Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY 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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  Manufacturing                                 |     4.8 |   2.5    4.9    4.7    7.1 |    .5     .4    1.0     .3 |  -2.7   -2.0     .6    2.2 |       5.9 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     3.5 |   3.6     .9    3.1    6.5 |    .7     .1     .4     .3 |  -1.5   -2.3     .3    2.5 |       3.8 
     Advanced processing                        |     5.3 |   2.0    6.6    5.4    7.4 |    .5     .5    1.2     .3 |  -3.2   -1.8     .7    2.1 |       6.7 
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     Durable                                    |     7.0 |   3.1    9.3    8.7    7.1 |    .5     .6    1.6     .4 |  -1.9   -1.4     .4    3.3 |       9.1 
        Lumber and products   24                |     -.1 |   5.1    1.0   -6.6     .4 |   -.6    1.3     .9    -.4 |  -5.2   -4.6    2.6    3.0 |       -.2 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     2.1 |   2.0    -.5    8.2   -1.0 |  -1.4    1.4    -.9     .6 |  -4.5    -.5   -3.6    4.9 |       1.6 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     1.2 |   6.1  -10.8    4.3    6.1 |    .9    -.8    -.2     .3 |  -2.2   -5.6   -1.2    1.2 |       -.6 
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        Primary metals   33                     |     7.4 |   1.6    9.2   12.0    7.1 |   1.7    1.1     .1     .3 |    .1   -1.8    2.5    3.7 |      10.8 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |    12.3 |   7.0   16.1   18.3    8.3 |   4.7     .9    -.4     .8 |    .7   -1.3    2.6    5.1 |      15.5 
              Raw steel                         |    17.7 |  10.0   12.4   10.0   41.3 |   1.8     .1    -.8    1.2 |   1.0   -1.0    2.7    5.0 |      16.7 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |     2.0 |  -4.1    1.6    5.1    5.7 |  -1.8    1.4     .6    -.2 |   -.6   -2.3    2.4    1.9 |       5.6 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |      .2 |   -.6   -2.5    2.1    1.8 |    .7    -.6    1.2     .1 |   -.8    -.6   -2.8    1.9 |       1.7 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    11.3 |  10.8   12.5    8.0   13.9 |    .6     .9    2.5     .6 |  -1.9    -.5    1.6    1.7 |      12.4 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    51.2 |  59.1   59.0   47.0   40.6 |   2.2    1.9    3.1    2.5 |   1.1   -2.0   -2.3   -1.7 |      45.2 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    23.1 |   9.4   32.2   31.1   21.1 |   1.3    3.0    3.9    1.7 |   2.4    4.8   -4.5    5.7 |      31.1 
          Semiconductors and related            |         |                            |                            |                            |
              electronic components   3672-9    |    45.4 |  15.6   61.2   53.0   56.7 |   6.1    5.7    3.9    3.7 |  10.4   11.5  -10.8   10.0 |      61.7 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |    -3.2 |  -7.7    -.2     .6   -5.2 |   -.4   -1.6    1.4    -.8 |  -6.5   -8.5    9.3    5.0 |      -2.1 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |     4.0 |  -3.4    8.9    7.4    3.7 |    .1   -2.0    2.8    -.7 | -10.1  -13.9   18.2    8.4 |       5.4 
              Autos and light trucks            |      .6 |  -8.3   10.8    5.8   -4.9 |    .2   -4.2    4.6   -2.5 | -12.9  -15.4   19.5    9.5 |       1.9 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |   -12.5 | -13.0  -11.5   -8.3  -17.0 |  -1.1   -1.1    -.6   -1.0 |   -.4    -.3   -2.3    -.3 |     -12.2 
        Instruments   38                        |     4.9 |   -.5   10.9    3.8    5.7 |    .5     .7   -1.2     .4 |  -1.7     .5   -2.8    1.4 |       5.1 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |     4.3 |   5.1   10.2    1.4    1.0 |    .0    1.1     .5   -1.1 |   -.6    -.5   -3.9     .8 |       3.2 
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     Nondurable                                 |     1.9 |   1.8    -.8    -.4    7.2 |    .6     .1     .2     .2 |  -3.7   -2.8     .9     .8 |       1.7 
