Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                | 1997 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   June 98 
                                                |    to   |  1998          1999        |  1999                      |  1999                      |      to
 Item                                           | 1998 Q4 |    Q3     Q4  Q1     Q2    |  Mar.   Apr.    May   June |  Mar.   Apr.    May   June |   June 99 
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  Total index                                   |     1.9 |    .9    2.2    1.3    3.9 |    .7     .3     .2     .2 |   1.3   -1.0     .0    3.6 |       2.7 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
  Manufacturing                                 |     2.5 |    .4    4.9    1.5    4.1 |    .4     .4     .3     .1 |   1.5    -.4     .2    3.5 |       3.6 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     -.3 |  -2.8    1.2    3.8    -.1 |    .1    -.1     .0    -.1 |    .4     .7    -.5    2.0 |       1.2 
     Advanced processing                        |     3.9 |   1.9    6.6     .5    6.1 |    .5     .6     .4     .2 |   1.9    -.9     .5    4.2 |       4.8 
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     Durable                                    |     5.3 |   4.7    8.6    2.1    7.7 |    .9     .6     .6     .4 |   2.5   -1.5     .5    3.5 |       7.1 
        Lumber and products   24                |     4.2 |   4.4    5.4    8.2   -4.3 |  -1.1    -.3     .5   -1.2 |    .3     .8    -.7    3.5 |       2.4 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     3.4 |  -1.2    9.6    2.4    -.3 |   1.3   -2.0    1.0    -.3 |   -.7    -.5     .2    3.3 |       2.0 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     5.0 |   7.8   12.7    6.7   -6.6 |   -.8   -1.4     .5     .6 |   1.0    1.6    1.2    3.7 |       5.9 
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        Primary metals   33                     |    -7.1 |  -9.2   -9.7    3.8    7.2 |   2.9     .1     .4     .2 |   3.2    -.6   -1.2     .4 |        .6 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |   -11.7 | -16.0  -18.2    9.5   14.1 |   4.0    1.3     .8     .3 |   3.5    1.4   -1.5     .6 |        .1 
              Raw steel                         |   -12.9 |  -9.7  -37.7   14.0   20.4 |   2.3    1.3    2.6     .3 |   2.1    -.2     .7    -.1 |      -1.9 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |    -1.7 |   -.6     .5   -2.0     .1 |   1.8   -1.3     .0     .1 |   2.8   -2.7    -.9     .1 |       1.2 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |      .6 |  -4.2    3.2   -1.5     .1 |    .6     .2    -.5     .1 |    .9    -.5     .4    2.7 |       -.6 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    12.9 |  10.1    7.4    5.6   10.6 |   1.7     .8     .3     .5 |   1.9     .7     .1    2.7 |       7.3 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    53.0 |  37.6   45.9   34.1   52.4 |   4.9    3.7    3.5    2.8 |   1.9    8.3    3.6    9.7 |      42.5 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    11.4 |  14.7   17.7    7.4   24.7 |   1.3    3.0    1.9    1.2 |   6.6   -5.2    2.0    9.8 |      16.5 
          Semiconductors and related            |         |                            |                            |                            |
              electronic components   3672-9    |    25.7 |  37.6   51.7   16.4   40.8 |   2.8    3.6    3.3    2.8 |  15.5  -13.1    4.4   19.1 |      37.0 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |     3.1 |   3.7   17.3   -6.1    1.3 |   -.1    -.4     .2     .6 |   2.1   -3.7     .3     .4 |      10.4 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |      .7 |   5.7   37.3   -2.9   11.6 |    .9     .1    1.3    1.6 |   4.0   -5.4    2.0     .6 |      27.0 
              Autos and light trucks            |     2.6 |  -8.7   67.9   -4.2   14.4 |   -.8    1.8    2.0    2.8 |   2.2   -6.9    5.3   -1.3 |      32.1 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |     6.6 |   2.0   -3.0  -10.0  -10.9 |  -1.3   -1.0   -1.4    -.7 |   -.6   -1.3   -2.0    -.1 |      -6.6 
        Instruments   38                        |     1.9 |    .8    3.4     .1    8.7 |    .7     .9    1.3     .0 |    .8     .6     .7    3.8 |       4.3 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |    -3.4 |  -5.0   -8.4    2.2    9.4 |    .8    1.3    1.0   -1.4 |   2.1    1.0     .4    -.3 |       -.7 
