Table 3
RATES OF GROWTH IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, BY MAJOR MARKET GROUP, 1995-1999 <1>
Difference between
Revised growth rate revised and earlier growth rates
(percent) (percentage points)
Item | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Total index | 3.5 5.3 6.8 2.9 3.6 | .0 .0 .2 1.0 .7
| |
Products, total | 1.9 4.3 5.2 2.5 1.9 | -.1 .0 .1 .4 .3
Final products | 2.4 4.4 5.7 2.3 2.1 | -.2 .1 .1 .3 .5
| |
Consumer goods | 1.6 2.0 2.8 -.9 1.5 | .3 -.2 .1 -.5 .2
Durable | 1.6 1.8 5.5 5.0 7.5 | 1.3 -.5 -1.0 .1 .0
Automotive products | -3.3 2.4 10.3 4.7 4.0 | -.8 .4 1.0 .8 -.1
Autos and trucks | -6.3 2.5 13.0 4.2 4.4 | -1.6 .0 .7 1.2 -.2
Autos | -12.8 -6.2 3.6 2.7 -7.2 | -5.6 -2.4 .2 2.0 -2.2
Trucks | .2 9.2 19.1 5.0 10.7 | -1.1 1.1 3.5 .0 .9
Auto parts and allied goods | 2.4 2.2 5.9 6.0 3.0 | .6 1.1 1.3 -.1 -.1
Other durable goods | 5.5 1.3 1.8 5.1 10.6 | 3.0 -1.2 -2.5 -.6 .2
Appliances and electronics | 19.2 4.1 1.4 23.8 23.6 | 10.3 -4.8 -10.4 4.3 -1.7
Appliances and air cond. | -2.1 -.9 -2.2 9.8 .6 | -.1 -.7 -1.7 -1.5 -1.0
Home electronics | 42.3 9.4 5.6 39.4 57.4 | 22.2 -8.9 -18.6 11.6 5.7
Carpeting and furniture | -3.0 3.1 3.0 2.5 6.1 | .0 .1 .6 -1.1 1.4
Miscellaneous | .9 -1.3 1.8 -3.3 5.8 | -.2 .5 .9 -2.0 1.6
Nondurable | 1.6 2.0 2.1 -2.5 -.1 | .0 -.2 .4 -.7 .3
Nonenergy | .9 1.9 2.1 -2.3 -1.3 | .0 -.2 .4 -.7 .9
Foods and tobacco | -.2 1.2 2.2 -1.3 -1.7 | .2 -.2 .9 -1.9 1.2
Clothing | -3.9 -.4 -2.4 -8.1 -3.9 | -.4 -.2 -.3 -2.4 3.6
Chemical products | 5.0 4.8 2.4 -.2 -.3 | -.1 -.1 -.4 2.2 -.1
Paper products | 1.8 1.4 4.6 -5.4 -.4 | -.3 -.4 .7 -.6 -.7
Energy products | 6.4 2.5 1.8 -3.9 9.3 | .1 .1 .3 -.4 -2.8
Fuels | 1.5 3.6 1.8 -.6 1.9 | .1 .1 .1 .0 -.9
Utilities | 8.7 2.0 1.6 -5.1 12.6 | .1 .2 .2 -.3 -4.6
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Equipment, total | 3.7 8.6 10.3 7.3 3.0 | -.9 .6 -.1 1.6 1.0
Business equipment | 5.7 10.8 12.8 10.0 4.4 | -1.3 1.0 -.3 1.7 1.2
Information processing & related | 12.2 18.5 16.0 20.0 22.4 | -2.8 2.0 -.2 5.6 2.4
Computer and office | 31.8 53.5 32.2 77.7 49.7 | -12.9 11.6 -11.5 23.0 13.6
Industrial | 8.4 1.1 4.8 .7 -4.4 | -.1 -.1 -.3 -.8 -1.7
Transit | -10.9 15.8 21.7 10.7 -9.9 | -1.4 1.5 -1.1 -1.4 .5
Autos and trucks | -8.2 -3.7 11.7 6.4 -.7 | -2.2 -.7 -.6 1.3 -1.8
Other | 2.0 6.0 10.7 -1.6 -12.9 | .1 .5 .3 -.2 -.1
Defense and space equipment | -6.4 -2.5 -4.0 .6 -2.5 | .7 -1.6 -.1 .9 .6
Oil and gas well drilling | 2.6 7.8 9.6 -25.3 -7.7 | .2 .3 .3 .0 -1.9
