Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1998 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Feb. 99 
                                                 |    to   |  1999                      |  1999          2000        |  1999          2000        |      to
 Item                                            | 1999 Q4 |    Q1     Q2   Q3    Q4  r |  Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb. |  Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb. |   Feb. 00 
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  Total index                                    |     4.2 |   2.0    4.7    4.8    5.4 |    .3     .5    1.1     .3 |  -2.3    -.9    1.3    1.4 |       5.6 
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  Products, total                                |     2.4 |   1.5    2.7    2.4    3.1 |   -.4     .4    1.3     .1 |  -3.8   -1.4    2.1     .5 |       3.5 
     Final products                              |     2.6 |   1.0    3.1    3.2    3.0 |   -.3     .3    1.5     .0 |  -3.7   -1.3    2.9     .5 |       3.8 
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        Consumer goods                           |     2.1 |   4.0     .0    1.5    2.8 |   -.5     .5    1.2     .0 |  -4.7   -1.0    4.2    -.2 |       2.0 
           Durable                               |     6.8 |  11.8    8.1    3.2    4.4 |  -1.9     .8    2.4   -1.0 |  -7.7   -3.4    5.9    4.9 |       4.5 
              Automotive products                |     2.6 |  -1.4    8.9    4.7   -1.3 |  -1.1   -1.3    3.5   -1.7 | -10.6   -9.3   12.8    6.9 |       3.5 
                 Autos and trucks                |     1.9 |  -4.0   13.7    4.3   -5.4 |   -.5   -3.7    4.4   -3.0 | -13.5  -15.0   19.6    9.5 |       1.2 
                    Autos                        |    -6.1 | -26.7   -3.3   12.4   -2.7 |   3.2   -6.8    5.6    -.4 | -10.2  -17.0   19.4    9.3 |       4.8 
                    Trucks                       |     6.1 |   9.5   22.3    1.2   -6.5 |  -2.0   -2.2    3.8   -4.1 | -14.8  -14.1   19.7    9.7 |       -.2 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     3.6 |   2.8    1.6    5.1    5.1 |  -2.1    2.4    2.4     .2 |  -5.8    -.7    4.1    3.1 |       6.7 
              Other durable goods                |    10.5 |  24.4    7.4    2.0    9.5 |  -2.6    2.6    1.4    -.3 |  -5.2    1.5     .7    3.2 |       5.5 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    29.8 |  66.5    8.2    8.4   45.3 |  -4.0    3.2    1.4    -.7 |  -7.4   -4.7    4.1    4.7 |      13.1 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |     8.0 |  13.2   -1.6   -8.6   33.5 |   3.2    -.4    4.5   -2.5 |  -3.5   -7.5   15.2   10.0 |       4.5 
                    Home electronics             |    60.9 | 161.1   19.2   34.3   60.2 | -11.7    7.6   -2.1    1.3 | -11.1   -2.0   -6.4   -1.5 |      24.0 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     3.0 |  11.7   -1.5    9.1   -6.2 |  -5.9    4.0    3.6   -1.1 | -11.4   -2.0    6.3    4.1 |       1.8 
                 Miscellaneous                   |     4.5 |  10.8   12.2   -5.1     .9 |    .2    1.4     .2     .4 |    .1    7.6   -3.9    1.8 |       3.3 
           Nondurable                            |      .8 |   1.9   -2.2    1.0    2.4 |   -.2     .4     .9     .2 |  -3.8    -.3    3.7   -1.7 |       1.3 
              Nonenergy                          |      .7 |    .6   -3.5    -.1    6.0 |    .8    -.2     .6     .1 |  -4.8   -3.5    2.0     .0 |        .6 
                 Foods and tobacco               |     -.6 |   3.4   -4.0   -4.3    2.8 |    .5     .1     .5    -.1 |  -5.6   -6.1    4.7    -.2 |      -1.5 
