Table 2B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY 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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  Manufacturing                                 |     5.6 |   6.8    7.1    8.0    3.8 |    .6     .4     .0    -.5 |   5.8    1.9    -.6   -2.9 |       4.6 
                                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Primary processing                         |     8.8 |  12.2   10.4   12.5    3.9 |    .5     .5     .2   -1.1 |   5.8    3.3   -1.5   -2.1 |       6.1 
     Advanced processing                        |     3.7 |   3.6    5.0    5.1    3.7 |    .7     .3    -.2    -.1 |   5.8    1.0    -.1   -3.4 |       3.6 
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     Durable                                    |     8.2 |   7.9   12.7   13.7    8.0 |   1.1     .7    -.3    -.4 |   8.3    3.4   -1.2   -2.2 |       8.8 
        Lumber and products   24                |      .5 |    .9     .8   -6.7  -10.4 |  -2.6    1.3   -1.1   -1.5 |   2.2     .7     .1   -5.7 |      -6.3 
        Furniture and fixtures   25             |     3.1 |  -2.3    4.4    6.5    6.5 |    .8    1.5   -1.1    -.5 |   7.3    -.1   -4.3   -3.9 |       4.4 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32    |     2.3 |   5.8     .3     .9    7.3 |   -.2     .3    -.3   -1.3 |   1.7     .8    -.6   -3.4 |        .2 
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        Primary metals   33                     |     8.0 |   8.7    2.7    2.7   -9.9 |  -1.2    1.2   -2.4   -2.1 |    .4    4.1   -2.8   -2.6 |      -5.1 
           Iron and steel   331,2               |    12.6 |  11.2    6.8    3.1  -15.0 |   -.2    2.1   -3.3   -4.4 |    .0    4.6   -3.1   -5.9 |      -8.6 
              Raw steel                         |    16.6 |  36.7   -4.4    9.8  -14.4 |  -2.0   -5.0   -1.7   -4.0 |   -.8   -2.0   -2.5   -4.6 |     -12.1 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                 |     3.0 |   6.0   -1.8    2.2   -3.9 |  -2.2     .3   -1.3     .5 |    .8    3.5   -2.4    1.0 |      -1.2 
        Fabricated metal products   34          |     1.6 |   3.3    6.8    1.5     .5 |    .1    -.2    -.2    -.8 |   2.8    1.0   -1.2   -1.9 |        .7 
       Industrial machinery                     |         |                            |                            |                            |
            and equipment   35                  |    13.6 |  12.7   25.2   12.4   13.3 |   1.6     .8    1.3    -.4 |   3.7    3.1    2.1   -1.1 |      14.9 
           Computer and office equip.   357     |    54.3 |  28.5   61.4   33.0   51.9 |   3.7    3.0    2.4    1.8 |   6.6    7.1    5.9    2.0 |      45.5 
        Electrical machinery   36               |    25.2 |  24.5   44.9   58.8   39.1 |   1.5    2.1     .6     .9 |   6.9   12.5   -7.1    2.6 |      39.2 
          Semiconductors and related            |         |                            |                            |                            |
              electronic components   3672-9    |    47.8 |  56.7   99.7  120.5   67.0 |   2.1    2.3     .9    1.0 |  10.6   21.7  -13.6    6.4 |      71.0 
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        Transportation equipment   37           |    -1.4 |  -1.7    -.5    4.7   -6.3 |   3.4    -.1   -1.7    -.9 |  33.1    -.7    3.7   -7.2 |      -2.4 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371       |     5.9 |   5.0    3.0    9.9  -11.4 |   6.6     .8   -3.6   -2.8 |  65.7   -1.1    5.1  -12.6 |      -4.1 
              Autos and light trucks            |     1.5 |  -4.2    1.7   10.9  -13.8 |   5.8    1.5   -8.0   -2.3 |  77.2     .7    3.3  -14.8 |      -9.1 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9        |   -11.6 | -11.6   -6.0   -3.5    2.9 |  -1.5   -1.6    1.6    2.1 |   -.8     .0    1.3    2.3 |        .3 
        Instruments   38                        |     4.5 |   2.2   -4.2    5.2    4.6 |    .5     .0    -.5     .2 |   2.2     .0   -3.1   -1.6 |       1.2 
        Miscellaneous   39                      |     6.6 |   5.3    2.6    -.9    1.7 |  -1.0     .1     .1   -1.0 |   3.1    1.3    1.1   -1.1 |        .0 
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     Nondurable                                 |     2.5 |   5.6     .5    1.2   -1.3 |    .0    -.1     .3    -.6 |   2.9     .0     .1   -3.8 |       -.3 
