Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                | 1998 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Jan. 99 
                                                |    to   |  1999                      |  1999                 2000 |  1999                 2000 |      to
 Item                                           | 1999 Q4 |    Q1     Q2   Q3    Q4  r |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |   Jan. 00 
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  Total index                                   |     4.2 |   2.0    4.7    4.8    5.4 |    .7     .3     .4    1.0 |   -.2   -2.2   -1.0    1.2 |       5.5 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
  Manufacturing                                 |     4.7 |   2.5    4.9    4.7    6.7 |    .9     .5     .2     .9 |    .3   -2.7   -2.2     .5 |       5.8 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     3.4 |   3.6     .9    3.1    6.2 |    .9     .7    -.1     .4 |   1.6   -1.5   -2.5     .4 |       3.1 
     Advanced processing                        |     5.2 |   2.0    6.6    5.4    6.9 |    .9     .4     .4    1.1 |   -.3   -3.3   -2.0     .5 |       6.9 
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     Durable                                    |     6.9 |   3.1    9.3    8.7    6.6 |    .8     .4     .4    1.3 |    .5   -2.0   -1.5     .1 |       8.5 
        Lumber and products   24                |     -.1 |   5.1    1.0   -6.6     .3 |    .7    -.5    1.1     .6 |   1.9   -5.2   -4.9    2.3 |       -.5 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     2.3 |   2.0    -.5    8.2    -.1 |   -.7    -.6     .4     .6 |  -2.6   -3.7   -1.4   -2.1 |       3.9 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     1.4 |   6.1  -10.8    4.3    7.1 |   1.3    1.4   -1.1    -.1 |   1.9   -1.7   -5.9   -1.1 |      -1.3 
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        Primary metals   33                     |     7.3 |   1.6    9.2   12.0    6.7 |    .5    1.8     .6    -.3 |    .7     .2   -2.3    2.1 |       7.1 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |    12.0 |   7.0   16.1   18.3    7.1 |   -.8    4.6     .2    -.8 |    .2     .6   -2.0    2.3 |      10.0 
              Raw steel                         |    17.7 |  10.0   12.4   10.0   41.3 |   8.4    1.8     .1    -.6 |   7.0    1.0   -1.0    3.0 |      15.6 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |     2.2 |  -4.1    1.6    5.1    6.2 |   2.0   -1.4    1.1     .1 |   1.3    -.2   -2.6    1.9 |       3.7 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |      .2 |   -.6   -2.5    2.1    1.7 |    .3     .4    -.2     .9 |    .7   -1.1    -.2   -3.2 |        .9 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    11.3 |  10.8   12.5    8.0   13.8 |   1.2     .6     .7    1.4 |   1.2   -1.8    -.7     .5 |      12.6 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    51.2 |  59.1   59.0   47.0   40.6 |   2.5    2.2    1.9    3.1 |   3.5    1.1   -2.0   -2.3 |      48.0 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    22.5 |   9.4   32.2   31.1   18.6 |   2.6     .8    2.5    3.4 |  -3.7    1.9    4.2   -5.4 |      27.3 
          Semiconductors and related            |         |                            |                            |                            |
              electronic components   3672-9    |    44.0 |  15.6   61.2   53.0   51.0 |   4.0    5.2    4.7    3.9 | -10.2    9.5   10.5  -11.8 |      54.1 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |    -3.3 |  -7.7    -.2     .6   -5.6 |   -.6    -.6   -1.6    1.6 |   4.1   -6.7   -8.5    9.6 |       -.8 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |     4.1 |  -3.4    8.9    7.4    4.2 |    .1     .1   -1.7    3.5 |   8.2  -10.1  -13.7   19.1 |       8.2 
              Autos and light trucks            |      .6 |  -8.3   10.8    5.8   -4.8 |   1.0     .2   -4.1    4.4 |  10.0  -12.9  -15.3   19.4 |       3.4 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |   -12.9 | -13.0  -11.5   -8.3  -18.4 |  -1.7   -1.6   -1.4   -1.2 |  -2.0    -.9    -.6   -2.9 |     -12.7 
