FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE G.17 (419) For release at 9:15 a.m. (EDT) April 16, 1999 Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in March; revisions to earlier months left the level of the index in February little changed from that previously reported. In manufacturing, production remained unchanged in March and was just a bit above its December level. The output of mines decreased 0.7 percent reversing the February gain. The output of utilities increased 1.9 percent in March and has picked up noticeably, on balance, since last fall. At 132.8 percent of its 1992 average, total industrial production in March was 1.6 percent higher than it was in March 1998. For the first quarter as a whole, total industrial production increased at an annual rate of just 0.7 percent, down noticeably from the 2-1/4 percent gain in the fourth quarter. Overall capacity utilization slipped in March to 80.1 percent, a level 2 percentage points below its long-term average and 2-1/2 percentage points below its March 1998 level. Market Groups ------------- The production of consumer goods was flat in March, as a rebound in the production of energy goods was offset by declines in other categories. The 1/2 percent decline in the production of durable consumer goods was mainly caused by reductions in the output of automotive products and household appliances from the elevated levels reached earlier this year. The production of non-energy nondurable consumer goods was generally weak in March. A notable exception was the production of consumer chemicals, which increased for the second consecutive month after having declined, on balance, since the second quarter of 1998. The output of business equipment decreased 0.2 percent in March and was 0.6 percent below its December level. Most of the recent declines in this market group have been concentrated in the production of industrial and transit equipment, which decreased again in March. In addition, the production of information processing equipment has risen more slowly in the first quarter after having expanded very rapidly in the fourth quarter of last year. The production of construction supplies, which had increased sharply between the end of 1997 and January 1999, declined for a second month in March as the seasonal pickup in output was less than normal. The output of materials increased 0.3 percent mostly because of another large increase in semiconductors and computer parts. Although the production of basic metals edged up, it remained about 6 percent lower than in March 1998. The output of nondurable materials edged down in March largely because of a decline in textile materials. Nonetheless, the output of nondurable materials has firmed since December owing mainly to a pickup in the production of paper. The production of energy materials declined and has been weak, on balance, since last fall. Industry Groups --------------- Durable goods production edged up 0.1 percent in March: Increases in furniture and fixtures, metals, computer and office equipment, semiconductors, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures were largely offset by declines in other durable goods industries. In particular, the output of transportation equipment decreased after having posted an increase in February, while the production of several types of industrial machinery continued to weaken. Nondurable goods production edged down 0.1 percent and was roughly unchanged from its December level. Increases in the production of tobacco, paper, chemicals, and rubber and plastic products were more than offset by declines in other industries; the largest losses occurred in textiles, apparel, and leather products, which were significantly below their March 1998 levels. The operating rate in manufacturing declined to 79.3 percent --2-1/4 percentage points below its level a year earlier. The utilization rates for both advanced- and primary-processing industries decreased 0.2 percentage point. The utilization rate for mines declined 0.6 percentage point and remained well below its long-term average. The rebound in the output of utilities pushed the utilization rate up 1-3/4 percentage points to 90.9 percent, 3-1/2 percentage points above its long-term average. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION: SUMMARY Seasonally adjusted | Index, 1992=100 | Percent change | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | Mar. 98 to Industrial Production | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Mar. 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Total index | 132.3 132.3 132.6 132.8 | .1 -.1 .3 .1 | 1.6 Previous estimates | 132.4 132.4 132.6 | .2 .0 .2 | | | | Major market groups: | | | Products, total | 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.6 | .0 .0 .1 .0 | 1.1 Consumer goods | 114.9 115.1 115.2 115.2 | .1 .2 .1 .0 | -.5 Business equipment | 167.9 167.1 167.2 166.9 | -.1 -.5 .1 -.2 | 4.2 Construction supplies | 131.0 132.5 131.8 131.0 | 1.1 1.2 -.5 -.6 | 5.1 Materials | 145.2 144.9 145.6 146.1 | .4 -.2 .5 .3 | 2.4 | | | Major industry groups: | | | Manufacturing | 136.7 136.5 137.0 137.0 | .2 -.1 .3 .0 | 2.2 Durable | 161.5 161.5 161.9 162.0 | .3 .0 .2 .1 | 4.4 Nondurable | 111.7 111.4 111.9 111.8 | .1 -.3 .4 -.1 | -.5 Mining | 99.0 97.4 98.0 97.3 | -2.1 -1.6 .7 -.7 | -8.0 Utilities | 111.8 114.0 113.2 115.4 | 1.1 2.0 -.7 1.9 | 1.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Capacity | Percent of Capacity | Growth | Average 1982 1988-89 1998 | 1998 1999 | Mar. 98 to Capacity Utilization | 1967-98 Low High Mar. | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Mar. 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Total industry | 82.1 71.1 85.4 82.6 | 80.7 80.3 80.3 80.1 | 4.7 Previous estimates | | 80.7 80.4 80.3 | | | | Manufacturing | 81.1 69.0 85.7 81.6 | 80.0 79.6 79.5 79.3 | 5.2 Advanced processing | 80.5 70.4 84.2 80.6 | 79.0 78.3 78.4 78.2 | 6.2 Primary processing | 82.4 66.2 88.9 84.4 | 82.9 83.1 82.8 82.6 | 2.7 Mining | 87.5 80.3 88.0 88.4 | 82.0 80.6 81.0 80.4 | 1.1 Utilities | 87.4 75.9 92.6 90.5 | 88.2 89.9 89.2 90.9 | .8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Table 1A INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: MARKET GROUPS | | Index, 1992=100 | 1998 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 Item |Proportion<1>| Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 100.00 | 132.4 132.2 132.3 132.3 132.6 132.8 | 134.3 131.0 129.7 129.7 132.1 133.0 | | | Products, total | 61.26 | 124.9 124.5 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.6 | 127.1 122.8 120.9 121.5 123.0 123.1 Final products | 46.12 | 126.7 126.1 125.9 125.7 125.8 125.9 | 128.8 124.1 122.4 123.4 125.2 125.5 | | | Consumer goods | 27.67 | 115.2 114.8 114.9 115.1 115.2 115.2 | 117.2 112.4 111.3 113.6 114.3 114.7 Durable | 6.01 | 140.5 138.9 139.8 141.4 142.5 141.8 | 145.8 135.7 130.6 135.8 147.2 150.7 Automotive products | 2.66 | 141.1 139.6 139.8 141.7 141.1 139.6 | 151.8 135.1 124.6 133.7 150.6 153.8 Autos and trucks | 1.58 | 150.6 149.1 147.7 149.4 149.4 147.1 | 167.6 142.7 125.7 139.0 166.3 169.2 Autos | .54 | 119.9 113.7 115.5 111.7 107.0 109.7 | 133.0 109.7 98.2 104.8 117.9 124.4 Trucks | 1.04 | 181.0 183.2 179.1 185.2 188.9 182.7 | 201.7 174.5 152.5 171.6 211.4 211.5 Auto parts and allied goods | 1.08 | 127.4 125.9 128.2 130.4 129.2 128.6 | 129.9 124.2 122.3 125.9 128.8 132.4 Other durable goods | 3.36 | 139.7 137.9 139.5 140.9 143.3 143.2 | 140.6 135.9 135.3 137.2 144.0 147.7 Appliances and electronics | .95 | 215.2 222.5 226.0 229.5 233.9 231.2 | 220.3 215.7 207.9 221.3 240.8 235.0 Appliances and air cond. | .48 | 129.1 132.3 133.7 132.9 139.5 132.9 | 132.6 124.6 115.7 129.5 152.6 146.1 Home electronics | .46 | 349.9 365.0 372.5 386.4 382.4 391.8 | 356.1 363.4 362.5 368.1 368.2 367.2 Carpeting and furniture | .84 | 120.3 117.5 116.8 120.3 122.6 121.5 | 124.5 114.7 109.2 116.9 121.9 122.8 Miscellaneous | 1.57 | 113.6 109.5 111.4 110.9 112.6 114.0 | 110.9 109.2 113.7 108.5 111.5 119.6 Nondurable | 21.66 | 109.1 109.0 108.9 108.8 108.6 108.8 | 110.3 106.8 106.6 108.2 106.5 106.2 Nonenergy | 18.90 | 108.3 