                 Clothing                        |    -2.0 |   -.3   -3.9   -4.4     .6 |   1.4   -1.2    1.6    -.6 |  -2.9   -4.7   -1.5    4.4 |      -1.7 
                 Chemical products               |     3.9 |   3.0   -5.0    4.2   14.5 |   2.4     .3     .2     .6 |  -6.2     .6    -.3   -1.6 |       3.8 
                 Paper products                  |     1.2 | -12.2    1.2   11.3    6.1 |  -1.2   -1.8    1.2     .2 |    .0    -.9   -1.1     .6 |       4.1 
              Energy products                    |     1.5 |  12.4    8.2    9.1  -20.1 |  -6.8    5.4    2.8    1.3 |   4.2   24.7   14.0  -10.3 |       6.5 
                 Fuels                           |     2.0 |  10.8   -4.6     .9    1.3 |  -2.0    1.4    -.7    3.3 |    .3    1.1   -6.6    1.6 |       1.1 
                 Utilities                       |      .9 |  13.1   13.9   12.9  -28.8 |  -9.2    7.5    4.6     .4 |   6.7   38.3   22.8  -14.1 |       8.8 
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        Equipment, total                         |     3.4 |  -3.2    7.8    5.9    3.4 |    .1    -.1    2.0     .1 |  -2.3   -1.7    1.0    1.7 |       6.5 
           Business equipment                    |     4.6 |  -1.6   10.0    6.8    3.4 |    .1    -.1    2.6     .1 |  -2.6   -1.9    1.6    1.8 |       8.0 
              Information processing & related   |    21.5 |  10.3   34.9   27.5   14.9 |    .4    1.3    3.2    1.2 |  -1.1     .4    -.8     .6 |      25.7 
                 Computer and office             |    50.6 |  44.9   67.8   51.3   40.0 |   2.1    1.6    3.1    2.5 |    .7   -2.2   -1.9    -.9 |      48.1 
              Industrial                         |    -2.9 |  -8.0   -3.0   -2.0    1.5 |   -.2     .2    2.7    -.2 |  -2.4   -1.1    2.8    2.0 |       1.8 
              Transit                            |   -12.3 | -15.8   -6.8   -7.1  -19.0 |   -.9   -3.7    2.3   -2.2 |  -6.8   -8.4    7.0    3.9 |     -11.1 
                 Autos and trucks                |    -1.1 | -10.5    5.6    4.6   -3.1 |    .5   -4.7    6.1   -1.9 | -12.9  -15.1   20.8    9.1 |       3.3 
              Other                              |    -8.4 |   1.4  -14.1  -24.0    6.5 |   1.9    -.5   -1.0    -.4 |  -2.1   -3.8     .2    4.0 |     -10.6 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -3.6 |  -2.2   -2.1   -3.4   -6.7 |  -1.0    -.7   -2.5    -.6 |   -.2     .3   -4.2    -.1 |      -6.9 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     6.2 | -41.2   -1.3   35.3   61.8 |   4.9    2.5     .9    1.8 |   4.5    2.3     .0     .5 |      31.1 
           Manufactured homes                    |   -18.0 |   -.7  -19.1  -27.7  -22.0 |  -2.3    -.7     .1   -3.0 | -14.3  -18.5   10.7    8.4 |     -20.6 
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     Intermediate products                       |     2.0 |   3.2    1.6     .0    3.2 |   -.7     .7     .6     .2 |  -4.2   -1.8    -.2     .2 |       2.4 
        Construction supplies                    |     3.2 |   5.5    -.7    3.5    4.5 |   -.8     .5    1.1     .6 |  -4.6   -4.2     .2    3.3 |       3.7 
        Business supplies                        |     1.2 |   1.6    3.3   -2.3    2.2 |   -.6     .9     .2    -.1 |  -3.9     .0    -.5   -1.9 |       1.4 
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  Materials                                      |     7.2 |   2.8    7.8    8.8    9.4 |   1.3     .8     .7     .6 |    .2     .0     .0    3.0 |       9.2 
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     Durable                                     |     9.9 |   4.3   10.7   12.8   11.9 |   1.6    1.4    1.1     .8 |    .4     .0   -1.4    4.2 |      13.0 
