Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1998 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Mar. 99 
                                                 |    to   |  1999                 2000 |  1999   2000               |  1999   2000               |      to
 Item                                            | 1999 Q4 |    Q2     Q3  Q4  r  Q1    |  Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar. |  Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar. |   Mar. 00 
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  Total index                                    |     4.2 |   4.7    4.8    5.3    6.4 |    .5    1.0     .1     .3 |   -.9    1.1    1.4    1.0 |       5.1 
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  Products, total                                |     2.5 |   2.7    2.4    3.1    5.8 |    .4    1.2     .1     .1 |  -1.4    2.0     .7     .1 |       3.4 
     Final products                              |     2.6 |   3.1    3.2    3.2    6.1 |    .4    1.2     .1     .2 |  -1.2    2.6     .8     .3 |       3.8 
                                                 |         |                            |                            |                            |
        Consumer goods                           |     2.0 |    .0    1.5    2.7    4.0 |    .4     .9     .0    -.2 |  -1.1    3.9     .1    -.1 |       2.0 
           Durable                               |     6.8 |   8.1    3.2    4.4    6.3 |    .8    2.1    -.9     .4 |  -3.4    5.7    4.9    3.0 |       5.5 
              Automotive products                |     2.7 |   8.9    4.7   -1.2    3.7 |  -1.2    3.3   -2.1     .7 |  -9.3   12.6    6.5    3.6 |       5.1 
                 Autos and trucks                |     1.9 |  13.7    4.3   -5.4     .0 |  -3.7    4.2   -2.8    1.2 | -15.0   19.5    9.8    3.8 |       3.7 
                    Autos                        |    -6.1 |  -3.3   12.4   -2.7    3.6 |  -6.8    5.6    -.4   -1.8 | -17.0   19.4    9.3    2.2 |       1.6 
                    Trucks                       |     6.1 |  22.3    1.2   -6.5   -1.6 |  -2.2    3.7   -3.9    2.5 | -14.1   19.5   10.0    4.4 |       4.7 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     3.7 |   1.6    5.1    5.3    9.4 |   2.4    2.0   -1.0     .0 |   -.7    3.8    1.6    3.3 |       7.1 
              Other durable goods                |    10.5 |   7.4    2.0    9.5    8.6 |   2.6    1.1     .1     .1 |   1.6     .5    3.6    2.5 |       5.8 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    29.6 |   8.2    8.4   44.3    9.0 |   2.7    1.0     .5    1.5 |  -5.3    3.9    5.7   -1.6 |      16.0 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |     8.0 |  -1.6   -8.6   33.5   27.9 |   -.4    5.4    -.7    1.9 |  -7.5   16.2   11.7    1.5 |      14.2 
                    Home electronics             |    60.3 |  19.2   34.3   57.9  -10.1 |   6.4   -4.1    2.0    1.0 |  -3.1   -8.0   -1.7   -5.8 |      18.5 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     3.2 |  -1.5    9.1   -5.3   17.8 |   4.7    3.5    -.6     .2 |  -1.3    6.2    4.6   -1.0 |       5.9 
                 Miscellaneous                   |     4.5 |  12.2   -5.1     .9    3.5 |   1.5    -.1     .3    -.8 |   7.6   -4.3    1.7    7.2 |        .2 
           Nondurable                            |      .7 |  -2.2    1.0    2.3    3.4 |    .3     .6     .3    -.4 |   -.4    3.5   -1.2   -1.0 |       1.0 
              Nonenergy                          |      .7 |  -3.5    -.1    5.9    1.5 |   -.3     .3     .1    -.2 |  -3.6    1.7     .4     .2 |       1.1 
                 Foods and tobacco               |     -.6 |  -4.0   -4.3    2.8    1.5 |    .0     .3     .3    -.7 |  -6.2    4.5     .2     .4 |      -1.1 