109.3 109.1 108.4 108.5 108.4 | 112.0 107.3 104.3 104.0 104.2 104.9 Foods and tobacco | 9.68 | 108.0 109.6 109.6 110.0 109.9 109.5 | 113.5 108.4 103.2 105.1 105.2 106.0 Clothing | 1.81 | 95.4 94.5 94.6 93.6 93.9 92.8 | 98.3 93.5 90.9 87.2 91.2 90.4 Chemical products | 4.59 | 117.2 119.3 118.7 116.3 117.4 118.2 | 121.0 113.5 113.0 111.4 110.2 111.5 Paper products | 2.83 | 105.2 104.1 103.6 102.0 101.2 101.1 | 103.9 104.2 104.7 101.4 100.8 101.4 Energy products | 2.76 | 115.0 106.5 107.1 110.9 109.3 111.6 | 98.5 103.5 122.8 137.7 122.8 115.9 Fuels | .94 | 108.4 109.1 109.6 112.2 109.4 108.8 | 108.3 112.5 112.9 108.0 103.7 103.7 Utilities | 1.82 | 117.8 104.5 105.2 109.7 108.8 112.5 | 92.7 98.1 127.2 152.3 132.0 121.5 | | | Equipment, total | 18.45 | 147.5 146.5 145.6 144.8 144.8 145.1 | 150.1 145.6 142.6 141.3 145.3 145.3 Business equipment | 15.36 | 169.0 168.1 167.9 167.1 167.2 166.9 | 172.0 166.4 163.4 162.2 167.6 167.1 Information processing & related | 5.92 | 219.0 219.7 220.8 221.5 222.0 223.3 | 219.8 218.2 219.7 214.4 215.9 216.0 Computer and office | 1.38 | 716.7 745.2 759.9 776.8 789.6 800.5 | 716.6 725.9 738.6 739.8 755.9 744.0 Industrial | 4.81 | 141.6 139.9 141.3 139.8 138.4 137.9 | 143.4 137.9 136.5 136.0 139.1 138.4 Transit | 3.16 | 141.6 140.5 139.6 137.4 135.5 135.3 | 147.5 138.2 132.1 133.4 141.8 143.5 Autos and trucks | 1.24 | 136.1 136.4 136.0 134.8 133.1 131.6 | 151.6 130.6 115.3 125.6 146.1 148.1 Other | 1.47 | 141.1 138.5 131.7 131.8 140.0 136.6 | 145.2 138.0 125.8 128.7 143.1 137.1 Defense and space equipment | 2.07 | 76.4 75.7 74.6 74.5 74.8 75.4 | 76.3 76.4 76.6 75.0 75.3 75.8 Oil and gas well drilling | .78 | 119.4 115.2 103.2 99.2 97.4 104.2 | 120.0 116.4 105.4 99.1 95.3 98.6 Manufactured homes | .24 | 150.9 154.6 156.6 159.1 154.1 153.9 | 167.6 149.4 123.5 136.6 149.1 156.1 | | | Intermediate products | 15.13 | 119.0 119.3 119.8 120.5 120.8 120.5 | 122.3 118.9 116.5 115.9 116.6 116.1 Construction supplies | 6.06 | 128.4 129.6 131.0 132.5 131.8 131.0 | 133.5 129.4 124.3 123.7 126.5 126.7 Business supplies | 9.07 | 113.5 113.2 113.3 113.4 114.2 114.2 | 115.7 112.7 111.9 111.2 110.7 109.9 | | | Materials | 38.74 | 144.5 144.6 145.2 144.9 145.6 146.1 | 145.8 144.3 144.1 143.2 147.2 149.5 | | | Durable | 23.55 | 178.8 179.9 180.4 180.3 181.1 182.2 | 181.6 180.1 179.5 175.4 182.7 188.0 Consumer parts | 4.42 | 146.2 145.6 144.8 141.9 146.0 146.5 | 152.6 142.4 131.5 141.0 153.1 157.0 Equipment parts | 8.64 | 287.0 289.9 292.6 294.7 295.9 298.7 | 286.6 295.3 308.1 285.9 297.2 314.4 Semiconductors, printed circuit | | | boards, and oth. elec. comps. | 2.98 | 904.8 936.9 960.1 972.9 989.2 1012 | 888.4 958.1 1047 889.5 978.9 1134 Other | 10.50 | 128.4 129.3 129.3 129.5 128.7 129.3 | 130.4 128.6 126.6 124.8 127.9 128.6 Basic metals | 3.35 | 118.3 117.3 116.3 117.8 116.6 116.8 | 118.6 117.2 114.5 116.2 119.3 119.3 Nondurable | 8.48 | 111.7 112.2 112.5 112.4 113.2 113.1 | 113.6 111.2 108.3 111.6 114.3 113.9 Textile | .91 | 108.8 103.0 102.5 99.2 99.6 98.8 | 112.4 103.4 95.2 99.0 100.2 100.0 Paper | 1.80 | 115.8 112.7 114.7 116.5 116.9 117.4 | 115.5 111.7 112.0 117.5 119.9 117.8 Chemical | 3.92 | 111.1 113.7 113.0 113.0 113.6 113.6 | 111.1 112.4 109.7 112.1 115.2 114.7 Other | 1.86 | 110.4 113.2 114.4 113.6 115.6 115.2 | 117.5 112.2 108.1 111.4 113.9 115.6 Energy | 6.71 | 103.7 101.5 102.6 101.5 102.2 101.7 | 100.4 99.9 103.8 104.6 103.2 102.0 Primary | 4.28 | 102.6 99.8 100.3 98.3 99.8 98.1 | 99.2 98.4 100.8 100.4 101.4 99.1 Converted fuel | 2.43 | 106.1 104.9 107.2 107.7 106.8 108.8 | 102.8 102.8 109.5 112.6 106.7 107.6 | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | Total excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 97.18 | 132.1 131.9 132.1 132.0 132.4 132.6 | 133.6 130.8 129.9 129.6 131.4 132.2 Motor vehicles and parts | 94.86 | 131.5 131.4 131.7 131.6 131.9 132.1 | 132.8 130.3 129.8 129.1 130.6 131.3 Computers | 97.75 | 127.8 127.4 127.5 127.4 127.7 127.8 | 129.7 126.3 125.0 125.0 127.3 128.2 Computers and semiconductors 2 | 94.29 | 118.9 118.4 118.4 118.2 118.4 118.4 | 120.6 117.1 115.3 116.1 117.9 118.1 | | | Consumer goods excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 26.09 | 113.4 113.0 113.2 113.3 113.4 113.5 | 114.6 110.8 110.5 112.2 111.6 111.9 Energy | 24.91 | 115.3 115.8 115.8 115.6 115.9 115.6 | 119.3 113.5 110.0 110.9 113.3 114.6 | | | Business equipment excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 14.11 | 172.7 171.6 171.5 170.7 171.0 170.9 | 174.1 170.3 168.8 166.3 169.8 169.1 Computer and office equipment | 13.98 | 146.2 144.6 144.1 143.0 142.8 142.3 | 148.8 143.2 140.1 139.0 143.8 143.6 | | | Materials excluding: | | | Energy | 32.03 | 157.3 158.2 158.6 158.5 159.3 160.0 | 160.1 158.3 156.8 155.3 161.1 164.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Note: Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Table 1B INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: MARKET GROUPS Percent change | | Seasonally adjusted | | | | 1997 Q4 | annual rate | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | Mar. 98 | to | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | to Item | 1998 Q4 | Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Mar. 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | Total index | 1.9 | 2.8 .9 2.2 .7 | .1 -.1 .3 .1 | -1.0 .0 1.9 .7 | 1.6 | | | | | Products, total | 2.1 | 4.2 .2 1.5 -.1 | .0 .0 .1 .0 | -1.6 .5 1.3 .1 | 1.1 Final products | 2.0 | 4.6 -.8 1.3 -1.4 | -.2 -.1 .0 .1 | -1.4 .8 1.5 .2 | .4 | | | | | Consumer goods | -.4 | 1.4 -3.9 .1 .6 | .1 .2 .1 .0 | -1.0 2.0 .6 .4 | -.5 Durable | 4.9 | .3 -3.6 18.0 6.4 | .7 1.2 .8 -.5 | -3.7 4.0 8.4 2.4 | 4.3 Automotive products | 3.9 | -4.2 -7.6 41.9 1.9 | .1 1.4 -.4 -1.1 | -7.8 7.3 12.6 2.1 | 5.2 Autos and trucks | 3.1 | -14.0 -14.3 77.5 -1.4 | -1.0 1.1 .0 -1.5 | -11.9 10.6 19.7 1.8 | 5.9 Autos | .7 | -19.2 26.9 27.6 -21.7 | 1.6 -3.3 -4.2 2.5 | -10.5 6.8 12.4 5.6 | 3.0 Trucks | 5.0 | -10.2 -30.5 112.4 10.3 | -2.2 3.4 2.0 -3.3 | -12.6 12.6 23.2 .1 | 7.6 Auto parts and allied goods | 6.0 | 13.4 4.4 2.5 7.2 | 1.9 1.7 -1.0 -.4 | -1.5 2.9 2.3 2.8 | 4.9 Other durable goods | 5.6 | 3.9 -.8 1.9 10.2 | 1.1 1.0 1.8 -.1 | -.4 1.4 5.0 2.6 | 3.4 Appliances and electronics | 19.5 | 6.1 14.6 25.5 19.9 | 1.6 1.6 1.9 -1.2 | -3.6 6.4 8.8 -2.4 | 13.4 Appliances and air cond. | 11.3 | -1.4 6.3 17.1 10.8 | 1.1 -.6 5.0 -4.8 | -7.2 12.0 17.8 -4.3 | 7.5 Home electronics | 27.8 | 13.1 22.9 34.7 29.8 | 2.0 3.7 -1.0 2.5 | -.2 1.5 .0 -.3 | 19.7 Carpeting and furniture | 3.6 | 3.1 -2.0 5.1 11.4 | -.6 2.9 1.9 -.9 | -4.8 7.1 4.3 .7 | 6.3 Miscellaneous | -1.2 | 2.9 -8.2 -12.3 3.5 | 1.8 -.5 1.6 1.2 | 4.1 -4.5 2.7 7.3 | -3.7 Nondurable | -1.8 | 1.7 -3.9 -4.4 -1.0 | -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 | -.2 1.5 -1.6 -.2 | -1.8 Nonenergy | -1.6 | -.4 -6.6 -.6 -1.7 | -.2 -.6 .1 -.1 | -2.8 -.3 .2 .7 | -1.9 Foods and tobacco | .6 | -.3 -7.6 5.6 2.6 | .0 .3 -.1 -.3 | -4.8 1.8 .1 .7 | .4 Clothing | -5.7 | -3.7 -5.7 -11.3 -5.8 | .2 -1.1 .3 -1.1 | -2.8 -4.1 4.6 -.9 | -7.5 Chemical products | -2.4 | 5.3 -9.7 -4.4 -3.6 | -.4 -2.0 .9 .7 | -.5 -1.4 -1.0 1.2 | -2.5 Paper products | -4.7 | -7.2 1.9 -7.3 -10.5 | -.4 -1.5 -.8 -.2 | .5 -3.1 -.6 .6 | -5.0 Energy products | -3.4 | 17.5 16.1 -26.9 4.1 | .6 3.6 -1.4 2.1 | 18.7 12.1 -10.8 -5.6 | -1.4 Fuels | -.6 | 1.7 -.7 -7.2 4.1 | .5 2.4 -2.5 -.5 | .4 -4.3 -4.0 .0 | -2.1 Utilities | -4.9 | 26.7 25.3 -35.2 4.1 | .6 4.3 -.8 3.4 | 29.7 19.7 -13.3 -7.9 | -1.1 | | | | | Equipment, total | 5.7 | 9.6 4.0 3.2 -4.4 | -.6 -.5 .0 .2 | -2.0 -.9 2.8 .0 | 1.9 Business equipment | 8.3 | 13.8 7.2 6.2 -3.1 | -.1 -.5 .1 -.2 | -1.8 -.7 3.3 -.3 | 4.2 Information processing & related | 14.4 | 20.7 11.0 11.2 4.6 | .5 .4 .2 .6 | .7 -2.4 .7 .1 | 10.4 Computer and office | 54.7 | 60.7 38.8 46.4 28.8 | 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.4 | 1.8 .2 2.2 -1.6 | 36.8 Industrial | 1.5 | 5.9 5.4 -2.9 -6.2 | 1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -.4 | -1.0 -.4 2.3 -.5 | -1.1 Transit | 12.1 | 15.8 6.5 19.1 -12.1 | -.6 -1.6 -1.3 -.2 | -4.4 1.0 6.3 1.2 | 3.9 Autos and trucks | 5.2 | -12.0 8.1 58.4 -8.6 | -.3 -.9 -1.3 -1.1 | -11.7 8.9 16.3 1.4 | 8.2 