7  153.7  147.3 
                 Autos and trucks                    |     1.58    | 149.1  147.7  149.4  149.4  147.3  151.5 | 142.7  125.7  139.0  166.3  169.4  157.6 
                    Autos                            |      .54    | 113.7  115.5  111.7  107.0  109.7  112.1 | 109.7   98.2  104.8  117.9  124.4  116.2 
                    Trucks                           |     1.04    | 183.2  179.1  185.2  188.9  183.0  188.9 | 174.5  152.5  171.6  211.4  211.9  196.7 
                 Auto parts and allied goods         |     1.08    | 125.9  128.2  130.5  129.3  128.2  129.2 | 124.2  122.3  125.9  128.9  131.9  132.7 
              Other durable goods                    |     3.36    | 137.9  139.5  141.0  144.9  142.8  145.9 | 135.9  135.3  137.3  145.7  147.1  150.8 
                 Appliances and electronics          |      .95    | 222.5  226.0  229.6  241.7  236.1  238.6 | 215.7  207.9  221.4  249.1  239.7  239.2 
                    Appliances and air cond.         |      .48    | 132.3  133.7  132.9  140.0  133.3  133.4 | 124.6  115.7  129.6  153.1  146.5  139.0 
                    Home electronics                 |      .46    | 365.0  372.5  386.5  406.9  407.0  415.2 | 363.4  362.5  368.2  394.3  381.6  400.7 
                 Carpeting and furniture             |      .84    | 117.5  116.8  120.7  123.1  116.3  121.8 | 114.7  109.2  117.3  122.4  117.3  126.7 
                 Miscellaneous                       |     1.57    | 109.5  111.4  110.9  112.6  114.2  116.1 | 109.2  113.7  108.5  111.5  119.9  121.6 
           Nondurable                                |    21.66    | 109.0  108.9  108.9  108.8  109.0  109.2 | 106.8  106.6  108.5  106.7  106.5  104.6 
              Nonenergy                              |    18.90    | 109.3  109.1  108.2  108.6  108.3  108.6 | 107.3  104.3  103.8  104.2  104.8  104.9 
                 Foods and tobacco                   |     9.68    | 109.6  109.6  110.0  110.1  109.9  109.6 | 108.4  103.2  105.1  105.4  106.3  105.7 
                 Clothing                            |     1.81    |  94.5   94.6   93.4   92.8   91.4   91.9 |  93.5   90.9   87.0   90.2   89.1   90.1 
                 Chemical products                   |     4.59    | 119.3  118.7  115.3  117.8  118.7  120.3 | 113.5  113.0  110.4  110.6  111.9  112.7 
                 Paper products                      |     2.83    | 104.1  103.6  102.0  101.0   99.7   99.8 | 104.2  104.7  101.4  100.5  100.1  100.9 
              Energy products                        |     2.76    | 106.5  107.1  113.3  110.3  113.7  113.0 | 103.5  122.8  141.6  124.6  118.8  103.2 
                 Fuels                               |      .94    | 109.1  109.6  112.2  113.3  111.8  109.7 | 112.5  112.9  108.0  107.4  106.5  109.2 
                 Utilities                           |     1.82    | 104.5  105.2  113.3  108.1  114.2  114.2 |  98.1  127.2  158.3  132.8  124.4   99.4 
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        Equipment, total                             |    18.45    | 146.5  145.6  145.0  144.9  146.1  145.9 | 145.6  142.6  141.5  145.3  146.4  145.2 
           Business equipment                        |    15.36    | 168.1  167.9  167.3  167.2  168.3  168.9 | 166.4  163.4  162.4  167.6  168.6  167.5 
              Information processing & related       |     5.92    | 219.7  220.8  222.0  222.1  225.4  229.3 | 218.2  219.7  214.9  216.0  218.1  224.2 
                 Computer and office                 |     1.38    | 745.2  759.9  777.0  787.3  806.2  820.2 | 725.9  738.6  740.0  753.6  749.3  795.5 
              Industrial                             |     4.81    | 139.9  141.3  139.9  137.8  137.7  138.7 | 137.9  136.5  136.0  138.5  138.2  136.7 
              Transit                                |     3.16    | 140.5  139.6  137.6  136.4  136.3  135.0 | 138.2  132.1  133.7  142.7  144.6  138.5 
                 Autos and trucks                    |     1.24    | 136.4  136.0  134.8  133.0  131.7  134.8 | 130.6  115.3  125.6  146.0  148.2  141.5 
              Other                                  |     1.47    | 138.5  131.7  131.5  140.3  141.9  136.6 | 138.0  125.8  128.4  143.3  142.7  135.8 
           Defense and space equipment               |     2.07    |  75.7   74.6   74.4   74.9   75.5   74.0 |  76.4   76.6   74.9   75.3   75.9   74.1 
           Oil and gas well drilling                 |      .78    | 115.2  103.2   99.2   97.4  104.2   97.2 | 116.4  105.4   99.1   95.3   98.6   97.3 
           Manufactured homes                        |      .24    | 154.6  156.6  159.1  154.1  152.8  151.0 | 149.4  123.5  136.6  149.1  155.0  160.8 
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     Intermediate products                           |    15.13    | 119.3  119.8  120.3  120.2  120.9  121.5 | 118.9  116.5  115.7  116.1  116.5  119.3 
        Construction supplies                        |     6.06    | 129.6  131.0  132.4  131.7  131.5  132.0 | 129.4  124.3  123.6  126.4  127.0  130.9 