                 Clothing                        |    -2.2 |  -3.9   -4.4    -.1     .0 |  -1.7    1.4    -.8    -.3 |  -5.1   -1.8    4.2     .1 |      -2.3 
                 Chemical products               |     4.0 |  -5.0    4.2   14.6    4.9 |    .4    -.3     .5     .4 |    .7    -.8     .2    -.9 |       4.7 
                 Paper products                  |     1.2 |   1.2   11.3    6.1   -3.4 |  -1.8    1.2    -.8     .5 |   -.9   -1.1    -.4    1.4 |       5.2 
              Energy products                    |     1.4 |   8.2    9.1  -20.4   17.8 |   5.1    2.5    1.9   -1.6 |  24.0   13.9   -9.9   -7.9 |       -.2 
                 Fuels                           |     2.0 |  -4.6     .9    1.3    6.7 |   1.4   -3.0    4.9    3.4 |   1.1   -8.8    3.2    4.0 |       6.2 
                 Utilities                       |      .7 |  13.9   12.9  -29.2   23.8 |   7.0    5.3     .5   -4.0 |  37.3   23.7  -14.0  -12.3 |      -3.3 
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        Equipment, total                         |     3.5 |   7.8    5.9    3.9    9.3 |    .3    1.6     .2     .7 |  -1.4     .7    1.9     .9 |       6.7 
           Business equipment                    |     4.7 |  10.0    6.8    4.0   12.4 |    .3    2.2     .3     .9 |  -1.5    1.2    2.1    1.1 |       8.4 
              Information processing & related   |    21.5 |  34.9   27.5   14.9   23.7 |   1.3    2.9    1.3    2.0 |    .4   -1.2     .6    2.1 |      25.2 
                 Computer and office             |    50.6 |  67.8   51.3   40.0   34.5 |   1.6    3.0    2.8    2.6 |  -2.2   -2.0    -.6    2.5 |      45.4 
              Industrial                         |    -2.9 |  -3.0   -2.0    1.6   13.7 |    .2    2.9     .7    -.7 |  -1.0    3.1    3.1    -.5 |       2.8 
              Transit                            |   -11.9 |  -6.8   -7.1  -17.3  -13.2 |  -2.2     .9   -3.3   -1.2 |  -6.8    5.4    2.8     .4 |     -11.8 
                 Autos and trucks                |    -1.1 |   5.6    4.6   -3.1    4.0 |  -4.7    5.3   -1.3    -.8 | -15.1   19.8    9.8    1.6 |       2.2 
              Other                              |    -8.1 | -14.1  -24.0    8.0    7.9 |    .5    -.9    1.0    3.7 |  -2.9     .2    5.7    2.2 |      -7.0 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -3.6 |  -2.1   -3.4   -6.7  -14.7 |   -.7   -2.5   -1.2     .6 |    .3   -4.2    -.7     .4 |      -7.3 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     6.2 |  -1.3   35.3   61.8   25.8 |   2.5     .9    3.5   -1.9 |   2.3     .0    2.3   -2.0 |      26.3 
           Manufactured homes                    |   -18.0 | -19.1  -27.7  -22.0  -20.6 |   -.7   -2.1   -4.2    1.6 | -18.5    8.2    7.0    6.0 |     -22.0 
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     Intermediate products                       |     2.0 |   1.6     .0    3.0    4.9 |    .6    1.0     .2    -.2 |  -2.0     .2     .3    -.7 |       2.1 
        Construction supplies                    |     3.2 |   -.7    3.5    4.5    5.0 |    .5    1.1     .1    -.1 |  -4.3     .1    3.1    -.8 |       3.6 
        Business supplies                        |     1.1 |   3.3   -2.3    2.0    4.8 |    .7     .9     .2    -.3 |   -.3     .2   -1.6    -.6 |       1.1 
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  Materials                                      |     7.1 |   7.8    8.8    9.0    7.3 |    .5     .7     .1     .6 |   -.1    -.2    2.4    2.4 |       7.8 
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     Durable                                     |     9.7 |  10.7   12.8   11.3   12.2 |   1.0    1.2     .3     .8 |    .1   -1.7    3.6    4.3 |      11.4 