Other | -1.4 | 7.6 -1.8 -8.2 -2.7 | -4.9 .0 6.3 -2.5 | -8.8 2.2 11.2 -4.2 | -2.3 Defense and space equipment | -.2 | -1.3 .8 -2.4 -3.5 | -1.5 -.1 .4 .8 | .2 -2.1 .4 .8 | -.6 Oil and gas well drilling | -25.3 | -27.2 -37.8 -39.6 -37.1 | -10.5 -3.8 -1.9 7.0 | -9.5 -6.0 -3.9 3.5 | -33.1 Manufactured homes | 9.1 | -1.4 1.3 16.8 4.4 | 1.3 1.6 -3.1 -.2 | -17.3 10.6 9.1 4.7 | 4.0 | | | | | Intermediate products | 2.4 | 3.0 3.4 1.8 4.0 | .4 .6 .2 -.2 | -2.0 -.6 .6 -.4 | 3.1 Construction supplies | 5.1 | 2.4 5.6 5.9 6.8 | 1.1 1.2 -.5 -.6 | -3.9 -.5 2.2 .1 | 5.1 Business supplies | .7 | 3.3 2.0 -.8 2.2 | .0 .1 .7 .0 | -.7 -.6 -.4 -.7 | 1.8 | | | | | Materials | 1.6 | .7 2.0 3.5 2.1 | .4 -.2 .5 .3 | -.2 -.6 2.8 1.5 | 2.4 | | | | | Durable | 3.8 | .5 4.2 9.5 3.4 | .3 -.1 .4 .6 | -.4 -2.3 4.2 2.9 | 4.9 Consumer parts | -1.5 | -6.1 2.6 9.3 -2.0 | -.5 -2.0 2.9 .3 | -7.6 7.2 8.6 2.5 | 1.9 Equipment parts | 11.9 | 6.6 14.8 17.7 9.5 | .9 .7 .4 .9 | 4.3 -7.2 3.9 5.8 | 12.4 Semiconductors, printed circuit | | | | | boards, and oth. elec. comps. | 29.7 | 11.4 45.6 61.2 26.9 | 2.5 1.3 1.7 2.3 | 9.3 -15.0 10.1 15.8 | 37.8 Other | -.8 | -2.0 -4.1 3.1 .5 | .0 .1 -.6 .5 | -1.5 -1.4 2.5 .5 | -.3 Basic metals | -5.7 | -9.3 -6.7 -9.1 -.7 | -.8 1.3 -1.0 .1 | -2.2 1.4 2.7 .0 | -5.6 Nondurable | -2.8 | -1.7 -3.8 -3.2 2.7 | .3 -.1 .7 -.1 | -2.7 3.1 2.4 -.3 | -.9 Textile | -7.2 | .0 -7.4 -12.9 -19.7 | -.5 -3.3 .4 -.8 | -7.9 4.1 1.2 -.2 | -10.7 Paper | -2.6 | -1.6 -.4 -6.2 9.2 | 1.8 1.6 .4 .4 | .3 4.9 2.1 -1.8 | 1.0 Chemical | -3.7 | -3.1 -7.3 -2.7 3.0 | -.6 .1 .5 .0 | -2.4 2.2 2.8 -.5 | -1.7 Other | 1.3 | .4 2.5 3.8 7.8 | 1.1 -.7 1.8 -.3 | -3.6 3.0 2.2 1.5 | 3.8 Energy | -.7 | 4.5 1.9 -8.1 -3.1 | 1.0 -1.0 .6 -.4 | 3.9 .8 -1.3 -1.2 | -1.9 Primary | .1 | .3 3.0 -4.7 -8.3 | .4 -1.9 1.5 -1.7 | 2.4 -.4 1.0 -2.3 | -2.9 Converted fuel | -2.2 | 12.8 .1 -13.8 6.6 | 2.1 .5 -.8 1.8 | 6.5 2.8 -5.2 .8 | -.1 | | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | | | Total excluding: | | | | | Autos and trucks | 1.8 | 3.3 1.1 .7 .9 | .2 -.1 .3 .2 | -.7 -.2 1.4 .6 | 1.4 Motor vehicles and parts | 1.9 | 3.8 .6 .6 1.1 | .2 .0 .2 .1 | -.4 -.5 1.2 .5 | 1.4 Computers | .9 | 1.7 .1 1.3 .1 | .1 -.1 .2 .1 | -1.1 .0 1.9 .7 | .8 Computers and semiconductors 1 | -.1 | 1.3 -1.2 -.3 -.8 | .0 -.2 .2 .0 | -1.5 .7 1.6 .1 | -.3 | | | | | Consumer goods excluding: | | | | | Autos and trucks | -.6 | 2.5 -3.2 -3.4 .8 | .2 .1 .1 .1 | -.3 1.5 -.6 .3 | -.9 Energy | .0 | -.2 -5.9 3.7 .2 | .0 -.2 .3 -.2 | -3.0 .7 2.2 1.1 | -.4 | | | | | Business equipment excluding: | | | | | Autos and trucks | 8.5 | 16.3 7.0 2.5 -2.5 | -.1 -.5 .2 -.1 | -.9 -1.5 2.1 -.4 | 3.8 Computer and office equipment | 4.2 | 9.3 4.2 2.7 -6.2 | -.3 -.8 -.1 -.3 | -2.2 -.8 3.4 -.1 | 1.1 | | | | | Materials excluding: | | | | | Energy | 2.0 | -.1 1.9 6.0 3.2 | .3 -.1 .5 .5 | -1.0 -.9 3.7 2.1 | 3.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Notes: Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data. Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Table 2A INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS | | Index, 1992=100 | 1998 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 Item |Proportion<1>| Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 100.00 | 132.4 132.2 132.3 132.3 132.6 132.8 | 134.3 131.0 129.7 129.7 132.1 133.0 | | | Manufacturing | 88.55 | 136.1 136.4 136.7 136.5 137.0 137.0 | 139.5 135.6 133.1 132.4 136.0 137.5 | | | Primary processing | 27.97 | 120.1 120.3 121.3 121.9 121.6 121.5 | 122.4 120.0 117.9 118.6 120.8 121.1 Advanced processing | 60.59 | 144.2 144.6 144.4 143.9 144.7 144.8 | 147.8 143.2 140.5 139.1 143.4 145.5 | | | Durable | 49.28 | 161.2 161.0 161.5 161.5 161.9 162.0 | 164.3 160.2 158.0 156.5 162.8 165.6 Lumber and products 24 | 2.12 | 118.0 118.3 121.4 121.9 121.9 120.6 | 123.6 117.8 113.3 115.3 119.1 119.5 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.41 | 124.5 123.6 122.9 122.5 124.1 125.4 | 125.7 122.5 120.6 117.8 123.0 121.9 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.43 | 128.3 130.5 131.6 133.6 132.1 131.0 | 133.0 130.4 125.4 125.6 125.9 127.0 | | | Primary metals 33 | 3.60 | 120.6 118.7 118.6 120.1 118.1 118.4 | 121.2 118.4 114.9 119.0 121.3 121.7 Iron and steel 331,2 | 1.91 | 114.4 109.7 114.6 116.4 112.7 113.2 | 115.6 109.0 110.1 114.8 116.4 116.4 Raw steel | .09 | 109.7 100.2 102.0 106.6 106.6 107.2 | 108.5 99.5 99.4 107.1 111.1 111.5 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.69 | 128.0 129.3 123.4 124.6 124.5 124.6 | 127.9 129.6 120.7 124.0 127.2 128.0 Fabricated metal products 34 | 5.55 | 126.9 127.7 128.7 127.9 127.2 127.5 | 129.4 128.1 128.5 123.6 125.1 125.9 Industrial machinery | | | and equipment 35 | 9.98 | 211.2 211.1 212.7 212.3 214.4 214.0 | 211.5 205.3 204.2 205.6 215.1 215.1 Computer and office equip. 357 | 2.25 | 718.5 746.9 761.6 778.7 791.7 802.8 | 718.3 727.5 740.2 741.5 757.8 746.2 Electrical machinery 36 | 8.56 | 302.4 304.8 307.3 309.8 312.1 314.6 | 305.5 311.8 320.3 297.0 312.7 330.9 Semiconductors and related | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 3.46 | 756.3 779.3 794.8 805.8 817.2 834.1 | 750.3 803.3 868.8 750.1 817.0 930.7 | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 9.43 | 128.4 127.1 125.6 124.0 125.0 124.5 | 134.2 124.5 116.8 122.0 131.4 133.9 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 5.14 | 150.2 148.8 146.6 145.3 147.7 147.0 | 163.6 143.2 126.1 141.0 161.1 165.8 Autos and light trucks | 2.55 | 140.4 138.1 137.3 137.9 137.0 135.8 | 156.3 132.4 116.9 128.5 152.3 155.9 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 4.30 | 106.9 105.7 104.8 103.0 102.7 102.5 | 105.9 105.9 106.7 103.2 102.9 103.5 Instruments 38 | 4.88 | 114.6 114.1 113.9 114.4 113.7 114.4 | 115.0 113.4 113.5 111.6 111.9 112.9 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.32 | 115.9 114.1 115.4 114.8 116.0 117.0 | 118.8 117.8 116.9 111.2 114.2 116.8 | | | Nondurable | 39.28 | 110.9 111.6 111.7 111.4 111.9 111.8 | 114.1 110.6 107.9 107.8 108.9 109.1 Foods 20 | 9.00 | 109.1 111.3 111.1 111.9 112.2 111.5 | 114.3 110.8 107.6 106.8 106.3 106.7 Tobacco products 21 | 1.29 | 101.9 99.8 100.0 96.9 97.1 97.8 | 111.3 98.8 78.8 96.1 101.6 105.0 Textile mill products 22 | 1.56 | 112.4 108.8 109.4 109.6 110.9 109.0 | 118.9 107.0 97.2 103.8 108.6 108.5 Apparel products 23 | 1.73 | 97.3 95.5 95.3 94.2 93.9 93.0 | 98.6 95.7 95.3 91.1 92.0 91.9 Paper and products 26 | 3.50 | 115.4 112.3 115.3 116.2 117.1 117.4 | 117.3 110.8 111.2 116.6 119.2 117.7 | | | Printing and publishing 27 | 6.79 | 104.2 105.4 105.1 103.6 103.9 103.7 | 107.2 105.8 103.7 99.4 100.2 99.4 Chemicals and products 28 | 9.78 | 113.1 114.7 114.0 112.8 113.9 114.3 | 115.0 111.0 109.3 110.1 110.9 111.7 Petroleum products 29 | 1.59 | 110.4 112.8 112.5 117.1 114.3 113.7 | 111.7 114.3 112.4 108.0 105.5 106.2 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.83 | 133.4 135.0 136.0 135.4 136.3 137.6 | 135.3 135.6 135.5 133.3 136.6 138.1 Leather and products 31 | .21 | 72.8 74.3 73.0 71.1 71.1 70.1 | 74.2 74.7 73.1 69.3 70.3 70.4 | | | Mining | 5.19 | 102.0 101.1 99.0 97.4 98.0 97.3 | 103.9 101.4 97.3 94.8 96.2 94.9 Metal mining 10 | .36 | 113.6 110.7 108.3 110.1 110.9 110.9 | 114.0 109.9 108.2 103.7 109.4 110.2 Coal mining 12 | .82 | 110.8 108.6 114.5 102.0 108.6 101.1 | 116.6 107.5 110.3 104.2 105.3 105.1 Oil and gas extraction 13 | 3.38 | 96.8 94.2 91.0 90.9 90.9 91.6 | 96.3 95.4 92.5 91.0 91.5 90.9 Stone and earth minerals 14 | .64 | 118.8 132.1 125.6 128.1 123.9 123.8 | 136.0 132.2 108.8 105.4 111.0 101.6 | | | Utilities | 6.25 | 116.5 110.6 111.8 114.0 113.2 115.4 | 103.3 105.1 120.0 131.6 121.3 117.2 Electric 491,3pt | 5.28 | 120.3 114.6 115.2 116.3 116.3 118.3 | 111.4 106.6 115.6 122.3 115.3 112.7 Gas 492,3pt | .97 | 98.7 92.0 96.0 103.6 99.1 102.4 | 69.1 102.1 145.2 180.6 154.1 143.2 | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | semiconductors 2 | 7.81 | 552.1 562.8 571.2 578.1 586.1 594.3 | 551.8 571.9 598.9 552.9 579.4 613.7 | | | Manufacturing excluding: | | | Motor vehicles and parts | 83.41 | 135.3 135.7 136.2 136.1 136.4 136.5 | 138.0 135.1 133.5 131.9 134.5 135.7 Computer and office equipment | 86.30 | 130.8 130.9 