Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1997 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   May 98 
                                                 |    to   |  1998                 1999 |  1999                      |  1999                      |     to
 Item                                            | 1998 Q4 |    Q2     Q3   Q4    Q1    |  Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May |  Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May |   May 99 
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  Total index                                    |     1.9 |   2.8     .9    2.2    1.3 |    .1     .7     .4     .2 |   1.7    1.3    -.9     .1 |      1.7 
                                                 |         |                            |                            |                            |
  Products, total                                |     2.1 |   4.2     .2    1.5     .7 |    .1     .5     .4     .0 |   1.0     .8    -.2     .0 |      1.0 
     Final products                              |     2.0 |   4.6    -.8    1.3    -.5 |    .1     .4     .4     .1 |   1.4     .6   -1.1     .1 |       .4 
                                                 |         |                            |                            |                            |
        Consumer goods                           |     -.4 |   1.4   -3.9     .1    1.3 |    .1     .2     .3     .1 |    .5     .7   -1.7     .1 |      -.6 
           Durable                               |     4.9 |    .3   -3.6   18.0    7.7 |   1.3    -.8    1.8     .8 |   9.1    2.0    -.6    -.1 |      5.5 
              Automotive products                |     3.9 |  -4.2   -7.6   41.9     .8 |   -.9    -.8    1.4    2.1 |  12.2    2.0   -4.1    2.7 |      5.5 
                 Autos and trucks                |     3.1 | -14.0  -14.3   77.5    -.8 |   -.1    -.9    1.7    3.0 |  19.7    1.9   -7.0    6.0 |      8.0 
                    Autos                        |      .7 | -19.2   26.9   27.6  -18.6 |  -2.4    1.6    1.8   -3.6 |  12.4    5.6   -6.6    1.0 |       .4 
                    Trucks                       |     5.0 | -10.2  -30.5  112.4    9.4 |   1.1   -2.1    1.6    6.3 |  23.2     .2   -7.3    8.4 |     11.8 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     6.0 |  13.4    4.4    2.5    3.2 |  -2.3    -.7    1.0     .7 |   1.2    2.2     .9   -2.6 |      2.3 
              Other durable goods                |     5.6 |   3.9    -.8    1.9   13.6 |   3.1    -.7    2.0    -.2 |   6.6    2.0    2.4   -2.3 |      5.4 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    19.5 |   6.1   14.6   25.5   30.7 |   5.2   -1.2    3.7   -1.8 |  12.6   -2.8    2.3   -2.9 |     19.9 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |    11.3 |  -1.4    6.3   17.1   11.0 |   5.3   -5.2    4.8   -4.5 |  18.2   -4.8    -.8   -7.2 |      4.0 
                    Home electronics             |    27.8 |  13.1   22.9   34.7   53.2 |   5.1    2.7    2.7     .6 |   7.1    -.7    5.5    1.2 |     37.0 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     3.6 |   3.1   -2.0    5.1    8.6 |   1.9   -3.9    1.4     .5 |   4.3   -2.4    4.6   -6.1 |      1.1 
                 Miscellaneous                   |    -1.2 |   2.9   -8.2  -12.3    6.0 |   2.4    1.4    1.2     .6 |   3.8    8.0    1.4     .0 |      -.6 
           Nondurable                            |    -1.8 |   1.7   -3.9   -4.4    -.5 |   -.3     .5    -.1    -.1 |  -2.0     .2   -2.0     .2 |     -2.3 
              Nonenergy                          |    -1.6 |   -.4   -6.6    -.6   -2.1 |    .3    -.2     .0     .2 |    .4     .6    -.1    1.4 |     -2.5 