Manufactured homes | 7.3 3.8 8.9 6.7 -15.8 | -1.3 4.4 9.6 -2.4 1.9
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Intermediate products | .5 3.8 3.6 3.0 1.4 | .0 .0 .3 .6 -.2
Construction supplies | -.4 5.8 2.8 5.6 2.6 | -.1 .0 .4 .5 -.6
Business supplies | 1.1 2.4 4.1 1.4 .5 | .0 .0 .3 .7 .1
| |
Materials | 6.0 6.9 9.2 3.5 6.5 | .3 .0 .2 1.9 1.4
| |
Durable | 11.4 10.6 14.3 7.3 9.4 | .4 .4 1.0 3.5 2.2
Consumer parts | 3.0 1.8 9.5 -2.8 5.3 | -.6 .6 2.2 -1.4 .7
Equipment parts | 28.2 23.4 26.5 22.2 21.3 | 1.9 .7 .1 10.3 6.7
Semiconductors,printed circuit | |
boards, and oth. elec. comps. | 71.7 52.2 54.2 56.6 50.8 | 6.3 2.8 .9 26.8 14.8
Other | 2.1 4.0 6.0 -.7 1.1 | -.3 .1 1.0 .1 -1.2
Basic metals | .9 4.7 5.5 -5.6 4.3 | -.7 .8 1.2 .1 -1.0
Nondurable | -2.6 3.4 4.2 -2.9 3.4 | -.1 -.3 -.2 -.1 1.2
Textile | -7.2 2.3 3.1 -9.5 -1.2 | .0 -.4 -.1 -2.3 2.2
Paper | -2.8 4.3 4.6 -2.6 3.5 | .0 -.1 -.2 .0 .0
Chemical | -1.1 4.6 4.4 -3.5 6.9 | -.2 -.5 -.6 .2 2.9
Other | -3.0 .6 4.3 1.6 -1.2 | -.1 .1 .5 .3 -1.1
Energy | .7 .7 .1 -1.0 -.1 | .1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -1.1
Primary | .4 -.9 -.1 -.4 -.5 | .1 -.2 -.3 -.5 -1.4
Converted fuel | 1.2 3.7 .4 -2.2 .7 | .1 .1 -.1 .0 -.6
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | |
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Total excluding: | |
Autos and trucks | 3.9 5.5 6.6 2.8 3.7 | .1 .1 .2 1.0 .8
Motor vehicles and parts | 3.8 5.7 6.4 3.0 3.6 | .1 .1 .1 1.0 .8
Computers | 2.9 4.6 6.3 1.5 2.5 | .0 .0 .4 .7 .4
Computers and semiconductors 2 | 1.0 3.0 4.7 -.1 .9 | -.1 .0 .5 -.1 -.1
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Consumer goods excluding: | |
Autos and trucks | 2.1 1.9 2.2 -1.2 1.3 | .4 -.3 .0 -.6 .2
Energy | 1.1 1.9 2.9 -.6 .7 | .3 -.3 .1 -.6 .6
| |
Business equipment excluding: | |
Autos and trucks | 7.3 12.4 12.9 10.3 4.9 | -1.2 1.2 -.3 1.8 1.4
Computer and office equipment | 3.4 7.2 10.9 4.0 -.9 | -.4 .3 .5 -.2 -.9
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Materials excluding: | |
Energy | 7.2 8.5 11.4 4.5 7.9 | .3 .1 .3 2.5 2.0
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<1> Growth rates are calculated as the percent change in the seasonally adjusted index from the fourth quarter of the
previous year to the fourth quarter of the year specified in the column heading. For 1998, the growth rates are
calculated from the fourth quarter of 1997 to the third quarter of 1998 and annualized.