Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1998 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Nov. 99 
                                                 |    to   |  1999   2000               |  2000                      |  2000                      |      to
 Item                                            | 1999 Q4 |    Q4     Q1   Q2    Q3  r |  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov. |  Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov. |   Nov. 00 
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  Total index                                    |     5.1 |   5.7    6.7    7.9    3.7 |    .7     .3    -.1    -.2 |   5.3    1.2    -.9   -1.9 |       4.7 
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  Products, total                                |     3.4 |   3.0    5.3    4.9    2.4 |    .6     .2    -.3    -.1 |   5.2     .3    -.4   -2.5 |       3.5 
     Final products                              |     3.4 |   2.4    5.2    6.0    3.6 |    .8     .2    -.4     .2 |   6.5     .3    -.1   -2.0 |       4.1 
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        Consumer goods                           |     3.1 |   2.5    1.2    4.3    -.1 |    .7     .3    -.9     .1 |   6.5    -.3    -.4   -1.9 |       1.4 
           Durable                               |     8.2 |   5.4     .9    4.4   -9.3 |    .9    1.4   -3.2    -.7 |  17.3    2.5    2.3   -5.1 |      -2.8 
              Automotive products                |     3.3 |  -1.2    2.4    5.5  -11.3 |   2.9    1.6   -5.4   -1.2 |  40.2    1.5    2.0  -10.9 |      -5.8 
                 Autos and trucks                |     2.5 |  -4.7    1.4   10.9  -15.2 |   5.8    1.7   -7.7   -2.1 |  77.5     .9    3.9  -14.7 |      -8.8 
                    Autos                        |    -5.5 |    .0    3.8   10.0   -2.0 |   5.9     .2  -10.6   -3.7 |  75.2    -.6   -1.4  -15.1 |     -12.0 
                    Trucks                       |     6.7 |  -6.7     .4   11.3  -20.5 |   5.8    2.4   -6.4   -1.4 |  78.6    1.6    6.3  -14.6 |      -7.4 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     4.4 |   5.6    4.2   -3.7   -3.5 |  -2.0    1.3   -1.1     .4 |   1.1    2.5   -1.4   -3.7 |       -.3 
              Other durable goods                |    12.4 |  11.3    -.3    3.6   -7.4 |   -.9    1.3   -1.2    -.3 |   1.9    3.5    2.5     .3 |        .0 
                 Appliances and electronics      |    32.5 |  41.4   -8.8   11.4  -13.4 |    .8    4.8   -2.1    1.4 |   8.8   14.0    3.9   -3.6 |       3.6 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |    11.5 |  23.5   18.8   -5.2  -25.8 |   1.7    3.8   -4.8     .3 |   7.9   11.6    5.1   -6.6 |      -6.2 
                    Home electronics             |    53.3 |  58.7  -28.7   31.8    1.3 |    .0    5.7     .6    2.5 |   9.6   16.3    2.7    -.7 |      14.6 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     2.8 |  -6.4    7.5    5.8   -2.0 |  -2.2    1.7   -1.1   -1.6 |   1.0     .6    -.5   -8.0 |       3.2 
                 Miscellaneous                   |     4.6 |   2.8    2.2   -2.9   -6.2 |  -1.3   -1.4    -.6    -.8 |  -2.2   -2.3    3.5    9.5 |      -4.2 
           Nondurable                            |     1.6 |   1.6    1.3    4.2    2.6 |    .6     .0    -.3     .4 |   4.0   -1.0   -1.2   -1.0 |       2.6 
              Nonenergy                          |     1.5 |   4.0     .8    3.6    2.1 |    .4    -.3     .0    -.3 |   4.5    -.6    -.6   -3.9 |       1.0 
                 Foods and tobacco               |      .2 |   1.6    4.2     .2    1.1 |    .3    -.8     .0    -.4 |   6.7   -1.7    -.3   -6.6 |        .3 
                 Clothing                        |    -4.9 |  -1.6    1.9   -2.4   -9.4 |  -1.7   -1.0    -.8    -.8 |   4.0   -1.2   -1.9   -4.0 |      -5.6 