131.1 130.9 131.2 131.2 | 134.1 130.2 127.7 127.0 130.4 131.9 Computers and semiconductors 2 | 82.84 | 120.4 120.4 120.5 120.2 120.4 120.3 | 123.5 119.4 116.5 116.7 119.5 120.1 Computers, communications eq, and | | | semiconductors 2 | 80.74 | 118.7 118.8 118.9 118.6 118.8 118.6 | 121.8 117.7 114.7 115.0 117.9 118.5 Memo: Motor vehicle assemblies [3] | | | Total | | 13.1 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.6 | 14.8 12.0 11.6 11.6 13.0 15.3 Autos | | 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.5 | 6.8 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.5 6.7 Trucks | | 7.0 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.0 | 7.9 6.6 6.3 6.4 7.5 8.6 Light | | 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.6 | 7.5 6.2 5.9 6.1 7.1 8.2 Heavy and medium | | 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 | 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components. [3] Millions of units at an annual rate. Notes: Primary processing manufacturing includes textile mill products, paper and products, industrial chemicals, synthetic materials, and fertilizers, petroleum products, rubber and plastics products, lumber and products, primary metals, fabricated metals, and stone, clay, and glass products. Advanced processing manufacturing includes foods, tobacco products, apparel products, printing and publishing, chemical products and other agricultural chemicals, leather and products, furniture and fixtures, industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures. Estimates for the month of March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Table 2B INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent change | | Seasonally adjusted | | | | 1997 Q4 | annual rate | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | Mar. 98 | to | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 | to Item | 1998 Q4 | Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. | Mar. 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | Total index | 1.9 | 2.8 .9 2.2 .7 | .1 -.1 .3 .1 | -1.0 .0 1.9 .7 | 1.6 | | | | | Manufacturing | 2.5 | 2.5 .4 4.9 1.2 | .2 -.1 .3 .0 | -1.8 -.5 2.7 1.1 | 2.2 | | | | | Primary processing | -.3 | -.6 -2.8 1.2 3.7 | .8 .5 -.2 -.1 | -1.8 .6 1.9 .2 | .5 Advanced processing | 3.9 | 3.9 1.9 6.6 .1 | -.1 -.4 .5 .1 | -1.9 -1.0 3.1 1.5 | 3.0 | | | | | Durable | 5.3 | 4.6 4.7 8.6 1.5 | .3 .0 .2 .1 | -1.4 -.9 4.0 1.7 | 4.4 Lumber and products 24 | 4.2 | 2.9 4.4 5.4 7.5 | 2.7 .4 .0 -1.1 | -3.8 1.7 3.4 .3 | 4.6 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.4 | 4.8 -1.2 9.6 1.1 | -.6 -.3 1.4 1.0 | -1.5 -2.3 4.4 -.9 | 3.2 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 5.0 | -1.3 7.8 12.7 6.6 | .9 1.5 -1.1 -.9 | -3.8 .1 .3 .8 | 5.2 | | | | | Primary metals 33 | -7.1 | -8.6 -9.2 -9.7 -1.4 | .0 1.3 -1.7 .3 | -2.9 3.5 1.9 .3 | -6.9 Iron and steel 331,2 | -11.7 | -12.7 -16.0 -18.2 4.4 | 4.4 1.6 -3.2 .5 | 1.0 4.3 1.4 .0 | -11.3 Raw steel | -12.9 | -6.0 -9.7 -37.7 11.3 | 1.9 4.4 .1 .5 | -.1 7.7 3.8 .3 | -10.7 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | -1.7 | -3.3 -.6 .5 -7.2 | -4.6 .9 .0 .0 | -6.9 2.7 2.5 .7 | -1.4 Fabricated metal products 34 | .6 | 3.2 -4.2 3.2 -.8 | .8 -.6 -.6 .3 | .3 -3.9 1.3 .6 | .2 Industrial machinery | | | | | and equipment 35 | 12.9 | 19.5 10.1 7.4 3.7 | .7 -.1 1.0 -.2 | -.5 .7 4.6 .0 | 7.9 Computer and office equip. 357 | 53.0 | 58.1 37.6 45.9 29.0 | 2.0 2.2 1.7 1.4 | 1.8 .2 2.2 -1.5 | 36.2 Electrical machinery 36 | 11.4 | 6.8 14.7 17.7 10.0 | .8 .8 .7 .8 | 2.7 -7.3 5.3 5.8 | 13.1 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 25.7 | 9.6 37.6 51.7 23.6 | 2.0 1.4 1.4 2.1 | 8.1 -13.7 8.9 13.9 | 32.4 | | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 3.1 | -2.6 3.7 17.3 -7.7 | -1.2 -1.3 .8 -.4 | -6.2 4.5 7.7 1.9 | 1.8 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | .7 | -14.5 5.7 37.3 -4.9 | -1.5 -.9 1.7 -.5 | -12.0 11.9 14.2 2.9 | 5.1 Autos and light trucks | 2.6 | -14.9 -8.7 67.9 -5.0 | -.5 .4 -.7 -.9 | -11.7 10.0 18.5 2.3 | 5.4 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 6.6 | 14.1 2.0 -3.0 -11.2 | -.8 -1.7 -.3 -.3 | .7 -3.3 -.2 .5 | -1.9 Instruments 38 | 1.9 | 2.9 .8 3.4 -.3 | -.2 .4 -.6 .6 | .2 -1.7 .3 .9 | 1.4 Miscellaneous 39 | -3.4 | -2.1 -5.0 -8.4 2.7 | 1.1 -.5 1.0 .9 | -.7 -4.9 2.8 2.2 | -2.5 | | | | | Nondurable | -.9 | -.2 -4.7 .3 .9 | .1 -.3 .4 -.1 | -2.5 .0 1.0 .2 | -.5 Foods 20 | 1.8 | -.1 -6.5 8.8 5.1 | -.1 .7 .2 -.5 | -2.9 -.7 -.5 .3 | 1.7 Tobacco products 21 | -8.7 | -2.6 -10.3 -18.1 -12.6 | .2 -3.1 .1 .7 | -20.3 22.0 5.7 3.3 | -7.1 Textile mill products 22 | -2.9 | -1.3 -4.0 -6.5 -1.3 | .5 .3 1.1 -1.7 | -9.2 6.8 4.6 -.1 | -3.2 Apparel products 23 | -6.1 | -4.3 -5.5 -12.0 -9.5 | -.2 -1.2 -.3 -.9 | -.4 -4.4 1.0 -.2 | -8.4 Paper and products 26 | -1.2 | -1.8 .2 -2.4 9.3 | 2.7 .8 .8 .3 | .4 4.9 2.2 -1.3 | 2.1 | | | | | Printing and publishing 27 | -1.8 | -2.0 -2.1 -.3 -4.3 | -.3 -1.4 .3 -.3 | -2.0 -4.2 .8 -.7 | -1.7 Chemicals and products 28 | -2.3 | .6 -8.3 -1.6 -1.0 | -.6 -1.0 .9 .4 | -1.6 .8 .7 .7 | -2.0 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 | 1.3 2.8 -2.9 11.7 | -.2 4.1 -2.4 -.6 | -1.7 -4.0 -2.2 .6 | .6 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.4 | 5.4 -1.2 7.1 4.9 | .8 -.5 .7 .9 | -.1 -1.6 2.4 1.1 | 4.7 Leather and products 31 | -7.4 | -11.2 -6.7 -4.6 -13.6 | -1.8 -2.6 -.1 -1.4 | -2.1 -5.2 1.5 .2 | -10.0 | | | | | Mining | -4.9 | -6.2 -6.1 -10.8 -11.8 | -2.1 -1.6 .7 -.7 | -4.0 -2.6 1.5 -1.4 | -8.0 Metal mining 10 | -1.2 | -21.4 -2.7 14.9 -.7 | -2.1 1.7 .7 .0 | -1.6 -4.2 5.5 .7 | 1.5 Coal mining 12 | 3.0 | 4.5 19.5 -5.2 -24.0 | 5.4 -10.9 6.4 -6.9 | 2.6 -5.5 1.1 -.3 | -2.2 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -8.5 | -8.2 -12.0 -17.7 -11.8 | -3.4 -.2 .0 .7 | -3.0 -1.6 .5 -.6 | -12.0 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 3.5 | 3.1 -3.6 7.2 -.7 | -4.9 2.0 -3.3 -.1 | -17.7 -3.1 5.3 -8.5 | 3.2 | | | | | Utilities | -1.1 | 17.9 14.7 -20.5 4.6 | 1.1 2.0 -.7 1.9 | 14.1 9.7 -7.8 -3.3 | 1.3 Electric 491,3pt | 1.4 | 21.3 10.0 -14.1 .9 | .5 1.0 .0 1.7 | 8.4 5.8 -5.7 -2.3 | 2.2 Gas 492,3pt | -13.4 | 1.3 42.2 -47.7 28.4 | 4.4 7.9 -4.3 3.3 | 42.1 24.4 -14.7 -7.0 | -3.6 | | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | | semiconductors 1 | 26.7 | 23.5 28.7 32.2 18.3 | 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.4 | 4.7 -7.7 4.8 5.9 | 25.5 | | | | | Manufacturing excluding: | | | | | Motor vehicles and parts | 2.6 | 3.6 .1 3.1 1.6 | .3 -.1 .2 .1 | -1.2 -1.2 2.0 .9 | 2.0 Computer and office equipment | 1.4 | 1.1 -.5 3.9 .5 | .2 -.2 .3 .0 | -1.9 -.6 2.7 1.1 | 1.3 Computers and semiconductors 1 | .3 | .7 -2.0 2.2 -.5 | .1 -.3 .2 -.1 | -2.4 .1 2.4 .5 | .1 Computers, communications eq, and | | | | | semiconductors 1 | .2 | .3 -2.3 2.4 -.5 | .1 -.3 .2 -.1 | -2.5 .3 2.5 .5 | -.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <1> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Notes: Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Percent changes shown in the first and last columns are based on seasonally adjusted data. Table 3 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1967- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 1998 | 1998 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 1998 | 1998 1999 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Total industry | 100.00 | 82.1 87.3 71.1 85.4 78.1 84.7 | 82.6 | 81.3 80.8 80.7 80.3 80.3 80.1 | | | | Manufacturing | 89.41 | 81.1 86.9 69.0 85.7 76.6 84.4 | 81.6 | 80.3 80.1 80.0 79.6 79.5 79.3 | | | | Primary processing | 27.08 | 82.4 88.1 66.2 88.9 77.7 89.2 | 84.4 | 82.4 82.4 82.9 83.1 82.8 82.6 Advanced processing | 62.33 | 80.5 86.7 70.4 84.2 76.1 82.3 | 80.6 | 79.6 79.4 79.0 78.3 78.4 78.2 | | | | Durable | 50.51 | 79.5 87.7 63.9 84.6 73.1 84.1 | 81.1 | 80.6 80.0 79.8 79.4 79.2 78.9 Lumber and products 24 | 2.11 | 82.5 87.9 60.8 93.6 75.5 88.0 | 81.0 | 81.6 81.6 83.6 83.7 83.6 82.5 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.46 | 81.3 85.5 68.9 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 78.5 | 79.7 79.1 78.5 78.1 79.0 79.7 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.40 | 78.3 88.0 64.3 83.5 69.7 83.3 | 80.7 | 83.1 84.4 85.1 86.3 85.3 84.4 | | | | Primary metals 33 | 3.33 | 81.3 94.2 45.1 92.7 73.7 93.8 | 90.0 | 83.7 82.2 81.9 82.8 81.2 81.3 Iron and steel 331,2 | 1.83 | 81.2 95.8 37.0 95.2 71.8 96.4 | 90.2 | 78.4 74.9 77.9 78.9 76.2 76.4 Raw steel | .09 | 81.0 95.8 35.2 92.7 71.5 98.7 | 88.5 | 77.8 70.7 71.6 74.6 74.4 74.6 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.50 | 81.5 91.1 60.1 89.3 74.2 91.2 | 89.9 | 90.4 91.3 87.0 87.7 87.6 87.6 Primary copper 3331 | .05 | 75.6 81.5 42.1 86.3 73.5 102.4 | 87.9 | 87.6 88.9 81.6 76.0 79.9 Primary aluminum 3334 | .11 | 88.4 97.6 58.6 100.4 97.3 83.7 | 87.3 | 88.3 88.9 88.4 88.1 88.6 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 5.86 | 78.0 83.9 63.7 82.0 71.9 85.5 | 77.6 | 75.7 75.9 76.4 75.8 75.2 75.4 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 9.77 | 81.4 93.2 64.0 85.4 72.3 87.5 | 86.6 | 84.9 83.9 83.6 82.6 82.6 81.7 Computer and office equip. 