                 Foods and tobacco               |      .6 |   -.3   -7.6    5.6    3.3 |    .1    -.3    -.4     .4 |    .4     .7    -.8    1.6 |      -.9 
                 Clothing                        |    -5.7 |  -3.7   -5.7  -11.3   -9.5 |   -.9   -1.2    1.1   -1.4 |   3.7   -1.3    2.0    1.2 |     -7.7 
                 Chemical products               |    -2.4 |   5.3   -9.7   -4.4   -3.9 |   1.8    1.2     .0     .4 |   -.2    1.7    -.7    2.9 |     -2.5 
                 Paper products                  |    -4.7 |  -7.2    1.9   -7.3  -12.6 |  -1.0   -1.5    1.0     .2 |   -.9    -.6    1.7   -1.5 |     -4.7 
              Energy products                    |    -3.4 |  17.5   16.1  -26.9   11.2 |  -3.9    5.7    -.8   -2.0 | -13.8   -1.7  -13.3   -8.5 |      -.5 
                 Fuels                           |     -.6 |   1.7    -.7   -7.2   11.4 |   1.0   -2.4    -.7    2.1 |   -.6   -1.9    3.6    3.9 |      1.0 
                 Utilities                       |    -4.9 |  26.7   25.3  -35.2   11.1 |  -6.4   10.3    -.9   -4.0 | -18.5   -1.6  -20.6  -15.5 |     -1.4 
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        Equipment, total                         |     5.7 |   9.6    4.0    3.2   -3.1 |    .1     .7     .4     .1 |   2.9     .5    -.2     .0 |      1.9 
           Business equipment                    |     8.3 |  13.8    7.2    6.2   -1.3 |    .2     .5     .9     .1 |   3.4     .4     .0     .2 |      4.3 
              Information processing & related   |    14.4 |  20.7   11.0   11.2    6.7 |    .1    1.8    2.4    1.8 |    .5    1.3    3.6    1.1 |     12.6 
                 Computer and office             |    54.7 |  60.7   38.8   46.4   30.7 |   1.3    3.1    2.6    2.3 |   1.8     .1    7.1    2.4 |     37.2 
              Industrial                         |     1.5 |   5.9    5.4   -2.9   -6.7 |  -1.4    -.1    1.1   -1.8 |   1.9    -.2    -.6   -1.4 |      -.9 
              Transit                            |    12.1 |  15.8    6.5   19.1   -9.4 |    .1   -1.3    -.2    -.5 |   7.6     .0   -3.5     .5 |      -.3 
                 Autos and trucks                |     5.2 | -12.0    8.1   58.4   -7.0 |  -1.2    -.1    1.3     .7 |  16.3    2.0   -5.6    3.1 |      8.6 
              Other                              |    -1.4 |   7.6   -1.8   -8.2    2.7 |   6.6    1.4   -4.1    -.1 |  11.5    -.2   -5.0     .4 |     -2.4 
           Defense and space equipment           |     -.2 |  -1.3     .8   -2.4   -4.6 |    .4     .1    -.7     .0 |    .5     .2   -1.5   -1.0 |     -2.2 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |   -25.3 | -27.2  -37.8  -39.6  -37.1 |  -1.9    7.0   -6.7    2.7 |  -3.9    3.5   -1.3    2.0 |    -32.1 
           Manufactured homes                    |     9.1 |  -1.4    1.3   16.8    3.5 |  -3.1    -.9   -1.1    -.8 |   9.1    4.0    3.8   -2.6 |       .6 
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     Intermediate products                       |     2.4 |   3.0    3.4    1.8    4.3 |    .1     .8     .3    -.3 |   -.2    1.3    2.3    -.1 |      2.7 
        Construction supplies                    |     5.1 |   2.4    5.6    5.9    8.8 |    .2    -.4     .3    -.2 |   1.3    1.9    3.0    1.6 |      4.4 
        Business supplies                        |      .7 |   3.3    2.0    -.8    1.4 |    .0    1.7     .4    -.3 |  -1.2     .9    1.8   -1.2 |      1.6 
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  Materials                                      |     1.6 |    .7    2.0    3.5    2.2 |    .2     .9     .4     .5 |   2.7    2.0   -2.0     .2 |      2.9 
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     Durable                                     |     3.8 |    .5    4.2    9.5    2.7 |    .0    1.4     .5     .9 |   3.6    3.8   -2.7     .8 |      5.6 