        Foods   20                              |     -.1 |   3.2   -2.5   -4.6    3.9 |    .1    -.2     .0     .5 |  -4.9   -3.3    -.4    -.8 |       -.7 
        Tobacco products   21                   |    -2.8 |   2.3   -7.2   -3.2   -2.9 |   1.4    1.8    2.1   -2.2 |  -8.8  -20.8   34.6    3.5 |      -4.7 
        Textile mill products   22              |     4.6 |  11.2    5.6    1.9     .2 |  -1.2    -.5    2.0    -.8 |  -8.3   -9.3    7.4    4.1 |       1.4 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -5.0 |  -6.9   -2.9   -8.9   -1.0 |    .0     .1     .6     .2 |  -1.5   -1.2   -2.7    2.3 |      -2.5 
        Paper and products   26                 |     3.0 |   4.8   -2.5    3.1    6.8 |    .1    -.3     .1     .8 |  -3.0   -2.0    4.4    2.5 |       2.4 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |      .6 |  -4.0    -.6   -1.0    8.3 |   -.3    -.1    -.1    -.2 |  -3.8   -2.2   -3.1    -.1 |        .9 
        Chemicals and products   28             |     5.7 |   2.9    1.4    2.2   17.0 |   2.4    -.3    -.2     .9 |  -3.1    -.9     .8     .9 |       5.7 
        Petroleum products   29                 |      .0 |   8.4   -7.7    1.9   -1.8 |  -1.5    2.0    -.7    1.0 |  -1.2    -.3   -7.3     .5 |      -1.4 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.8 |   2.7    3.2    4.9    4.6 |    .3    1.5     .8    -.5 |   -.3     .4    -.7    1.3 |       4.6 
        Leather and products   31               |    -9.9 | -14.6   -3.4   -7.4  -13.8 |   -.8   -3.7    4.5   -2.6 |  -1.8   -3.8     .4    -.7 |      -7.2 
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  Mining                                        |     -.8 | -10.5   -2.2    4.8    5.7 |    .5     .2     .6    -.7 |   -.9   -1.3     .2    1.4 |       2.4 
     Metal mining   10                          |   -11.7 | -22.3   -4.1  -23.0    5.8 |    .3    1.4     .0   -2.4 |    .2    1.6   -5.1    1.9 |      -7.7 
     Coal mining   12                           |    -1.2 | -13.7    -.1   12.7   -2.1 |   1.1    -.5   -3.0   -4.2 |  -1.4   -3.4    -.8    2.3 |      -6.5 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |      .3 | -11.7     .0    6.7    7.4 |    .6     .5    1.6    -.8 |   1.0    1.0     .9    -.2 |       5.7 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |     -.4 |   8.1  -13.9     .0    5.6 |  -1.0   -1.9    -.8    5.1 | -10.5  -14.5    -.6   11.6 |        .7 
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  Utilities                                     |      .4 |   5.9    7.0    6.6  -15.8 |  -3.7    3.1    2.7     .7 |   2.2   16.7   11.6   -7.9 |       4.9 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |      .0 |    .3    8.1    6.6  -13.4 |   -.9    1.0    1.8     .5 |  -2.0    8.5    7.8   -6.2 |       4.1 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |     2.7 |  42.1    1.7    6.5  -27.8 | -18.3   16.3    7.0    1.6 |  31.3   59.2   25.0  -13.2 |       8.9 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |    37.9 |  23.7   51.7   44.9   32.9 |   2.8    3.3    4.7    2.6 |   4.6    4.9   -4.9    3.7 |      45.7 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     4.8 |   2.9    4.6    4.5    7.4 |    .6     .6     .9     .4 |  -2.1   -1.2    -.4    1.8 |       5.9 
     Computer and office equipment              |     3.5 |   1.1    3.3    3.4    6.1 |    .5     .3     .9     .2 |  -2.8   -2.0     .7    2.4 |       4.6 
     Computers and semiconductors        1      |     1.7 |    .4     .8    1.4    4.1 |    .2     .1     .7     .0 |  -3.4   -2.7    1.4    2.0 |       2.3 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |     1.3 |    .3     .0     .6    4.4 |    .3     .0     .5     .0 |  -3.5   -2.9    1.4    2.0 |       1.7 
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 <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Notes:  Estimates for February are preliminary.  Estimates from November to January are revised.
         Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.