Table 8
 Gross Value of Products
 Billions of 1996 dollars at annual rate, seasonally adjusted
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 Item                              |     1996   |       2000 |         Q1          Q2          Q3        Q4         Q1  r |       Feb.        Mar.        Apr.         May 
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  Products, total                  |    2,427.8 |    2,878.0 |    2,842.8     2,875.0     2,879.2     2,860.3     2,822.6 |    2,819.8     2,830.0     2,812.7     2,802.8 
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     Final products                |    1,862.5 |    2,216.7 |    2,180.0     2,209.0     2,217.1     2,202.4     2,176.7 |    2,174.5     2,188.3     2,173.3     2,166.2 
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     Consumer goods                |    1,225.0 |    1,342.8 |    1,338.6     1,351.6     1,347.1     1,332.9     1,321.4 |    1,322.8     1,329.1     1,324.9     1,320.9 
        Durable                    |      303.9 |      372.3 |      377.3       382.4       371.5       355.0       344.5 |      343.3       353.4       352.1       358.5 
           Automotive products     |      162.6 |      195.0 |      198.6       201.7       195.3       181.9       174.9 |      173.7       183.9       183.2       189.3 
           Other durable goods     |      141.3 |      177.9 |      179.1       181.0       176.7       175.0       171.8 |      172.0       170.5       169.9       169.2 
        Nondurable                 |      921.0 |      970.6 |      962.0       970.1       975.3       975.8       973.8 |      976.1       973.6       970.7       961.5 
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     Equipment, total              |      637.5 |      872.7 |      846.8       863.9       878.9       879.7       864.2 |      859.8       868.0       855.6       852.4 
        Business and defense       |      610.2 |      850.4 |      823.6       841.2       856.4       859.2       843.4 |      838.8       846.5       834.2       830.6 
           Business                |      538.6 |      788.7 |      765.5       784.1       800.3       802.2       785.0 |      781.4       788.0       775.2       771.6 
           Defense and space       |       71.6 |       65.9 |       66.4        65.7        65.3        66.1        66.8 |       65.8        66.9        66.9        66.9 
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     Intermediate products         |      565.3 |      661.3 |      661.7       664.9       661.2       656.9       645.2 |      644.5       641.2       638.8       636.0 
     Construction supplies         |      235.0 |      285.4 |      286.9       286.6       284.9       281.3       278.7 |      277.4       279.4       276.8       276.3 
     Business supplies             |      330.3 |      375.6 |      374.4       377.9       375.9       375.2       366.1 |      366.6       361.5       361.7       359.4 
        Commercial energy products |       85.5 |       95.8 |       93.9        97.1        96.8        95.9        94.9 |       94.7        94.7        94.8        94.8 
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