357 | 2.46 | 81.2 92.6 65.5 86.9 66.9 86.8 | 87.9 | 80.7 80.6 79.2 78.2 77.0 75.7 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.49 | 81.0 89.4 71.6 84.0 75.0 90.2 | 78.1 | 77.2 76.8 76.5 76.2 75.9 75.7 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.09 | 80.0 91.6 75.7 81.1 75.6 95.2 | 76.8 | 78.5 79.2 79.0 78.5 77.9 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 9.77 | 75.9 84.8 57.2 85.8 68.5 77.9 | 78.9 | 81.8 80.8 79.8 78.7 79.2 78.9 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 5.53 | 76.8 95.0 45.5 89.1 55.9 87.9 | 76.4 | 80.9 80.0 78.7 77.9 79.1 78.7 Autos and light trucks 1 | 2.58 | 94.6 40.6 92.3 53.3 92.5 | 82.8 | 88.8 87.1 86.5 86.8 86.3 85.5 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 4.24 | 75.2 81.9 66.6 87.3 79.2 69.1 | 82.2 | 83.3 82.3 81.5 80.0 79.8 79.6 Instruments 38 | 4.95 | 81.6 92.7 78.4 81.4 77.2 77.5 | 80.8 | 80.9 80.4 80.1 80.2 79.5 79.9 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.38 | 75.7 79.4 65.4 79.0 71.7 79.7 | 79.8 | 76.2 74.9 75.7 75.2 75.8 76.3 | | | | Nondurable | 38.90 | 83.4 87.5 76.4 87.3 80.7 84.8 | 82.6 | 80.3 80.7 80.6 80.2 80.4 80.3 Foods 20 | 8.95 | 83.0 84.6 79.1 85.4 82.7 84.4 | 82.4 | 80.5 81.8 81.6 82.0 82.0 81.5 Textile mill products 22 | 1.54 | 85.6 91.2 72.3 90.4 77.7 93.0 | 83.5 | 83.2 80.5 80.9 81.1 82.0 80.6 Apparel products 23 | 1.90 | 80.9 87.5 77.5 85.1 75.5 85.5 | 75.6 | 72.9 71.6 71.6 70.8 70.6 70.1 Paper and products 26 | 3.24 | 89.1 96.1 80.6 93.5 85.0 93.0 | 87.9 | 86.7 84.2 86.2 86.7 87.3 87.3 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 1.27 | 92.4 98.3 82.0 98.0 89.9 97.0 | 93.1 | 92.4 89.3 90.8 92.0 92.7 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.64 | 85.7 93.9 82.0 91.7 79.6 82.2 | 83.3 | 80.8 81.4 81.0 79.7 79.8 79.6 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 10.16 | 79.5 84.6 69.9 86.2 79.3 80.4 | 79.1 | 75.7 76.6 76.1 75.2 75.8 76.0 Plastics materials 2821 | .73 | 86.7 90.9 63.4 97.0 74.8 102.7 | 89.5 | 89.1 94.1 93.1 88.2 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | .33 | 85.0 98.6 64.4 99.7 77.6 90.3 | 89.5 | 81.7 79.6 76.2 81.3 84.7 Petroleum products 29 | 1.33 | 86.9 90.0 66.8 88.5 85.1 93.1 | 97.2 | 94.4 96.3 96.0 99.8 97.4 96.7 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.69 | 84.5 91.2 72.7 89.6 77.4 91.0 | 84.9 | 83.8 84.5 84.8 84.1 84.3 84.7 Leather and products 31 | .26 | 80.3 92.1 75.8 83.3 76.1 85.4 | 66.2 | 61.8 63.0 62.0 60.5 60.7 60.1 | | | | Mining | 4.98 | 87.5 96.0 80.3 88.0 87.0 88.9 | 88.4 | 84.7 83.8 82.0 80.6 81.0 80.4 Metal mining 10 | .33 | 79.4 87.9 44.4 89.4 79.9 89.4 | 89.3 | 92.6 90.2 88.3 89.7 90.4 90.3 Coal mining 12 | .80 | 86.6 99.4 76.6 91.5 83.4 90.8 | 80.5 | 85.3 83.6 87.9 78.2 83.1 77.3 Oil and gas extraction 13 | 3.25 | 88.5 97.3 82.3 88.2 88.7 89.5 | 90.6 | 84.1 81.8 78.9 78.8 78.8 79.4 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .84 | 74.3 104.3 50.9 69.3 60.0 73.8 | 88.1 | 66.8 64.3 57.5 55.3 54.3 58.1 Stone and earth minerals 14 | .60 | 84.8 92.7 63.3 89.0 79.4 91.6 | 83.6 | 80.8 89.5 84.8 86.2 83.1 82.7 | | | | Utilities | 5.60 | 87.4 89.1 75.9 92.6 83.4 93.6 | 90.5 | 92.0 87.3 88.2 89.9 89.2 90.9 Electric 491,3pt | 4.53 | 89.4 88.2 78.9 95.0 87.1 96.3 | 93.6 | 96.9 92.2 92.6 93.5 93.4 95.0 Gas 492,3pt | 1.07 | 82.1 93.7 69.1 85.0 67.1 87.8 | 77.6 | 71.5 66.5 69.4 74.8 71.5 73.7 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 8.90 | 80.3 90.9 77.3 81.9 72.4 89.7 | 79.1 | 77.6 77.2 76.5 75.7 75.2 74.7 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 80.51 | 81.2 87.0 68.0 86.1 76.8 83.9 | 82.0 | 80.8 80.7 80.6 80.2 80.3 80.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Notes: Primary processing manufacturing includes textile mill products, paper and products, industrial chemicals, synthetic materials, and fertilizers, petroleum products, rubber and plastics products, lumber and products, primary metals, fabricated metals, and stone, clay, and glass products. Advanced processing manufacturing includes foods, tobacco products, apparel products, printing and publishing, chemical products and other agricultural chemicals, leather and products, furniture and fixtures, industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures. Estimates for March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised. Table 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent change Capacity indexes | Annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Percent of 1992 output | 1967- 1967- 1975-| | | | 1999 1975 1999 | | 1998 | 1998 1999 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | Total industry | 3.1 3.8 2.9 | 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.0 3.2 | 158.3 | 162.8 163.5 164.1 164.6 165.2 165.7 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.2 | 6.0 6.4 5.8 5.6 3.6 | 164.3 | 169.6 170.3 171.0 171.6 172.2 172.8 | | | | Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.0 1.8 | 143.3 | 145.8 146.1 146.4 146.7 146.9 147.2 Advanced processing | 4.0 4.0 4.0 | 7.4 7.4 6.4 6.6 4.3 | 174.4 | 181.1 182.0 182.9 183.7 184.5 185.2 | | | | Durable | 4.0 3.7 4.1 | 9.5 9.7 8.6 7.9 5.2 | 191.4 | 200.0 201.2 202.3 203.4 204.4 205.4 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.0 3.9 4.2 2.9 2.3 | 142.3 | 144.6 144.9 145.2 145.5 145.8 146.1 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.1 4.5 2.5 | 2.5 5.9 5.1 1.9 2.2 | 154.8 | 156.2 156.4 156.6 156.8 157.1 157.3 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | 5.7 4.9 2.9 .6 1.7 | 154.2 | 154.5 154.6 154.7 154.8 154.9 155.1 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 2.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 1.6 | 141.2 | 144.0 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.4 145.6 Iron and steel 331,2 | -.1 .7 -.4 | 1.9 5.0 3.9 5.1 2.1 | 141.5 | 145.9 146.6 147.1 147.6 147.9 148.3 Raw steel | -.4 .3 -.7 | 3.1 2.8 5.8 6.8 2.1 | 135.6 | 141.0 141.8 142.4 142.9 143.3 143.7 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 .8 | 3.5 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.0 | 140.6 | 141.6 141.7 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.3 Primary copper 3331 | .2 1.8 -.4 | 2.0 -4.8 -.6 .8 .4 | 122.3 | 123.0 123.1 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.3 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .1 .4 .1 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 5.2 5.5 6.5 4.3 .1 | 163.9 | 167.7 168.2 168.6 168.8 169.0 169.1 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 6.0 4.7 6.5 | 11.5 13.0 12.1 14.6 10.4 | 229.1 | 248.7 251.7 254.5 257.2 259.7 262.1 Computer and office equip. 