        Business supplies                            |     9.07    | 113.2  113.3  113.1  113.4  114.6  115.3 | 112.7  111.9  110.9  110.0  110.3  112.5 
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  Materials                                          |    38.74    | 144.6  145.2  144.9  145.3  146.5  147.9 | 144.3  144.1  143.2  147.1  149.9  147.8 
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     Durable                                         |    23.55    | 179.9  180.4  180.1  180.4  182.7  184.9 | 180.1  179.5  175.2  182.0  188.5  184.8 
        Consumer parts                               |     4.42    | 145.6  144.8  141.9  145.8  149.1  151.0 | 142.4  131.5  141.0  152.9  159.9  158.5 
        Equipment parts                              |     8.64    | 289.9  292.6  293.2  293.0  296.9  302.7 | 295.3  308.1  284.6  294.1  312.2  294.7 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit            |             |                                          |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.          |     2.98    | 936.9  960.1  962.0  970.2  994.2   1030 | 958.1   1047  880.2  958.7   1113  951.2 
        Other                                        |    10.50    | 129.3  129.3  129.8  128.8  129.9  130.5 | 128.6  126.6  125.1  128.0  129.2  130.3 
           Basic metals                              |     3.35    | 117.3  116.3  118.4  116.5  117.6  117.6 | 117.2  114.5  116.8  119.2  120.3  119.5 
     Nondurable                                      |     8.48    | 112.2  112.5  112.0  113.0  113.1  113.2 | 111.2  108.3  111.3  114.1  113.9  115.3 
        Textile                                      |      .91    | 103.0  102.5   99.0   99.6  100.0  100.4 | 103.4   95.2   98.8  100.2  101.2  102.6 
        Paper                                        |     1.80    | 112.7  114.7  116.5  115.8  116.6  117.6 | 111.7  112.0  117.4  118.7  117.0  118.0 
        Chemical                                     |     3.92    | 113.7  113.0  112.8  114.0  114.6  114.4 | 112.4  109.7  111.8  115.7  115.7  117.3 
        Other                                        |     1.86    | 113.2  114.4  112.5  114.8  113.0  113.2 | 112.2  108.1  110.4  113.1  113.4  114.9 
     Energy                                          |     6.71    | 101.5  102.6  102.6  102.4  102.4  103.5 |  99.9  103.8  105.4  104.5  102.7  100.1 
        Primary                                      |     4.28    |  99.8  100.3  100.4  100.5   98.8  100.1 |  98.4  100.8  101.9  103.8   99.9   98.4 
        Converted fuel                               |     2.43    | 104.9  107.2  107.1  106.0  109.3  110.3 | 102.8  109.5  112.2  106.1  108.3  103.5 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                                  |             |                                          |
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 Total excluding:                                    |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    97.18    | 131.9  132.1  132.0  132.3  133.0  133.7 | 130.8  129.9  129.7  131.4  132.7  131.9 
     Motor vehicles and parts                        |    94.86    | 131.4  131.7  131.7  131.8  132.4  133.1 | 130.3  129.8  129.2  130.7  131.7  130.9 
     Computers                                       |    97.75    | 127.4  127.5  127.4  127.6  128.2  128.9 | 126.3  125.0  125.1  127.4  128.7  127.5 
     Computers and semiconductors      2             |    94.29    | 118.4  118.4  118.3  118.4  118.9  119.4 | 117.1  115.3  116.2  118.1  118.6  118.2 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                           |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    26.09    | 113.0  113.2  113.4  113.7  113.6  114.1 | 110.8  110.5  112.5  112.0  112.1  110.9 
     Energy                                          |    24.91    | 115.8  115.8  115.4  116.1  115.5  116.4 | 113.5  110.0  110.7  113.5  114.5  114.3 
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 Business equipment excluding:                       |             |                                          |
     Autos and trucks                                |    14.11    | 171.6  171.5  170.9  171.1  172.5  172.8 | 170.3  168.8  166.5  169.9  170.7  170.4 
     Computer and office equipment                   |    13.98    | 144.6  144.1  143.1  142.9  143.5  143.8 | 143.2  140.1  139.2  143.9  144.8  142.9 
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 Materials excluding:                                |             |                                          |
     Energy                                          |    32.03    | 158.2  158.6  158.2  158.8  160.3  161.8 | 158.3  156.8  155.1  160.5  164.7  162.8 
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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 April are preliminary.  Estimates from January to March are revised.