                 Chemical products               |     5.8 |   9.3   -5.0   13.8    2.6 |   1.4     .7     .0    1.0 |   2.4    1.5   -1.2    -.8 |       3.8 
                 Paper products                  |     2.6 |   6.3   -1.3    2.2   10.6 |    .0     .0     .7   -1.7 |    .8    -.2    -.1     .0 |       1.8 
              Energy products                    |     2.5 | -12.7    4.4    7.9    5.6 |   1.9    1.8   -1.9    4.0 |    .7   -3.3   -4.5   18.7 |      12.4 
                 Fuels                           |     1.9 |   2.3    -.9    5.2    3.6 |    .4    2.5   -1.5    2.1 |   -.2    2.2   -1.9    3.6 |       5.3 
                 Utilities                       |     2.5 | -19.0    7.2   10.2    6.9 |   3.0    1.4   -2.1    5.1 |   1.4   -7.4   -6.6   31.6 |      16.8 
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        Equipment, total                         |     3.9 |   2.4   12.1    8.9   10.1 |   1.0     .0     .3     .2 |   6.4    1.2     .3   -2.1 |       8.7 
           Business equipment                    |     5.7 |   3.2   16.4   10.7   11.6 |   1.4     .6     .1     .0 |   7.5    2.0     .1   -2.7 |      10.7 
              Information processing & related   |    21.0 |   8.6   27.5   20.2   26.1 |   2.6    1.3    1.4    1.0 |   4.1    2.5     .6    -.1 |      23.4 
                 Computer and office             |    55.3 |  29.9   64.0   35.1   57.7 |   3.9    2.9    2.5    2.0 |   5.7    6.3    5.7    2.0 |      48.4 
              Industrial                         |     -.9 |   4.4   14.9    5.2    7.4 |   2.3   -1.4     .7    -.9 |   6.4    -.2    -.2   -3.3 |       6.6 
              Transit                            |    -8.9 |  -9.3   -2.7   -2.6   -8.6 |   -.7     .4   -4.6     .6 |  22.2    1.6    -.4   -5.7 |      -7.8 
                 Autos and trucks                |     1.6 |  -2.9    9.0    1.2  -27.0 |    .9     .8   -9.3    -.7 |  60.8     .1    1.3  -13.5 |     -14.5 
              Other                              |    -3.5 |   2.4   15.0   15.4    6.7 |  -2.3    3.2    1.4   -3.1 |   4.0    6.4    -.2   -6.7 |       8.1 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -3.1 |  -7.2  -13.8   -2.8     .7 |  -2.3   -3.2    2.1    2.3 |  -1.1   -2.4    2.2    3.4 |      -2.7 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     5.6 |  50.6   30.2   17.6   20.2 |    .7   -3.2    2.8     .3 |   1.6   -2.7    1.4     .6 |      17.6 
           Manufactured homes                    |   -17.4 | -24.2  -25.0  -28.1  -29.0 |  -1.1   -5.4  -11.5   -3.7 |  18.8   -9.1   -6.4  -15.0 |     -35.3 
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     Intermediate products                       |     3.2 |   4.7    5.8    1.7   -1.2 |    .1     .2     .1    -.7 |   1.7     .3   -1.2   -4.0 |       1.5 
        Construction supplies                    |     4.5 |   6.5    7.0     .3   -1.1 |   -.8     .4    -.2   -1.0 |    .8     .5    -.8   -4.6 |        .8 
        Business supplies                        |     2.3 |   3.4    5.0    2.7   -1.3 |    .7     .1     .3    -.5 |   2.4     .3   -1.4   -3.7 |       2.0 
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  Materials                                      |     8.0 |  10.1    8.8   12.7    5.7 |    .9     .6     .1    -.5 |   5.5    2.6   -1.6   -1.1 |       6.8 
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     Durable                                     |    10.9 |  12.8   17.8   21.1   12.0 |   1.4     .9     .0    -.9 |   8.6    5.2   -2.9   -1.4 |      12.6 
        Consumer parts                           |     7.1 |  10.5    4.7    4.5   -1.5 |   6.3     .7     .9   -2.8 |  34.4    -.8    4.6   -8.1 |       2.3 
        Equipment parts                          |    22.0 |  22.8   43.9   57.0   36.5 |   1.1    1.5     .5     .7 |   5.8   12.1   -7.4    3.7 |      36.0 