        Consumer parts                           |     5.3 |   2.6    9.6    5.8     .7 |    .1     .4    -.9     .3 |  -9.3    8.9    5.8    3.0 |       3.1 
        Equipment parts                          |    21.0 |  27.7   27.1   21.1   27.3 |   2.1    2.2    1.5    2.0 |   6.0   -6.8    3.9    8.9 |      26.1 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit        |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    51.8 |  71.7   62.0   61.3   66.4 |   3.9    4.5    3.4    3.8 |  13.5  -14.2    9.7   21.6 |      65.4 
        Other                                    |     2.1 |   -.1    2.5    5.6    4.6 |    .5     .6    -.3     .0 |  -1.2   -1.1    2.3     .4 |       2.7 
           Basic metals                          |     5.0 |   8.1    6.2    8.1    1.4 |    .5    -.1    -.9     .2 |  -1.0     .6    2.8     .2 |       4.7 
     Nondurable                                  |     6.1 |   5.4    3.4   14.1   -3.3 |   -.3   -1.3     .2     .2 |  -3.0    1.6    2.4    -.3 |       4.4 
        Textile                                  |      .4 |   9.6   -2.7    5.1   -6.5 |  -2.3   -1.8    2.0     .2 |  -9.3    4.0    4.6     .3 |        .0 
        Paper                                    |     4.0 |   1.7    2.0    6.0   -6.0 |   -.6    -.2   -1.9     .3 |  -2.0    3.5    -.1   -1.9 |        .1 
        Chemical                                 |    10.7 |  11.1    6.8   22.6     .0 |   -.7   -1.5    1.5     .4 |  -2.1     .2    4.1    -.5 |       9.8 
        Other                                    |     1.6 |  -3.4     .8    9.6   -6.0 |   1.6   -1.7   -1.3    -.1 |  -3.0    1.5     .3    1.4 |       -.1 
     Energy                                      |     -.8 |    .2    1.3   -3.4    3.5 |   -.2    1.3    -.6     .2 |   2.7    2.9   -1.3    -.9 |       -.1 
        Primary                                  |     -.8 |  -3.6    7.6   -2.1     .1 |   -.6     .5   -1.3    1.1 |   1.8    1.6     .3    -.8 |        .8 
        Converted fuel                           |    -1.0 |   7.4   -9.6   -5.9   10.6 |    .7    2.9     .8   -1.6 |   4.6    5.5   -4.7   -1.3 |      -1.8 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     4.3 |   4.5    4.8    5.7    6.5 |    .6     .9     .2     .3 |   -.4     .7    1.1     .9 |       5.1 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     4.2 |   4.4    4.7    5.4    6.8 |    .6     .9     .3     .3 |   -.1     .3    1.0     .8 |       5.1 
     Computers                                   |     3.0 |   3.3    3.7    4.4    5.5 |    .4     .9     .0     .2 |   -.8    1.3    1.4    1.0 |       4.0 
     Computers and semiconductors        1       |     1.5 |   1.0    1.9    2.8    3.5 |    .3     .8    -.1     .0 |  -1.4    2.0    1.1     .1 |       2.1 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     2.0 |   -.8    1.3    3.3    4.3 |    .7     .7     .2    -.3 |   -.2    3.1    -.5    -.3 |       1.8 
     Energy                                      |     2.1 |   -.8     .7    5.6    2.7 |    .0     .8    -.2    -.1 |  -3.5    2.7    1.5     .9 |       2.2 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     5.3 |  10.4    7.0    4.7   13.2 |    .8    1.9     .5    1.0 |   -.3    -.2    1.4    1.0 |       8.9 
     Computer and office equipment               |     -.8 |   3.2    1.3    -.8    9.0 |    .1    2.1    -.1     .6 |  -1.4    1.8    2.5     .8 |       3.4 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     8.9 |   9.5   10.5   12.0    8.2 |    .7     .6     .3     .7 |   -.7    -.9    3.3    3.2 |       9.6 
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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 March are preliminary.  Estimates from December to February are revised.