357 | 22.5 12.0 26.7 | 34.7 46.1 43.2 59.4 40.3 | 671.0 | 890.0 926.2 961.5 995.6 1029 1061 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.0 5.9 10.2 | 28.8 30.3 23.6 18.3 13.2 | 356.2 | 391.6 396.7 401.6 406.3 411.0 415.6 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 20.1 13.1 22.8 | 58.7 56.6 46.7 33.4 26.8 | 820.4 | 963.0 984.5 1006 1027 1048 1070 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.6 3.0 2.4 | 4.3 2.5 2.0 2.1 .4 | 155.0 | 157.0 157.2 157.4 157.6 157.7 157.8 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.2 4.4 2.8 | 8.4 3.9 3.2 2.5 .9 | 183.2 | 185.7 186.1 186.4 186.6 186.7 186.9 Autos and light trucks 1 | | 4.5 -.5 .8 2.8 -.7 | 155.6 | 158.2 158.5 158.7 158.8 158.8 158.7 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.5 1.1 1.7 | -.4 .5 .2 1.4 -.2 | 127.1 | 128.4 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8 128.8 Instruments 38 | 4.5 7.6 3.4 | 2.6 .1 1.3 2.4 2.8 | 139.7 | 141.7 142.0 142.3 142.6 142.9 143.2 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 | 150.4 | 152.1 152.3 152.6 152.8 153.0 153.3 | | | | Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.6 1.3 | 136.1 | 138.1 138.4 138.7 138.9 139.1 139.3 Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.0 | 2.2 2.0 1.2 2.8 1.5 | 133.2 | 135.6 135.9 136.2 136.5 136.7 136.9 Textile mill products 22 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 2.0 2.2 4.6 .9 -.1 | 134.9 | 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 2.3 .7 1.8 -.7 -1.3 | 134.3 | 133.5 133.4 133.2 133.1 132.9 132.8 Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.4 | 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.1 | 130.9 | 133.1 133.4 133.7 133.9 134.2 134.4 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.3 2.9 2.1 | 2.9 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.0 | 121.4 | 122.6 122.8 122.9 123.0 123.2 123.3 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.6 3.0 2.5 | .7 .3 .1 3.1 .8 | 126.5 | 129.1 129.5 129.8 130.0 130.2 130.3 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.5 | 2.8 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.2 | 147.4 | 149.4 149.7 149.9 150.1 150.3 150.5 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.3 12.7 4.0 | 5.0 5.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 | 139.8 | 142.7 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.8 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 -.3 2.5 2.9 3.4 | 123.8 | 125.8 126.1 126.5 126.8 127.1 127.5 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .5 | -.2 .8 1.3 1.1 1.1 | 116.3 | 117.0 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.5 8.4 4.4 | 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.4 | 154.8 | 159.1 159.7 160.4 161.0 161.7 162.4 Leather and products 31 | -2.9 -1.5 -3.5 | 3.4 3.5 -3.3 -.4 -6.1 | 117.7 | 117.9 117.9 117.7 117.4 117.0 116.5 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .4 | -.4 .4 1.5 1.0 .9 | 119.7 | 120.4 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 121.0 Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | .7 1.6 2.9 .8 .5 | 122.4 | 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.8 Coal mining 12 | 2.4 2.4 2.3 | .6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 | 128.5 | 129.8 130.0 130.2 130.4 130.6 130.8 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.4 -1.0 -.2 | -1.0 -.2 1.0 .4 .1 | 114.8 | 115.1 115.2 115.3 115.3 115.4 115.4 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .6 | -1.5 -1.2 .9 1.9 -1.0 | 176.7 | 178.8 179.1 179.3 179.3 179.3 179.2 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.5 2.6 1.2 | 2.4 3.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 | 143.6 | 147.1 147.6 148.1 148.6 149.2 149.7 | | | | Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 .3 .7 .4 | 126.0 | 126.6 126.7 126.8 126.8 126.9 127.0 Electric 491,3pt | 3.6 7.8 2.0 | 2.2 1.9 -.1 .6 .6 | 123.6 | 124.2 124.3 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.5 Gas 492,3pt | .5 2.3 -.2 | .5 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.4 | 136.9 | 138.1 138.2 138.4 138.6 138.7 138.9 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 16.5 9.5 19.3 | 41.0 46.3 37.4 34.8 25.8 | 598.2 | 711.7 729.4 746.6 763.3 779.7 795.8 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.2 | 144.8 | 147.0 147.3 147.5 147.8 148.0 148.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Table 5A INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION FOR TOTAL INDUSTRY: HISTORICAL DATA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Industrial | | | Production, | | | Percent | | | Change <1> | | | 1987 | -.6 1.2 .4 .4 .4 .9 .6 .1 -.1 1.4 .3 .6 | 4.2 6.7 5.6 7.1 | 4.6 1988 | .1 .3 .0 .6 .1 .1 .7 .5 -.4 .3 .8 .5 | 3.2 3.1 3.9 3.6 | 4.5 1989 | .6 -.8 .9 .2 -.6 -.2 -1.0 .4 -.2 -.5 .4 .5 | 3.8 .5 -4.4 -.1 | 1.8 1990 | -.5 .5 .5 -.6 .4 .0 .0 .2 .1 -.6 -1.3 -.6 | 2.0 .6 1.0 -5.8 | -.2 1991 | -.5 -.8 -.9 .3 .8 1.2 .1 .1 1.0 -.1 -.1 -.6 | -8.3 1.5 6.2 1.1 | -2.0 | | | 1992 | .2 .6 .7 .7 .2 -.1 .8 -.3 .4 .6 .5 .1 | 1.3 6.1 2.7 4.6 | 3.1 1993 | .5 .5 .2 .4 -.5 .2 .2 -.4 1.0 .4 .5 .8 | 4.3 1.5 1.2 6.4 | 3.5 1994 | .2 .5 .7 .4 .7 .5 .3 .5 .2 .7 .8 1.1 | 6.1 7.1 5.2 7.6 | 5.4 1995 | .5 -.1 .2 -.1 .3 .4 -.3 1.1 .3 .0 .2 .0 | 6.3 1.3 3.5 3.0 | 4.9 1996 | -.2 1.3 -.2 1.2 .9 .7 .2 .5 .1 .1 .6 .3 | 2.8 9.6 5.5 3.5 | 4.5 | | | 1997 | .5 .7 .4 .6 .3 .5 .7 .6 .5 .6 .5 .3 | 6.6 6.0 7.2 6.6 | 6.0 1998 | .0 -.1 .4 .5 .4 -.9 -.1 1.4 -.4 .4 -.2 .1 | 1.6 2.8 .9 2.2 | 3.6 1999 | -.1 .3 .1 | .7 | | | | Industrial | | | Production <2> | | | 1987 | 90.2 91.2 91.6 92.0 92.4 93.2 93.7 93.8 93.7 95.0 95.3 95.9 | 91.0 92.5 93.8 95.4 | 93.2 1988 | 95.9 96.2 96.3 96.8 96.9 97.0 97.6 98.1 97.8 98.0 98.8 99.3 | 96.1 96.9 97.8 98.7 | 97.4 1989 | 99.8 99.0 100.0 100.2 99.6 99.4 98.4 98.8 98.6 98.2 98.6 99.0 | 99.6 99.7 98.6 98.6 | 99.1 1990 | 98.6 99.1 99.6 99.0 99.4 99.3 99.3 99.5 99.6 99.1 97.7 97.2 | 99.1 99.2 99.5 98.0 | 98.9 1991 | 96.7 95.9 95.0 95.4 96.1 97.2 97.3 97.4 98.4 98.3 98.1 97.5 | 95.9 96.2 97.7 98.0 | 97.0 | | | 1992 | 97.7 98.2 98.9 99.6 99.9 99.7 100.5 100.2 100.6 101.2 101.7 101.8 | 98.3 99.8 100.4 101.5 | 100.0 1993 | 102.3 102.7 102.9 103.3 102.7 103.0 103.2 102.8 103.9 104.3 104.8 105.7 | 102.6 103.0 103.3 104.9 | 103.5 1994 | 105.9 106.4 107.2 107.6 108.4 108.9 109.3 109.8 110.0 110.8 111.6 112.9 | 106.5 108.3 109.7 111.7 | 109.1 1995 | 113.4 113.4 113.6 113.4 113.8 114.3 113.9 115.1 115.4 115.5 115.7 115.8 | 113.5 113.8 114.8 115.7 | 114.4 1996 | 115.5 117.0 116.8 118.2 119.2 120.0 120.3 120.9 121.1 121.2 121.9 122.3 | 116.5 119.2 120.8 121.8 | 119.5 | | | 1997 | 123.0 123.9 124.4 125.1 125.5 126.1 127.0 127.8 128.5 129.3 129.9 130.3 | 123.7 125.6 127.8 129.8 | 126.8 1998 | 130.3 130.2 130.7 131.3 131.9 130.6 130.5 132.4 131.9 132.4 132.2 132.3 | 130.4 131.3 131.6 132.3 | 131.3 1999 | 132.3 132.6 132.8 | 132.5 | | | | Capacity | | | 1987 | 114.0 114.1 114.2 114.3 114.4 114.5 114.6 114.7 114.9 115.0 115.1 115.2 | 114.1 114.4 114.7 115.1 | 114.6 1988 | 115.3 115.5 115.6 115.7 115.8 115.9 116.0 116.2 116.3 116.4 116.5 116.7 | 115.5 115.8 116.2 116.5 | 116.0 1989 | 116.8 117.0 117.2 117.4 117.6 117.8 118.0 118.2 118.4 118.6 118.8 119.0 | 117.0 117.6 118.2 118.8 | 117.9 1990 | 119.2 119.3 119.5 119.7 119.9 120.1 120.2 120.4 120.6 120.8 121.0 121.2 | 119.3 119.9 120.4 121.0 | 120.2 1991 | 121.4 121.6 121.7 121.9 122.1 122.2 122.4 122.6 122.7 122.9 123.0 123.2 | 121.6 122.1 122.6 123.0 | 122.3 | | | 1992 | 123.4 123.6 123.8 124.0 124.2 124.5 124.7 124.9 125.1 125.3 125.5 125.7 | 123.6 124.2 124.9 125.5 | 124.5 1993 | 125.9 126.2 126.4 126.6 126.9 127.1 127.4 127.6 127.8 128.1 128.3 128.6 | 126.2 126.9 127.6 128.3 | 127.2 1994 | 128.9 129.3 129.7 130.1 130.5 130.9 131.3 131.7 132.1 132.6 133.0 133.4 | 129.3 130.5 131.7 133.0 | 131.1 1995 | 133.9 134.5 135.1 135.7 136.4 137.0 137.6 138.2 138.8 139.5 140.1 140.8 | 134.5 136.4 138.2 140.1 | 137.3 1996 | 141.4 142.1 142.8 143.4 144.1 144.8 145.5 146.1 146.8 147.4 148.1 148.8 | 142.1 144.1 146.1 148.1 | 145.1 | | | 1997 | 149.4 150.1 150.7 151.3 152.0 152.6 153.2 153.8 154.4 155.0 155.7 156.3 | 150.1 152.0 153.8 155.7 | 152.9 1998 | 157.0 157.6 158.3 158.9 159.6 160.3 160.9 161.5 162.2 162.8 163.5 164.1 | 157.6 159.6 161.5 163.5 | 160.5 1999 | 164.6 165.2 165.7 | 165.1 | | | | Utilization | | | 1987 | 79.1 80.0 80.2 80.5 80.7 81.4 81.8 81.8 81.6 82.6 82.8 83.2 | 79.8 80.8 81.7 82.9 | 81.3 1988 | 83.2 83.4 83.3 83.7 83.7 83.6 84.1 84.5 84.1 84.2 84.8 85.1 | 83.3 83.7 84.2 84.7 | 84.0 1989 | 85.4 84.6 85.3 85.3 84.7 84.4 83.4 83.6 83.3 82.8 83.0 83.2 | 85.1 84.8 83.4 83.0 | 84.1 1990 | 82.7 83.0 83.3 82.7 82.9 82.7 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.0 80.8 80.2 | 83.0 82.8 82.6 81.0 | 82.3 1991 | 79.6 78.9 78.1 78.2 78.7 79.6 79.5 79.5 80.2 80.0 79.8 79.2 | 78.9 78.8 79.7 79.6 | 79.3 | | | 1992 | 79.2 79.5 79.9 80.3 80.4 80.1 80.6 80.2 80.4 80.8 81.0 81.0 | 79.5 80.3 80.4 80.9 | 80.3 1993 | 81.2 81.4 81.4 81.5 81.0 81.0 81.0 80.6 81.3 81.4 81.7 82.2 | 81.3 81.2 81.0 81.8 | 81.3 1994 | 82.1 82.3 82.6 82.7 83.1 83.2 83.2 83.4 83.3 83.5 83.9 84.6 | 82.4 83.0 83.3 84.0 | 83.2 1995 | 84.7 84.3 84.1 83.5 83.4 83.4 82.7 83.3 83.1 82.8 82.6 82.3 | 84.3 83.5 83.1 82.6 | 83.4 1996 | 81.7 82.4 81.8 82.4 82.7 82.9 82.7 82.8 82.5 82.2 82.3 82.2 | 82.0 82.7 82.7 82.2 | 82.4 | | | 1997 | 82.3 82.6 82.5 82.7 82.6 82.6 82.9 83.1 83.2 83.4 83.4 83.4 | 82.5 82.6 83.1 83.4 | 82.9 1998 | 83.0 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 81.5 81.1 82.0 81.3 81.3 80.8 80.7 | 82.7 82.3 81.5 80.9 | 81.8 1999 | 80.3 80.3 80.1 | 80.