        Instruments   38                        |     4.7 |   -.5   10.9    3.8    5.1 |   1.0     .4     .5    -.1 |   -.4   -1.8     .4   -1.6 |       5.3 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |     4.4 |   5.1   10.2    1.4    1.0 |   -.1     .0    1.1    -.1 |   2.1    -.6    -.5   -4.4 |       4.7 
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     Nondurable                                 |     1.8 |   1.8    -.8    -.4    6.9 |   1.0     .6    -.1     .3 |   -.1   -3.7   -3.0    1.0 |       2.3 
        Foods   20                              |     -.2 |   3.2   -2.5   -4.6    3.5 |    .5     .0    -.2     .7 |  -1.0   -5.0   -3.3     .0 |       -.3 
        Tobacco products   21                   |    -2.7 |   2.3   -7.2   -3.2   -2.3 |   1.1    1.4    2.2   -3.0 |   5.3   -8.8  -20.4   27.8 |      -2.6 
        Textile mill products   22              |     4.8 |  11.2    5.6    1.9     .8 |   1.7    -.8    -.8     .7 |   3.7   -8.0   -9.5    6.1 |       3.4 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -4.9 |  -6.9   -2.9   -8.9    -.8 |    .1     .2    -.1     .4 |   -.4   -1.4   -1.3   -2.9 |      -3.1 
        Paper and products   26                 |     2.7 |   4.8   -2.5    3.1    5.7 |    .7     .1   -1.1    1.1 |   2.4   -3.0   -2.8    5.3 |       1.9 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |      .8 |  -4.0    -.6   -1.0    9.0 |   1.3    -.1    -.1     .3 |    .1   -3.6   -2.1   -2.8 |       1.8 
        Chemicals and products   28             |     5.6 |   2.9    1.4    2.2   16.6 |   2.1    2.3    -.3     .3 |  -1.6   -3.2   -1.0    1.3 |       7.1 
        Petroleum products   29                 |     -.2 |   8.4   -7.7    1.9   -2.8 |   -.1   -1.3     .7   -1.1 |  -2.2   -1.0   -1.6   -7.6 |      -4.0 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.5 |   2.7    3.2    4.9    3.2 |   -.3     .1     .8    1.1 |   1.3    -.4    -.3    -.5 |       4.6 
        Leather and products   31               |    -9.9 | -14.6   -3.4   -7.4  -13.9 |  -1.8   -1.3   -2.8    2.0 |  -1.6   -2.2   -2.9   -2.1 |      -7.2 
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  Mining                                        |     -.9 | -10.5   -2.2    4.8    5.2 |    .9     .4     .0    1.0 |    .4   -1.0   -1.5     .6 |       2.7 
     Metal mining   10                          |    -9.7 | -22.3   -4.1  -23.0   16.1 |   3.1    4.1     .8    -.1 |   1.2    4.2     .9   -5.1 |      -4.0 
     Coal mining   12                           |    -1.2 | -13.7    -.1   12.7   -2.1 |   -.6    1.1    -.5   -3.1 |   -.5   -1.4   -3.4    -.9 |      -1.4 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |      .2 | -11.7     .0    6.7    7.1 |   1.1     .5     .4    2.2 |    .9     .9     .9    1.5 |       6.3 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |    -2.2 |   8.1  -13.9     .0   -1.7 |    .6   -3.4   -2.3    -.3 |  -1.7  -12.7  -14.7     .0 |      -8.1 
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  Utilities                                     |     2.0 |   5.9    7.0    6.6  -10.6 |  -2.2   -2.0    4.2    1.8 |  -7.6    4.4   17.5   10.4 |       4.5 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |     1.0 |    .3    8.1    6.6  -10.0 |  -2.5    -.9    3.9    1.4 | -11.1   -2.0   11.6    7.4 |       5.3 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |     7.4 |  42.1    1.7    6.5  -13.4 |   -.5   -7.8    5.7    3.9 |  27.5   48.5   44.3   21.2 |        .4 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |    37.4 |  23.7   51.7   44.9   31.0 |   2.5    2.4    3.0    4.0 |  -2.9    4.2    4.5   -6.0 |      42.4 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     4.7 |   2.9    4.6    4.5    6.9 |   1.0     .5     .3     .7 |   -.3   -2.2   -1.4    -.6 |       5.6 
     Computer and office equipment              |     3.3 |   1.1    3.3    3.4    5.6 |    .9     .4     .1     .8 |    .1   -2.9   -2.2     .6 |       4.5 
     Computers and semiconductors        1      |     1.6 |    .4     .8    1.4    3.9 |    .7     .2    -.1     .7 |    .7   -3.4   -2.8    1.3 |       2.4 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |     1.2 |    .3     .0     .6    4.1 |    .7     .3    -.1     .5 |    .7   -3.5   -3.0    1.4 |       1.9 
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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.