Table 1B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  MARKET GROUPS
 Percent change
                                                 |         |    Seasonally adjusted     |                            |                            |
                                                 | 1996 Q4 |        annual rate         |    Seasonally adjusted     |  Not seasonally adjusted   |   Jan. 97 
                                                 |    to   |  1997                      |  1997                 1998 |  1997                 1998 |      to
 Item                                            | 1997 Q4 |    Q1     Q2   Q3    Q4    |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. |   Jan. 98 
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  Total index                                    |     5.7 |   5.2    4.6    6.0    7.1 |    .8     .7     .4     .0 |   -.5   -1.4    -.8     .6 |       5.5 
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  Products, total                                |     4.8 |   3.9    3.6    4.4    7.3 |   1.0     .8     .1     .0 |   -.8   -2.1   -1.1     .2 |       4.6 
     Final products                              |     5.1 |   4.0    3.7    5.6    7.2 |   1.0     .8    -.1     .2 |   -.7   -1.9    -.9     .7 |       5.0 
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        Consumer goods                           |     3.0 |    .9    1.4    2.6    7.2 |   1.3     .6    -.1    -.1 |   -.8   -2.5    -.6    1.3 |       2.9 
           Durable                               |     6.1 |   9.1   -2.1    6.6   11.3 |   -.4    4.0   -1.3     .4 |   3.2   -2.1   -7.2    1.5 |       5.8 
              Automotive products                |     8.7 |  15.8  -11.3   12.5   21.1 |  -1.2    5.5   -3.2    -.8 |   5.3   -3.5  -13.6    3.0 |       4.3 
                 Autos and trucks                |    11.1 |  20.2  -20.9   18.2   35.7 |   -.8    5.8   -3.3   -2.2 |  10.2   -5.8  -18.3    2.9 |       3.6 
                    Autos                        |     3.7 |  14.6  -15.8   22.9   -2.3 |  -3.9    4.5   -5.3    1.8 |  10.5   -6.3  -19.6    5.5 |       1.3 
                    Trucks                       |    15.9 |  23.6  -24.9   14.6   69.4 |   1.3    6.6   -2.1   -4.7 |   9.9   -5.4  -17.5    1.3 |       4.8 
                 Auto parts and allied goods     |     5.0 |   8.6    6.6    4.2     .8 |  -1.8    5.0   -3.0    1.5 |  -2.6     .5   -5.6    3.2 |       5.6 
              Other durable goods                |     4.0 |   4.2    5.5    2.3    4.2 |    .3    2.8     .2    1.4 |   1.6    -.9   -2.1     .4 |       7.0 
                 Appliances and electronics      |     7.4 |    .5    6.6   12.2   10.6 |   2.0    4.4     .2    3.5 |   4.7   -2.9   -6.0    6.9 |      16.7 
                    Appliances and air cond.     |     -.8 |   1.2   -5.3   -4.8    6.1 |   2.4    7.5    -.3    5.4 |   8.6   -3.2   -7.4   15.0 |       9.2 
                    Home electronics             |    18.1 |   -.3   21.4   38.8   16.0 |   1.6     .9     .9    1.3 |    .6   -2.5   -4.4   -1.9 |      26.4 
                 Carpeting and furniture         |     2.9 |  -2.2   10.0   -3.5    8.1 |    .3    5.5   -4.1    2.9 |   -.4   -2.2   -5.1    2.7 |       6.3 
                 Miscellaneous                   |     2.9 |  10.0    2.6     .4   -1.1 |   -.6     .5    2.6    -.5 |   1.0     .9    1.6   -3.9 |       2.3 
           Nondurable                            |     2.2 |  -1.2    2.4    1.6    6.2 |   1.7    -.3     .2    -.2 |  -1.9   -2.6    1.2    1.3 |       2.1 
              Nonenergy                          |     2.3 |    .9    1.1    1.2    6.1 |   1.4     .2    -.1     .4 |  -1.9   -4.7   -2.6     .1 |       2.5 
                 Foods and tobacco               |     1.9 |   3.7   -2.6    1.1    5.5 |   1.0     .9     .4     .8 |  -1.1   -5.3   -4.2    1.4 |       2.6 