          Semiconductors, printed circuit        |         |                            |                            |                            |
              boards, and oth. elec. comps.      |    54.6 |  65.9  114.4  136.5   72.8 |   2.4    2.4    1.1    1.1 |  11.5   23.7  -14.7    6.9 |      79.5 
        Other                                    |     3.4 |   5.6    3.8    1.5   -2.2 |   -.5     .4    -.9   -1.4 |   1.7    1.4   -1.8   -2.8 |      -1.6 
           Basic metals                          |     6.5 |  10.1    1.0    2.9   -8.5 |   -.8    1.1   -1.7   -1.7 |   -.3    4.0   -2.5   -1.4 |      -4.4 
     Nondurable                                  |     5.6 |  10.8   -4.1   -1.1   -7.6 |  -1.0     .0     .9    -.9 |    .5     .2    2.3   -2.9 |      -4.1 
        Textile                                  |    -1.2 |  12.9    1.8   -1.1  -11.2 |   1.4   -1.9     .3   -1.2 |   9.5   -4.3    4.5   -4.3 |      -5.4 
        Paper                                    |     4.2 |   5.6   -3.2    1.4  -13.6 |  -1.8     .8    3.1   -1.7 |   -.9     .1    3.4   -2.8 |      -3.0 
        Chemical                                 |     9.4 |  14.1   -5.3    -.6   -7.0 |   -.2    -.6     .0    -.6 |   -.1     .5     .0   -1.2 |      -5.3 
        Other                                    |     2.0 |   6.9   -4.6   -4.5   -1.9 |  -3.0    1.4    1.5    -.8 |   -.5    1.7    5.9   -6.1 |      -1.5 
     Energy                                      |      .5 |    .2   -3.0    3.7    2.0 |   1.2     .2    -.4     .9 |   1.9   -2.4   -1.5    1.5 |       1.6 
        Primary                                  |     -.7 |  -1.9   -6.9    6.2    1.1 |    .2    -.3    -.4     .5 |    .6   -1.6    -.8    1.3 |       -.6 
        Converted fuel                           |     2.8 |   4.7    6.0   -1.9    4.3 |   3.9    1.4    -.4    2.0 |   5.2   -4.3   -3.2    2.0 |       6.7 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     5.2 |   6.0    6.7    7.9    4.6 |    .6     .3     .1    -.2 |   4.1    1.2   -1.0   -1.5 |       5.3 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     5.0 |   5.7    6.9    7.8    4.7 |    .4     .3     .1    -.1 |   3.0    1.4   -1.2   -1.3 |       5.3 
     Computers                                   |     4.0 |   5.1    5.5    7.3    2.6 |    .6     .3    -.2    -.3 |   5.3    1.0   -1.1   -2.1 |       3.8 
     Computers and semiconductors        2       |     2.4 |   3.3    2.4    3.5     .0 |    .6     .2    -.3    -.4 |   5.0     .0    -.3   -2.5 |       1.2 
    Computers, communications eq. and            |         |                            |                            |                            |
           semiconductors                        |     2.2 |   3.4    1.7    2.9    -.8 |    .5     .1    -.3    -.4 |   5.1     .0    -.4   -2.6 |        .6 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     3.1 |   3.0    1.2    3.8    1.0 |    .3     .2    -.4     .3 |   3.6    -.3    -.7   -1.0 |       2.1 
     Energy                                      |     3.2 |   4.3     .8    3.8    -.9 |    .5     .1    -.8    -.4 |   7.2     .1     .0   -4.2 |        .1 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     6.1 |   3.8   17.2   11.8   16.3 |   1.5     .5    1.0     .0 |   4.4    2.1     .0   -1.7 |      13.4 
     Computer and office equipment               |      .5 |    .0   10.9    7.6    6.1 |   1.1     .2    -.2    -.3 |   7.8    1.3    -.7   -3.4 |       6.1 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     9.5 |  12.3   11.5   14.8    6.5 |    .8     .7     .3    -.9 |   6.4    3.9   -1.6   -1.8 |       7.9 
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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 November are preliminary.  Estimates from August to October are revised.