Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1996 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1998            1999                         |   1999                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1999 |     Q3      Q4      Q1      Q2   Q3  r   Q4    |   July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
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  Products, total                     | 2121.0 | 2726.9 | 2650.5  2680.9  2698.5  2718.6  2736.1  2769.5 | 2726.1  2742.0  2740.2  2772.2  2768.1  2768.1 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1613.6 | 2102.9 | 2040.7  2065.0  2077.3  2094.3  2111.3  2135.8 | 2102.8  2118.5  2112.5  2139.8  2136.3  2131.3 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1091.1 | 1295.2 | 1264.9  1271.0  1288.9  1291.2  1296.9  1312.7 | 1292.4  1301.3  1297.0  1318.0  1309.6  1310.4 
           Durable                    |  235.1 |  357.9 |  323.5   340.3   349.9   357.8   361.5   366.9 |  358.4   365.8   360.2   371.4   366.0   363.4 
              Automotive products     |  130.9 |  191.1 |  170.2   188.2   187.1   191.7   193.9   193.1 |  189.2   200.1   192.4   195.2   193.9   190.2 
              Other durable goods     |  104.5 |  166.8 |  153.5   151.6   162.7   166.0   167.5   174.2 |  169.5   165.1   167.8   176.5   172.4   173.6 
           Nondurable                 |  857.8 |  940.0 |  941.6   932.2   940.9   936.1   938.3   948.7 |  936.5   938.8   939.4   950.0   946.6   949.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  523.5 |  810.9 |  776.8   795.2   789.5   804.5   816.3   825.0 |  812.3   819.0   817.5   823.5   828.8   822.7 
           Business and defense       |  501.6 |  785.0 |  746.5   766.9   763.3   779.3   791.0   798.2 |  787.6   793.5   791.9   797.4   801.7   795.5 
              Business                |  413.9 |  721.0 |  682.1   702.3   699.3   716.1   728.4   737.0 |  724.8   730.5   729.9   735.4   740.4   735.1 
              Defense and space       |   88.4 |   65.0 |   66.2    66.5    65.9    65.4    65.0    63.8 |   65.1    65.5    64.4    64.5    64.0    63.0 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  508.0 |  624.5 |  608.5   614.7   619.8   623.0   623.6   632.4 |  622.0   622.4   626.4   631.2   630.6   635.4 
        Construction supplies         |  200.5 |  267.7 |  257.5   261.8   265.1   265.3   267.6   272.1 |  267.8   266.3   268.7   271.3   271.8   273.3 
        Business supplies             |  307.8 |  356.5 |  350.9   352.7   354.4   357.5   355.7   359.9 |  353.8   355.8   357.4   359.5   358.3   361.8 
           Commercial energy products |   76.0 |   91.5 |   91.9    89.5    90.9    92.3    92.6    91.6 |   93.1    92.7    92.1    91.8    90.2    92.8 
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 Note:  Estimates for December are preliminary.  Estimates from September to November are revised.