                 Clothing                        |    -1.4 |  -3.7    -.6     .1   -1.2 |    .4   -1.3     .2    -.7 |  -1.0   -4.6   -2.4   -3.9 |      -1.9 
                 Chemical products               |     4.4 |   -.7    6.4    -.6   12.9 |   3.0    -.5    -.3     .7 |  -4.7   -7.2    -.7     .7 |       4.0 
                 Paper products                  |     2.8 |  -2.9    6.9    4.8    2.8 |   1.1     .3   -1.4    -.9 |   -.7    1.6    -.1   -2.5 |       2.4 
              Energy products                    |     1.6 | -12.6   10.5    3.9    6.3 |   3.4   -3.5    2.1   -3.5 |  -1.9   11.6   23.7    6.9 |        .0 
                 Fuels                           |     2.0 |  -2.3   15.7   -2.2   -2.0 |   1.1   -4.9    3.6    1.6 |   -.7    -.8    3.6   -5.4 |       6.1 
                 Utilities                       |     1.4 | -17.3    8.0    7.0   10.5 |   4.5   -2.9    1.4   -5.9 |  -2.6   19.2   34.0   11.7 |      -2.9 
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        Equipment, total                         |     8.7 |   9.4    7.6   10.6    7.2 |    .5    1.2     .0     .6 |   -.4   -1.0   -1.5    -.2 |       8.5 
           Business equipment                    |    10.6 |  10.7    8.3   13.5   10.0 |    .8    1.4     .2     .2 |   -.5   -1.3   -1.8    -.2 |       9.9 
              Information processing & related   |    12.2 |  10.5   12.6   16.4    9.5 |    .8     .6     .1     .1 |  -2.1    -.5     .8   -3.0 |      11.4 
                 Computer and office             |    34.0 |  30.9   32.9   48.3   24.8 |   1.4    1.6    2.0    1.6 |  -2.4   -1.4    2.6   -2.1 |      32.6 
              Industrial                         |     5.4 |   2.5    4.5    9.0    5.7 |   1.6    -.2    1.3    -.6 |  -1.7   -2.7    -.6     .0 |       5.1 
              Transit                            |    16.9 |  21.6    3.0   21.4   22.8 |  -1.1    6.2    -.7    1.7 |   4.5     .9   -6.9    3.6 |      17.4 
                 Autos and trucks                |     7.2 |  19.0  -16.2   14.0   16.0 |  -2.6    9.6   -6.3    2.1 |   8.1   -1.7  -20.7    8.3 |       5.3 
              Other                              |     9.7 |  20.4   13.6    3.4    2.4 |   1.7     .2    -.9    -.1 |    .8   -3.7   -4.9    3.2 |       5.2 
           Defense and space equipment           |    -2.5 |  -4.8     .3   -4.2   -1.1 |    .0     .1    -.2     .6 |    .1     .9    1.7   -1.8 |       -.6 
           Oil and gas well drilling             |     9.1 |  31.5   15.9    4.8  -11.1 |  -2.6     .6   -2.7    6.2 |  -2.3    1.3    -.4    1.1 |      12.0 
           Manufactured homes                    |    -1.2 |   5.4    6.0   -3.5  -11.7 |   -.2     .8   -4.1    5.3 |   4.8  -11.9  -17.8    8.7 |       1.2 
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     Intermediate products                       |     3.8 |   3.7    3.1    1.0    7.4 |    .9     .7     .6    -.5 |  -1.0   -2.7   -1.6   -1.5 |       3.3 
        Construction supplies                    |     2.3 |   3.4    3.3   -2.0    4.7 |    .7    1.8     .3     .3 |   -.3   -3.3   -4.7   -1.8 |       4.2 
        Business supplies                        |     4.7 |   3.9    2.9    2.9    9.2 |   1.1     .1     .8   -1.0 |  -1.4   -2.2     .4   -1.3 |       2.8 
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  Materials                                      |     7.1 |   7.2    6.1    8.4    6.8 |    .5     .5     .9     .0 |    .0    -.2    -.3    1.3 |       6.8 
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     Durable                                     |    11.1 |   9.9   10.8   12.1   11.6 |   1.2    1.0     .8     .3 |    .6    -.4   -1.1     .5 |      11.0 
        Consumer parts                           |     6.6 |   5.5    -.4   12.5    9.5 |    .8     .3    2.3   -1.5 |   3.5   -4.1   -8.1    9.4 |       5.3 
        Equipment parts                          |    21.4 |  23.2   23.1   20.9   18.6 |   1.6    2.0     .9    1.4 |    .6    2.9    2.5   -1.6 |      21.1 