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     Nondurable                                 |     -.9 |  -4.7     .3     .7    -.3 |   -.2     .1    -.2    -.2 |    .1    1.1    -.3    3.5 |       -.7 
        Foods   20                              |     1.8 |  -6.5    8.8    5.2   -3.0 |   -.8    -.1    -.6     .4 |    .1     .9     .8    4.8 |       1.8 
        Tobacco products   21                   |    -8.7 | -10.3  -18.1  -12.8   -2.4 |   -.1   -1.1    1.2   -1.1 |   2.5  -11.6   -1.4   16.9 |      -8.0 
        Textile mill products   22              |    -2.9 |  -4.0   -6.5   -1.9    2.0 |  -1.4    1.3     .2   -1.0 |   -.1    5.5   -1.1    1.6 |      -2.2 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -6.1 |  -5.5  -12.0   -9.7   -1.8 |   -.3     .9   -1.0    -.8 |    .1     .1     .9    1.3 |      -8.0 
        Paper and products   26                 |    -1.2 |    .2   -2.4    7.2   -6.7 |    .1   -1.8    -.5     .8 |  -1.4   -1.1   -2.9    3.3 |       -.1 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |    -1.8 |  -2.1    -.3   -4.5    1.5 |   -.1     .5     .1    -.3 |   -.6    4.0   -1.7    2.6 |      -1.6 
        Chemicals and products   28             |    -2.3 |  -8.3   -1.6     .2    3.3 |    .6     .1    -.1    -.6 |   1.0     .8     .0    3.4 |      -1.5 
        Petroleum products   29                 |     1.5 |   2.8   -2.9   13.1   -6.3 |  -2.8     .8     .6   -2.2 |  -1.7    6.2    3.9     .4 |        .4 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.4 |  -1.2    7.1    1.6    3.4 |    .2     .7     .0     .0 |    .4     .2    -.1    1.8 |       3.1 
        Leather and products   31               |    -7.4 |  -6.7   -4.6  -13.9   -4.2 |    .2     .1    -.7   -2.1 |   1.6     .5    -.3    -.4 |      -7.7 
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  Mining                                        |    -4.9 |  -6.1  -10.8   -7.4    -.2 |    .1    -.6     .4     .4 |    .1    1.2    1.3    2.0 |      -5.4 
     Metal mining   10                          |    -1.2 |  -2.7   14.9  -11.4   -5.5 |  -4.0    1.9     .5   -1.3 |  -3.2     .9    2.0    2.5 |      -2.5 
     Coal mining   12                           |     3.0 |  19.5   -5.2  -15.4   -1.0 |  -5.2    3.3    -.6     .4 |  -6.4   -1.2   -2.7    3.5 |      -3.5 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |    -8.5 | -12.0  -17.7   -7.6     .4 |   1.7   -1.6     .4     .6 |    .4   -1.0    -.2     .6 |      -7.6 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |     3.5 |  -3.6    7.2    7.9     .8 |   1.1   -1.8    1.6     .2 |  12.9   17.9   13.3    6.6 |       2.7 
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  Utilities                                     |    -1.1 |  14.7  -20.5    4.8    3.0 |   4.9    -.4   -1.7     .4 |   -.4  -11.3   -3.1    7.2 |      -3.4 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |     1.4 |  10.0  -14.1   -1.1    2.6 |   4.2    -.5   -1.5     .2 |    .0   -6.9    2.5   11.6 |      -3.5 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |   -13.4 |  42.2  -47.7   43.6    5.1 |   8.5     .5   -2.6     .9 |  -1.8  -26.9  -28.7  -21.5 |      -2.5 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors      1                      |    26.7 |  28.7   32.2   17.2   43.2 |   3.1    3.7    3.5    2.4 |   8.0   -3.1    3.5   12.1 |      30.7 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     2.6 |    .1    3.1    1.8    3.7 |    .4     .4     .2     .0 |   1.3     .0     .0    3.7 |       2.4 
     Computer and office equipment              |     1.4 |   -.5    3.9     .7    2.8 |    .3     .3     .2     .0 |   1.4    -.7     .1    3.3 |       2.6 
     Computers and semiconductors      1        |      .3 |  -2.0    2.2     .0    1.2 |    .1     .1     .0    -.1 |    .8     .0    -.2    2.5 |       1.2 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors      1                      |      .2 |  -2.3    2.4    -.1     .4 |    .1     .0    -.1    -.1 |    .8    -.1    -.2    2.5 |       1.0 
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 <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Notes:  Estimates for June are preliminary.  Estimates from March to May are revised.
         Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.