        Consumer parts                           |     5.3 |   3.4    2.6    9.6    5.6 |    .7     .0     .4    1.0 |  -4.7   -9.4    9.0    7.9 |       5.7 
        Equipment parts                          |    21.4 |   9.0   27.7   27.1   22.8 |   2.5    3.1    2.0    1.8 |   4.5    5.8   -6.0    4.4 |      27.6 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit        |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    53.2 |  18.4   71.7   62.0   67.0 |   7.1    6.5    4.3    3.6 |  11.8   13.1  -12.0   10.9 |      71.4 
        Other                                    |     2.1 |    .6    -.1    2.5    5.7 |   1.3     .5     .6    -.1 |   -.8   -1.1   -1.0    2.4 |       3.9 
           Basic metals                          |     5.1 |  -2.0    8.1    6.2    8.2 |   1.7     .6    -.1    -.1 |   1.0    -.9     .5    3.2 |       7.9 
     Nondurable                                  |     5.9 |   1.8    5.4    3.4   13.6 |   1.4    -.7    -.8    1.2 |  -1.1   -3.3    2.0    3.5 |       5.7 
        Textile                                  |      .4 |  -9.1    9.6   -2.7    5.1 |   1.0   -2.3   -1.6     .4 |  -2.5   -9.3    4.3    2.9 |       -.5 
        Paper                                    |     4.0 |   6.5    1.7    2.0    6.0 |    .6    -.6    -.7     .9 |   -.6   -2.0    3.0    2.7 |       2.7 
        Chemical                                 |    10.5 |   3.3   11.1    6.8   21.3 |   2.6   -1.5    -.6    1.9 |   1.5   -2.8    1.1    4.5 |      10.6 
        Other                                    |     1.6 |   -.2   -3.4     .8    9.7 |    .0    1.7   -1.0     .5 |  -5.8   -2.9    2.1    2.2 |       1.6 
     Energy                                      |     -.6 |  -1.3     .2    1.3   -2.7 |    .1     .4    1.1    -.7 |   1.3    3.3    2.6   -1.4 |        .6 
        Primary                                  |     -.7 |  -4.5   -3.6    7.6   -1.7 |   1.3    -.3     .7   -1.5 |   2.4    2.1    1.8     .1 |       -.1 
        Converted fuel                           |     -.7 |   5.0    7.4   -9.6   -4.6 |  -2.3    1.7    1.8    1.1 |  -1.1    6.0    4.3   -4.4 |       2.0 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     4.4 |   2.3    4.5    4.8    5.8 |    .3     .7     .9     .4 |  -1.9    -.4     .8    1.2 |       5.7 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     4.2 |   2.3    4.4    4.7    5.5 |    .3     .7    1.0     .3 |  -1.8    -.1     .5    1.0 |       5.6 
     Computers                                   |     3.0 |    .7    3.3    3.7    4.5 |    .2     .5    1.0     .2 |  -2.4    -.8    1.4    1.5 |       4.5 
     Computers and semiconductors        1       |     1.5 |    .1    1.0    1.9    2.7 |    .0     .3     .9     .0 |  -2.9   -1.4    2.1    1.2 |       2.5 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     2.1 |   4.5    -.8    1.3    3.3 |   -.5     .8    1.0     .2 |  -4.1    -.1    3.4    -.8 |       2.1 
     Energy                                      |     2.1 |   3.2    -.8     .7    5.6 |    .1     .0    1.0    -.2 |  -5.5   -3.5    2.9    1.2 |       1.6 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     5.1 |   -.7   10.4    7.0    4.1 |    .1     .4    2.2     .3 |  -1.5    -.7     .1    1.1 |       8.4 
     Computer and office equipment               |     -.9 |  -6.6    3.2    1.3   -1.4 |   -.2    -.4    2.5    -.3 |  -3.2   -1.9    2.2    2.3 |       2.8 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     8.9 |   3.7    9.5   10.5   12.3 |   1.6     .9     .6     .9 |    .0    -.8    -.5    4.0 |      11.2 
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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 February are preliminary.  Estimates from November to January are revised.