        Other                                    |     4.5 |   1.2    5.4    4.8    6.8 |    .9     .5     .0     .2 |   -.5   -1.7   -1.4   -1.2 |       5.1 
           Basic metals                          |     4.8 |    .2    8.0    5.2    5.8 |    .6    1.9   -1.8     .3 |   -.2    1.2   -2.5     .3 |       5.3 
     Nondurable                                  |     2.9 |   5.8     .1    2.8    3.1 |   -.2     .7     .8     .2 |    .8   -1.4   -2.4    3.9 |       3.1 
        Textile                                  |     4.0 |  -1.8    2.8   11.0    4.2 |    .4    -.8    1.5     .1 |   3.2   -3.3   -6.9    9.6 |       5.4 
        Paper                                    |     3.4 |   8.1    1.5    5.7   -1.5 |    .6    -.9    1.4     .8 |    .7   -1.0    -.9    4.8 |       3.9 
        Chemical                                 |     2.1 |   6.5   -1.9    2.0    2.0 |   -.5     .1     .8     .2 |  -1.3    -.8   -1.2    2.1 |       1.2 
        Other                                    |     3.9 |   5.8    2.1   -1.9   10.0 |   -.5    4.3    -.1    -.2 |   4.8   -2.3   -4.5    4.2 |       5.3 
     Energy                                      |     1.0 |   1.6    -.2    4.4   -1.6 |   -.7   -1.3    1.1    -.9 |  -2.7    1.6    4.0     .8 |        .0 
        Primary                                  |      .5 |   4.2   -1.1    2.7   -3.7 |   -.5    -.8     .6     .0 |  -2.3    2.2    2.7     .6 |        .2 
        Converted fuel                           |     2.0 |  -3.0    1.6    7.5    2.2 |  -1.0   -2.1    1.9   -2.5 |  -3.4     .6    6.5    1.2 |       -.3 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                              |         |                            |                            |                            |
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 Total excluding:                                |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     5.6 |   4.8    5.4    5.7    6.5 |    .8     .5     .6     .0 |   -.8   -1.3    -.2     .5 |       5.5 
     Motor vehicles and parts                    |     5.4 |   4.7    5.4    5.3    6.4 |    .9     .4     .5     .1 |   -.9   -1.2     .1     .1 |       5.4 
     Computers                                   |     5.3 |   4.8    4.1    5.4    6.8 |    .8     .6     .4     .0 |   -.4   -1.4    -.9     .7 |       5.0 
     Computers and semiconductors                |     4.1 |   3.4    2.7    4.2    6.0 |    .7     .5     .3    -.1 |   -.5   -1.6   -1.0     .7 |       3.8 
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 Consumer goods excluding:                       |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |     2.5 |   -.2    3.0    1.8    5.7 |   1.4     .2     .1     .1 |  -1.5   -2.3     .5    1.2 |       2.8 
     Energy                                      |     3.2 |   2.8     .3    2.4    7.3 |   1.0    1.1    -.4     .4 |   -.7   -4.1   -3.7     .4 |       3.2 
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 Business equipment excluding:                   |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Autos and trucks                            |    11.0 |   9.9   11.2   13.5    9.4 |   1.1     .5    1.0     .0 |  -1.3   -1.2     .3    -.9 |      10.3 
     Computer and office equipment               |     8.8 |   9.0    6.2   11.1    8.9 |    .7    1.4     .1     .1 |   -.3   -1.2   -2.1     .0 |       8.1 
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 Materials excluding:                            |         |                            |                            |                            |
     Energy                                      |     8.8 |   8.7    7.8    9.4    9.2 |    .8     .9     .8     .3 |    .7    -.7   -1.5    1.4 |       8.7 
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 Notes:  Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data.
         Estimates for January are preliminary.  Estimates from October to December are revised.