        Consumer parts                           |    -1.5 |  -6.1    2.6    9.3   -1.4 |   2.5    1.7    -.7    1.2 |   8.1    4.0   -2.9     .0 |       .4 
        Equipment parts                          |    11.9 |   6.6   14.8   17.7    6.0 |   -.2    1.4    1.6    1.4 |   3.1    6.5   -6.1    2.0 |     13.8 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit        |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    29.7 |  11.4   45.6   61.2   18.0 |    .5    2.6    3.7    2.8 |   8.3   17.1  -14.8    4.9 |     41.0 
        Other                                    |     -.8 |  -2.0   -4.1    3.1    1.6 |   -.9    1.2     .1     .4 |   2.1    1.4     .5     .2 |      1.0 
           Basic metals                          |    -5.7 |  -9.3   -6.7   -9.1    1.4 |  -2.0    2.2    -.2     .6 |   1.6    2.2    -.8    -.8 |     -3.2 
     Nondurable                                  |    -2.8 |  -1.7   -3.8   -3.2    2.1 |   1.1    -.2    -.4     .2 |   2.7    -.4     .7   -1.7 |     -1.2 
        Textile                                  |    -7.2 |    .0   -7.4  -12.9  -15.0 |   2.1     .7     .6    -.7 |   3.0    1.1    2.0     .0 |     -8.4 
        Paper                                    |    -2.6 |  -1.6    -.4   -6.2    7.5 |   -.4     .8   -1.5    1.3 |   1.3   -1.4   -1.5     .2 |      1.0 
        Chemical                                 |    -3.7 |  -3.1   -7.3   -2.7    3.4 |   1.1    -.2     .1     .1 |   3.5    -.8    1.8   -2.1 |     -1.3 
        Other                                    |     1.3 |    .4    2.5    3.8    3.1 |   2.1   -1.4   -1.1    -.4 |   2.4     .5    -.1   -3.3 |       .3 
     Energy                                      |     -.7 |   4.5    1.9   -8.1     .5 |    .0     .4     .9    -.9 |   -.6   -1.3   -2.8     .4 |     -1.2 
        Primary                                  |      .1 |    .3    3.0   -4.7   -1.9 |    .8   -1.4     .9    -.6 |   2.5   -3.4   -1.9     .0 |     -1.0 
        Converted fuel                           |    -2.2 |  12.8     .1  -13.8    4.9 |  -1.3    3.5    1.0   -1.3 |  -5.9    2.6   -4.3    1.0 |     -1.6 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     1.8 |   3.3    1.1     .7    1.4 |    .2     .7     .3     .2 |   1.2    1.2    -.8     .0 |      1.5 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     1.9 |   3.8     .6     .6    1.5 |    .1     .7     .4     .1 |   1.0    1.1    -.6    -.1 |      1.5 
     Computers                                   |      .9 |   1.7     .1    1.3     .6 |    .1     .6     .3     .1 |   1.7    1.3   -1.2     .0 |       .9 
     Computers and semiconductors      1         |     -.1 |   1.3   -1.2    -.3     .0 |    .1     .5     .2     .0 |   1.4     .7    -.6    -.1 |      -.3 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     -.6 |   2.5   -3.2   -3.4    1.4 |    .1     .3     .2    -.1 |   -.7     .6   -1.2    -.3 |     -1.1 
     Energy                                      |      .0 |   -.2   -5.9    3.7     .2 |    .5    -.3     .5     .4 |   2.6     .9    -.3    1.0 |      -.6 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     8.5 |  16.3    7.0    2.5    -.8 |    .3     .6     .8     .0 |   2.2     .2     .5    -.1 |      3.9 
     Computer and office equipment               |     4.2 |   9.3    4.2    2.7   -4.5 |    .1     .2     .6    -.2 |   3.6     .4    -.8    -.1 |      1.1 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     2.0 |   -.1    1.9    6.0    2.5 |    .2    1.0     .3     .8 |   3.4    2.7   -1.8     .2 |      3.8 
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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 May are preliminary.  Estimates from February to April are revised.