Table 8
 Gross Value of Products
 Billions of 1996 dollars at annual rate, seasonally adjusted
                                   |            |            |       2000                                            2001 |       2000        2001                         
 Item                              |     1996   |       2000 |         Q1          Q2          Q3       Q4  r       Q1    |       Dec.        Jan.        Feb.        Mar. 
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  Products, total                  |    2,427.8 |    2,878.0 |    2,842.8     2,875.0     2,879.2     2,860.3     2,829.0 |    2,850.2     2,825.2     2,822.5     2,839.3 
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     Final products                |    1,862.5 |    2,216.7 |    2,180.0     2,209.0     2,217.1     2,202.4     2,179.2 |    2,198.2     2,172.8     2,173.4     2,191.4 
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     Consumer goods                |    1,225.0 |    1,342.8 |    1,338.6     1,351.6     1,347.1     1,332.9     1,321.7 |    1,332.8     1,314.9     1,321.6     1,328.7 
        Durable                    |      303.9 |      372.3 |      377.3       382.4       371.5       355.0       344.7 |      349.5       336.8       342.3       355.0 
           Automotive products     |      162.6 |      195.0 |      198.6       201.7       195.3       181.9       174.1 |      176.3       167.2       171.8       183.3 
           Other durable goods     |      141.3 |      177.9 |      179.1       181.0       176.7       175.0       173.1 |      175.9       173.0       173.3       173.1 
        Nondurable                 |      921.0 |      970.6 |      962.0       970.1       975.3       975.8       973.9 |      980.4       974.1       975.9       971.8 
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     Equipment, total              |      637.5 |      872.7 |      846.8       863.9       878.9       879.7       866.7 |      874.9       867.9       860.0       872.2 
        Business and defense       |      610.2 |      850.4 |      823.6       841.2       856.4       859.2       846.5 |      855.0       848.0       839.7       851.7 
           Business                |      538.6 |      788.7 |      765.5       784.1       800.3       802.2       787.0 |      796.9       788.7       780.8       791.6 
           Defense and space       |       71.6 |       65.9 |       66.4        65.7        65.3        66.1        67.6 |       66.8        67.6        67.0        68.2 
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     Intermediate products         |      565.3 |      661.3 |      661.7       664.9       661.2       656.9       648.9 |      651.2       651.4       648.2       647.2 
     Construction supplies         |      235.0 |      285.4 |      286.9       286.6       284.9       281.3       277.3 |      279.8       278.2       277.3       276.4 
     Business supplies             |      330.3 |      375.6 |      374.4       377.9       375.9       375.2       371.1 |      371.0       372.7       370.4       370.3 
        Commercial energy products |       85.5 |       95.8 |       93.9        97.1        96.8        95.9        95.6 |       95.9        95.4        95.1        96.2 
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