        Foods   20                              |      .9 |   2.6    3.8    1.7    1.1 |    .1    -.5     .2    -.2 |   3.5     .3   -1.4   -4.6 |       1.3 
        Tobacco products   21                   |    -1.9 |  -3.2    3.9   -9.1    3.2 |    .8   -2.2   -1.3   -1.7 |  25.4   -9.5    9.5  -15.3 |      -4.6 
        Textile mill products   22              |     -.2 |   1.7    4.4   -2.4  -12.0 |  -2.0    -.1    -.5   -1.6 |   2.4   -1.4    4.2   -8.4 |      -4.4 
        Apparel products   23                   |    -4.0 |    .2     .6   -4.2   -8.9 |  -1.3   -1.2    -.7    -.8 |   3.7   -1.0   -2.4   -2.1 |      -6.0 
        Paper and products   26                 |     3.0 |   5.4   -3.4    1.2  -12.7 |  -1.5     .4    2.9   -1.5 |    .3    -.5    4.5   -4.4 |      -2.6 
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        Printing and publishing   27            |     1.8 |   7.1     .5     .6    4.0 |    .4     .4     .4   -1.1 |   1.6    1.7    -.9   -4.5 |       1.2 
        Chemicals and products   28             |     6.7 |  12.5   -4.1    3.3    -.4 |    .8     .4     .3     .1 |   1.4    1.3    -.2   -1.6 |       -.4 
        Petroleum products   29                 |      .2 |   -.9    4.9    8.2   -3.1 |    .6    -.1     .0     .0 |    .5   -1.4   -2.9    -.6 |       3.4 
        Rubber and plastics products   30       |     3.6 |   3.4    3.7     .1   -1.3 |  -1.6    -.3    -.3   -1.3 |   2.7    -.2    -.2   -1.6 |      -1.4 
        Leather and products   31               |    -6.0 |  -5.7     .3   -7.5   -2.7 |  -1.8    1.2   -2.0    1.0 |   5.0    1.4   -1.8     .2 |      -2.9 
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  Mining                                        |     -.5 |   4.1    1.8    2.3    2.6 |    .6    -.8     .0     .1 |   1.5   -1.4     .8   -1.1 |        .9 
     Metal mining   10                          |    -8.8 |  15.2    8.9  -10.3  -10.7 |   3.0    -.6     .1   -1.8 |   4.3    -.2    -.5    -.6 |      -5.1 
     Coal mining   12                           |    -1.3 |  -3.4   -6.9   25.9  -13.2 |   -.9   -2.1    3.0   -1.5 |   7.6   -1.3    2.9   -3.1 |       -.1 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                |      .3 |   4.1    1.4    1.5    6.4 |    .6    -.7    -.4     .4 |    .6    -.9     .5     .4 |       1.6 
     Stone and earth minerals   14              |      .6 |   9.5   12.1   -7.9   -8.5 |    .5    -.7     .0   -1.2 |   3.3   -5.5    2.5  -12.6 |      -3.0 
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  Utilities                                     |     2.3 |  -9.5    4.5   11.8    2.9 |   2.5    1.0   -2.0    3.6 |   2.4   -6.2   -6.9   13.7 |      10.4 
     Electric   491,3pt                         |     1.7 |  -6.8    1.7   13.1    1.4 |   4.1     .7   -2.1    3.0 |   3.5   -7.3  -12.8    -.3 |       7.1 
     Gas         492,3pt                        |     4.6 | -18.3   14.7    6.9    8.2 |  -2.4    2.0   -1.6    5.2 |  -5.2    2.1   32.0   74.6 |      23.4 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                             |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Computers, communications eq, and              |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |    40.6 |  31.9   73.7   70.4   57.1 |   2.7    2.4    1.7    1.5 |   7.9   13.3   -5.0    4.4 |      55.6 
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 Manufacturing excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Motor vehicles and parts                   |     5.5 |   7.0    7.4    7.9    5.0 |    .2     .3     .2    -.3 |   3.2    2.1   -1.0   -2.2 |       5.3 
     Computer and office equipment              |     4.4 |   6.2    5.8    7.3    2.6 |    .5     .3    -.1    -.6 |   5.8    1.7    -.8   -3.1 |       3.5 
     Computers and semiconductors        1      |     2.6 |   4.2    2.3    3.0    -.4 |    .4     .2    -.2    -.7 |   5.5     .6     .0   -3.6 |        .6 
    Computers, communications eq, and           |         |                            |                            |                            |
     semiconductors        1                    |     2.3 |   4.4    1.5    2.4   -1.3 |    .3     .1    -.2    -.8 |   5.6     .5    -.1   -3.8 |       -.2 
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 <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 Notes:  Estimates for November are preliminary.  Estimates from August to October are revised.
         Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.