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Quarterly percent changes are at annual rates. Annual percentage changes are calculated from annual averages. <2> Annual averages of industrial production are calculated from not seasonally adjusted indexes. Table 5B INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION FOR MANUFACTURING: HISTORICAL DATA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Industrial | | | Production, | | | Percent | | | Change <1> | | | 1987 | -.8 1.6 .2 .5 .3 1.0 .7 -.2 .1 1.3 .5 .6 | 5.0 7.0 5.5 7.6 | 5.3 1988 | -.2 .4 -.1 1.0 -.1 .0 .7 .3 .2 .2 .9 .6 | 2.3 4.1 3.7 5.2 | 4.7 1989 | .9 -1.2 .8 .1 -.7 .0 -1.1 .3 -.3 -.6 .4 .1 | 4.3 -.7 -4.5 -1.4 | 1.9 1990 | -.2 .9 .3 -.8 .4 -.1 .0 .3 -.1 -.6 -1.3 -.6 | 2.9 -.1 .8 -6.3 | -.5 1991 | -.9 -.7 -1.1 .3 .7 1.4 .2 .2 1.1 -.1 -.2 -.5 | -9.7 1.2 7.8 1.7 | -2.4 | | | 1992 | .3 .7 .8 .6 .4 .0 .7 -.2 .3 .5 .6 -.1 | 2.7 6.8 3.4 4.0 | 4.0 1993 | .9 .2 .2 .6 -.4 .0 .2 -.5 1.2 .4 .5 .9 | 4.9 2.1 .5 6.9 | 3.7 1994 | .1 .6 .9 .7 .8 .2 .5 .6 .3 .8 .9 1.1 | 6.3 8.8 5.8 9.2 | 6.0 1995 | .6 -.2 .2 -.1 .1 .5 -.5 .9 .7 .1 .1 .1 | 6.7 1.1 2.9 3.8 | 5.4 1996 | -.3 1.3 -.3 1.4 1.0 .8 .5 .5 .2 .0 .7 .4 | 2.1 10.6 7.0 3.9 | 4.7 | | | 1997 | .5 .9 .5 .6 .3 .7 .7 .8 .4 .6 .8 .3 | 7.2 6.6 7.7 7.5 | 6.8 1998 | .1 -.1 .3 .6 .3 -1.2 -.1 1.6 -.4 .7 .2 .2 | 2.4 2.5 .4 4.9 | 4.2 1999 | -.1 .3 .0 | 1.2 | | | | Industrial | | | Production <2> | | | 1987 | 89.6 91.0 91.2 91.6 91.9 92.8 93.4 93.3 93.4 94.6 95.1 95.6 | 90.6 92.1 93.4 95.1 | 92.8 1988 | 95.4 95.8 95.7 96.7 96.6 96.6 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.9 99.4 | 95.6 96.6 97.5 98.7 | 97.1 1989 | 100.3 99.1 99.9 100.0 99.4 99.4 98.3 98.7 98.4 97.8 98.2 98.3 | 99.8 99.6 98.5 98.1 | 99.0 1990 | 98.1 99.0 99.3 98.6 99.0 98.9 98.8 99.1 99.0 98.4 97.2 96.6 | 98.8 98.8 99.0 97.4 | 98.5 1991 | 95.8 95.1 94.1 94.4 95.0 96.3 96.6 96.8 97.8 97.8 97.6 97.1 | 95.0 95.2 97.0 97.5 | 96.2 | | | 1992 | 97.4 98.1 98.9 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.6 100.4 100.7 101.2 101.8 101.7 | 98.1 99.7 100.6 101.6 | 100.0 1993 | 102.6 102.8 103.0 103.6 103.2 103.2 103.4 102.9 104.1 104.5 105.1 106.0 | 102.8 103.3 103.5 105.2 | 103.7 1994 | 106.1 106.7 107.6 108.4 109.3 109.5 110.1 110.7 111.1 112.0 113.0 114.3 | 106.8 109.1 110.7 113.1 | 109.9 1995 | 115.0 114.8 115.1 115.0 115.1 115.7 115.1 116.2 117.0 117.1 117.2 117.3 | 115.0 115.3 116.1 117.2 | 115.9 1996 | 116.9 118.4 118.1 119.7 120.9 121.8 122.4 123.0 123.3 123.3 124.2 124.7 | 117.8 120.8 122.9 124.1 | 121.4 | | | 1997 | 125.3 126.4 127.0 127.7 128.1 129.0 129.8 130.8 131.4 132.2 133.3 133.7 | 126.2 128.3 130.7 133.1 | 129.7 1998 | 133.8 133.7 134.1 134.9 135.4 133.7 133.6 135.7 135.2 136.1 136.4 136.7 | 133.8 134.7 134.8 136.4 | 135.1 1999 | 136.5 137.0 137.0 | 136.8 | | | | Capacity | | | 1987 | 113.2 113.4 113.6 113.8 113.9 114.1 114.2 114.4 114.6 114.7 114.9 115.0 | 113.4 113.9 114.4 114.9 | 114.1 1988 | 115.2 115.3 115.4 115.6 115.7 115.8 116.0 116.1 116.3 116.5 116.6 116.8 | 115.3 115.7 116.1 116.6 | 115.9 1989 | 117.0 117.3 117.5 117.8 118.0 118.3 118.5 118.7 119.0 119.2 119.5 119.7 | 117.3 118.0 118.7 119.5 | 118.4 1990 | 119.9 120.1 120.3 120.5 120.7 120.9 121.1 121.3 121.5 121.7 122.0 122.2 | 120.1 120.7 121.3 122.0 | 121.0 1991 | 122.4 122.6 122.8 123.0 123.1 123.3 123.5 123.7 123.8 124.0 124.2 124.3 | 122.6 123.1 123.7 124.2 | 123.4 | | | 1992 | 124.5 124.8 125.0 125.2 125.5 125.7 125.9 126.2 126.4 126.6 126.9 127.1 | 124.8 125.5 126.2 126.9 | 125.8 1993 | 127.4 127.6 127.9 128.2 128.4 128.7 129.0 129.3 129.5 129.8 130.1 130.3 | 127.6 128.4 129.3 130.1 | 128.8 1994 | 130.7 131.1 131.6 132.0 132.5 132.9 133.4 133.8 134.3 134.8 135.2 135.7 | 131.1 132.5 133.8 135.2 | 133.2 1995 | 136.3 137.0 137.7 138.4 139.1 139.8 140.5 141.2 141.9 142.6 143.4 144.2 | 137.0 139.1 141.2 143.4 | 140.2 1996 | 144.9 145.7 146.4 147.2 148.0 148.8 149.5 150.3 151.0 151.8 152.5 153.3 | 145.7 148.0 150.3 152.5 | 149.1 | | | 1997 | 154.1 154.8 155.5 156.2 157.0 157.8 158.4 159.1 159.9 160.6 161.3 162.1 | 154.8 157.0 159.1 161.3 | 158.1 1998 | 162.8 163.5 164.3 165.1 165.8 166.6 167.3 168.1 168.8 169.6 170.3 171.0 | 163.5 165.8 168.1 170.3 | 166.9 1999 | 171.6 172.2 172.8 | 172.2 | | | | Utilization | | | 1987 | 79.1 80.2 80.3 80.6 80.7 81.4 81.8 81.5 81.5 82.5 82.8 83.1 | 79.9 80.9 81.6 82.8 | 81.3 1988 | 82.9 83.1 82.9 83.7 83.5 83.4 83.8 84.0 84.0 84.1 84.8 85.1 | 83.0 83.5 83.9 84.7 | 83.8 1989 | 85.7 84.5 85.0 85.0 84.2 84.1 83.0 83.1 82.7 82.1 82.2 82.1 | 85.1 84.4 82.9 82.1 | 83.6 1990 | 81.8 82.5 82.6 81.8 82.0 81.8 81.6 81.7 81.5 80.9 79.7 79.0 | 82.3 81.9 81.6 79.9 | 81.4 1991 | 78.2 77.5 76.6 76.8 77.1 78.1 78.2 78.2 79.0 78.9 78.6 78.1 | 77.5 77.3 78.5 78.5 | 77.9 | | | 1992 | 78.2 78.6 79.1 79.4 79.6 79.5 79.9 79.6 79.7 79.9 80.2 80.0 | 78.6 79.5 79.7 80.1 | 79.5 1993 | 80.5 80.6 80.5 80.8 80.4 80.1 80.1 79.6 80.4 80.5 80.8 81.4 | 80.5 80.4 80.0 80.9 | 80.5 1994 | 81.2 81.4 81.8 82.2 82.5 82.4 82.6 82.8 82.7 83.1 83.6 84.2 | 81.5 82.4 82.7 83.6 | 82.5 1995 | 84.4 83.8 83.6 83.1 82.8 82.7 81.9 82.3 82.4 82.1 81.7 81.3 | 83.9 82.9 82.2 81.7 | 82.7 1996 | 80.7 81.3 80.6 81.3 81.7 81.9 81.9 81.8 81.6 81.2 81.4 81.3 | 80.9 81.6 81.8 81.3 | 81.4 | | | 1997 | 81.3 81.7 81.7 81.7 81.6 81.7 81.9 82.2 82.2 82.3 82.6 82.5 | 81.6 81.7 82.1 82.5 | 82.0 1998 | 82.2 81.8 81.6 81.7 81.6 80.2 79.8 80.7 80.1 80.3 80.1 80.0 | 81.8 81.2 80.2 80.1 | 80.8 1999 | 79.6 79.5 79.3 | 79.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Quarterly percent changes are at annual rates. Annual percentage changes are calculated from annual averages. <2> Annual averages of industrial production are calculated from not seasonally adjusted indexes. Table 6 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY SUBTOTALS AND INDIVIDUAL SERIES | | Index, 1992 = 100 | 1998 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 |Proportion<1>| Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Metal mining 10 | .36 | 106.4 113.6 110.7 108.3 110.1 110.9 | 110.6 114.0 109.9 108.2 103.7 109.4 Iron ore 101 | .06 | 109.3 111.8 109.5 113.9 116.0 117.1 | 117.8 111.5 113.9 111.3 105.1 108.1 Nonferrous ores 102-4,8,9 | .30 | 106.2 114.3 111.2 107.6 109.4 110.1 | 109.6 114.9 109.6 108.0 103.8 110.1 Copper 102 | .08 | 104.0 102.8 113.2 106.2 112.0 109.3 | 105.8 103.6 110.8 104.2 107.3 110.4 | | | Coal mining 12 | .82 | 115.8 110.8 108.6 114.5 102.0 108.6 | 116.7 116.6 107.5 110.3 104.2 105.3 | | | Oil and gas extraction 13 | 3.38 | 96.8 96.8 94.2 91.0 90.9 90.9 | 96.6 96.3 95.4 92.5 91.0 91.5 Crude oil and natural gas 131 | 2.43 | 93.5 94.4 91.9 90.7 91.2 91.7 | 92.8 93.5 93.2 92.5 91.7 93.1 Crude oil, total | 1.28 | 82.3 84.1 82.0 80.0 79.4 79.7 | 82.2 84.5 82.5 80.8 79.7 80.8 Natural gas | 1.16 | 109.1 108.7 105.6 105.7 107.7 108.4 | 107.5 106.1 107.9 108.6 108.3 110.2 Natural gas liquids 132 | .16 | 100.5 101.6 102.3 95.9 99.5 99.4 | 101.7 102.6 103.5 94.0 97.5 99.7 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .78 | 123.4 119.4 115.2 103.2 99.2 97.4 | 125.8 120.0 116.4 105.4 99.1 95.3 | | | Stone and earth minerals 14 | .64 | 120.3 118.8 132.1 125.6 128.1 123.9 | 138.4 136.0 132.2 108.8 105.4 111.0 | | | Foods 20 | 9.00 | 107.7 109.1 111.3 111.1 111.9 112.2 | 115.4 114.3 110.8 107.6 106.8 106.3 Meat products 201 | 1.18 | 115.8 118.8 120.6 120.7 123.7 120.3 | 117.8 124.1 119.8 116.8 123.4 120.6 Beef | .37 | 110.5 112.7 113.9 112.9 118.2 116.2 | 114.8 114.4 109.3 105.3 115.8 113.8 Pork | .32 | 109.4 112.0 116.1 116.7 115.1 113.0 | 111.1 120.2 122.6 120.6 116.0 114.3 Poultry | .48 | 126.5 130.8 131.4 131.7 136.7 131.0 | 125.8 135.9 127.1 123.9 136.2 131.6 Miscellaneous meats | .01 | 75.6 75.2 72.7 78.1 71.1 72.0 | 76.0 76.0 73.8 79.8 69.9 75.5 Dairy products 202 | .77 | 103.6 104.7 104.7 106.9 108.7 110.2 | 97.1 96.8 95.7 101.6 104.9 111.3 Butter 2021 | .01 | 78.6 86.5 95.2 85.6 101.4 98.1 | 66.3 80.5 89.8 96.3 124.3 120.0 Cheese 2022 | .17 | 107.3 111.3 116.9 117.6 117.0 117.2 | 106.7 110.6 116.8 118.9 113.8 118.4 Concentrated milk 2023 | .14 | 93.5 102.2 102.7 100.4 108.4 115.2 | 73.1 83.4 85.9 105.3 113.4 120.3 Frozen desserts 2024 | .15 | 126.2 115.2 111.1 118.5 115.9 116.3 | 121.7 99.9 86.8 84.5 90.1 109.0 Milk and misc. dairy products 2026 | .31 | 98.5 99.4 97.7 101.3 102.3 102.6 | 95.0 96.0 94.2 99.0 101.8 104.2 | | | Canned and frozen food 203 | 1.21 | 99.3 99.0 103.7 107.4 108.3 105.0 | 121.0 110.6 103.3 100.2 97.7 94.6 Grain mill products 204 | .98 | 99.0 101.1 102.2 100.6 100.6 101.6 | 103.6 104.6 104.7 102.5 99.4 98.7 Bakery products 205 | 1.04 | 102.8 103.9 105.1 106.1 104.4 106.1 | 114.9 108.0 102.6 100.4 97.6 96.5 Sugar and confectionery 206 | .63 | 108.0 107.4 107.4 105.6 106.7 108.4 | 111.7 125.6 125.4 121.0 109.4 104.0 Fats and oils 207 | .23 | 107.2 106.2 105.4 100.8 101.9 106.4 | 104.0 110.4 112.1 104.3 103.3 109.3 Beverages 208 | 1.81 | 116.5 118.3 122.9 121.0 123.1 123.3 | 125.1 122.3 118.1 108.6 112.6 112.2 Beer and ale 2082,3 | .55 | 104.9 100.5 107.1 100.0 112.5 108.8 | 100.0 95.2 94.4 82.0 105.4 103.4 Soft drinks 2086,7 | 1.02 | 126.3 132.1 136.3 138.7 133.4 135.8 | 145.2 138.8 130.9 127.3 121.5 120.1 Coffee and miscellaneous 209 | 1.16 | 112.5 115.6 116.5 115.1 114.0 116.9 | 122.0 120.3 116.2 115.3 109.5 111.4 Roasted coffee 2095 | .19 | 99.8 103.1 102.2 95.1 92.2 | 91.1 108.1 109.4 114.4 101.3 | | | Tobacco products 21 | 1.29 | 104.2 101.9 99.8 100.0 96.9 97.1 | 109.4 111.3 98.8 78.8 96.1 101.6 | | | Textile mill products 22 | 1.56 | 111.2 112.4 108.8 109.4 109.6 110.9 | 114.7 118.9 107.0 97.2 103.8 108.6 Fabrics 221-4 | .37 | 104.7 105.2 97.8 97.3 92.6 93.0 | 103.4 110.3 97.4 91.6 92.5 92.7 Cotton and synthetic 221,2 | .31 | 105.5 106.5 98.0 98.0 | 105.2 113.6 98.1 91.3 Narrow fabrics 224 | .04 | 115.8 115.5 116.8 112.7 115.3 119.3 | 115.7 116.3 117.4 112.8 114.4 116.5 Knit goods 225 | .45 | 121.0 118.3 120.5 124.8 124.8 127.0 | 131.4 128.3 116.2 109.5 104.9 120.3 Knit garments 2253,4,7-9 | .32 | 124.7 120.5 123.1 128.8 128.5 131.4 | 141.0 125.7 116.4 115.1 107.2 124.7 Fabric finishing 226 | .14 | 94.7 95.2 87.1 81.4 | 92.7 100.1 90.6 70.8 Carpeting 227 | .21 | 107.1 116.3 111.4 108.7 126.0 128.9 | 113.0 128.7 104.5 80.9 123.5 123.0 Yarns and miscellaneous 228,9 | .40 | 116.1 118.4 115.1 116.9 114.0 114.9 | 117.8 119.9 114.9 109.1 114.1 115.9 Cotton and synthetic yarns 2281,2,4 | .17 | 101.0 106.7 99.9 100.8 98.9 101.0 | 102.7 108.6 98.8 83.7 99.9 104.5 | | | Apparel products 23 | 1.73 | 98.3 97.3 95.5 95.3 94.2 93.9 | 100.0 98.6 95.7 95.3 91.1 92.0 | | | Lumber and products 24 | 2.12 | 117.0 118.0 118.3 121.4 121.9 121.9 | 120.3 123.6 117.8 113.3 115.3 119.1 Logging and lumber 241,2 | .82 | 107.0 108.8 106.1 110.9 110.2 111.0 | 111.4 115.0 105.8 102.0 103.9 109.7 Logging 241 | .28 | 91.6 92.2 91.5 92.7 95.2 91.3 | 94.7 99.1 93.4 90.3 88.5 86.9 Lumber products 243-5,9 | 1.29 | 124.6 125.0 127.4 129.4 130.6 130.1 | 127.0 130.1 126.8 121.9 123.9 126.2 Millwork and plywood 243 | .69 | 120.7 121.1 123.4 127.7 126.8 127.0 | 122.0 124.0 124.9 125.5 120.3 120.0 Plywood 2435,6 | .12 | 101.4 100.5 103.4 104.6 102.0 105.2 | 103.5 103.9 100.6 94.1 98.1 104.2 Manufactured homes 245 | .24 | 147.8 150.9 154.6 156.6 159.1 154.1 | 156.9 167.6 149.4 123.5 136.6 149.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. Note: Estimates for December to February are revised. Table 6 (continued) INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY SUBTOTALS AND INDIVIDUAL SERIES | | Index, 1992 = 100 | 1998 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 |Proportion<1>| Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.41 | 121.6 124.5 123.6 122.9 122.5 124.1 | 127.6 125.7 122.5 120.6 117.8 123.0 Household furniture 251 | .63 | 119.4 121.7 119.6 119.6 118.3 120.4 | 123.5 123.1 118.1 118.8 114.6 121.5 | | | Paper and products 26 | 3.50 | 113.9 115.4 112.3 115.3 116.2 117.1 | 113.8 117.3 110.8 111.2 116.6 119.2 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 1.46 | 111.9 113.3 109.7 111.6 113.2 114.1 | 111.5 113.2 108.9 109.3 113.8 117.1 Wood pulp 261 | .10 | 98.1 97.4 97.9 96.0 95.7 98.6 | 97.7 97.3 98.2 94.4 97.1 99.2 Paper 262 | .91 | 111.6 113.5 108.8 112.4 112.8 114.6 | 110.5 113.0 108.5 110.8 113.3 117.6 Paperboard 263 | .45 | 116.2 117.2 114.6 113.9 118.6 117.2 | 116.8 117.3 112.4 109.5 119.0 120.2 Paper products 265,7 | 2.04 | 115.2 116.9 114.2 117.9 118.3 119.2 | 115.5 120.3 112.0 112.5 118.6 120.8 Paperboard containers 265 | .73 | 117.1 114.3 120.1 123.8 122.3 123.9 | 119.7 126.1 114.5 110.5 119.3 123.5 Converted paper products 267 | 1.31 | 114.3 118.4 111.0 114.8 116.2 116.7 | 113.2 117.1 110.6 113.6 118.2 119.3 | | | Printing and publishing 27 | 6.79 | 104.6 104.2 105.4 105.1 103.6 103.9 | 109.1 107.2 105.8 103.7 99.4 100.2 Newspapers 271 | 1.63 | 97.5 97.2 96.6 96.6 98.0 99.3 | 98.1 105.5 103.1 97.7 92.7 98.9 Periodicals, books, and cards 272,3,7 | 2.03 | 106.7 105.2 104.7 103.4 101.4 100.6 | 105.7 103.5 104.4 105.3 100.3 99.9 Job printing 274-6,8,9 | 3.12 | 107.0 107.3 110.6 110.7 108.0 108.5 | 117.3 110.4 108.0 105.9 102.4 100.9 | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 9.78 | 113.3 113.1 114.7 114.0 112.8 113.9 | 119.1 115.0 111.0 109.3 110.1 110.9 Industrial chemicals and | | | synthetic materials 281,2,6 | 3.49 | 107.8 108.1 111.0 110.7 110.3 111.1 | 108.5 108.2 109.8 107.9 110.1 112.8 Basic chemicals 281 | .77 | 84.6 88.4 92.9 92.4 91.8 92.3 | 85.8 90.2 93.0 89.2 90.0 94.9 Alkalies and chlorine 2812 | .09 | 113.8 116.7 117.0 107.4 109.4 119.2 | 114.1 116.4 116.3 109.1 110.0 120.4 Inorganic pigments 2816 | .09 | 104.9 100.5 101.5 101.4 100.5 94.2 | 103.1 99.1 95.2 99.7 100.2 96.3 Inorganic chemicals, nec 2819 | .46 | 74.7 81.5 88.6 89.4 88.2 88.6 | 76.4 84.2 89.1 84.8 85.6 91.8 Acids and other | .35 | 95.6 99.2 106.7 107.9 | 98.4 103.2 108.7 99.8 | | | Synthetic materials 282 | 1.27 | 118.9 118.8 122.7 120.0 118.6 120.8 | 119.8 120.0 120.6 114.4 117.4 123.1 Plastics materials 2821 | .81 | 123.9 127.2 134.7 133.6 127.0 | 125.1 127.8 132.0 125.7 125.2 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | .35 | 107.3 102.9 100.4 96.4 103.0 107.7 | 108.2 106.3 99.0 93.8 101.9 109.9 Industrial organic chemicals 286 | 1.45 | 113.7 111.8 112.9 114.7 | 113.8 109.9 111.4 114.4 | | | Chemical products 283-5,9 | 5.62 | 117.1 116.6 117.9 117.1 115.0 116.1 | 127.2 119.7 111.9 110.5 110.2 109.6 Drugs and medicines 283 | 3.02 | 116.8 115.7 117.7 117.8 115.9 117.3 | 129.4 120.1 112.3 112.0 109.5 108.8 Soap and toiletries 284 | 1.57 | 120.1 119.9 122.1 120.4 117.0 117.5 | 130.7 122.5 115.9 114.8 114.9 112.9 Paints 285 | .42 | 110.5 106.5 103.5 102.7 103.8 104.5 | 112.4 108.2 91.2 78.1 88.9 102.4 Agricultural chemicals 287 | .67 | 111.0 111.3 108.0 106.6 108.2 109.9 | 110.7 112.1 109.7 106.4 108.9 110.6 | | | Petroleum products 29 | 1.59 | 110.7 110.4 112.8 112.5 117.1 114.3 | 115.7 111.7 114.3 112.4 108.0 105.5 Petroleum refining and misc. 291,9 | 1.40 | 108.1 108.2 110.5 109.6 113.5 111.4 | 111.7 107.8 110.9 109.9 106.7 104.3 Miscellaneous petroleum products | .30 | 112.2 112.9 117.5 113.1 121.8 118.9 | 123.1 112.4 107.1 99.8 100.2 103.9 Distillate fuel oil | .27 | 111.6 105.1 109.7 110.6 112.1 | 114.3 108.4 115.7 115.4 107.6 Residual fuel oil | .04 | 83.8 78.6 79.7 81.4 80.5 | 84.0 74.9 83.0 90.7 87.2 Aviation fuel and kerosene | .13 | 105.2 107.0 115.9 111.7 116.1 | 107.1 106.7 119.4 118.5 119.5 Automotive gasoline | .66 | 107.2 109.7 109.0 109.5 112.5 | 108.8 108.5 111.5 112.3 108.4 Paving and roofing materials 295 | .19 | 131.8 128.2 131.3 135.8 146.2 138.6 | 148.2 143.7 142.4 132.7 117.7 115.2 | | | Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.83 | 132.6 133.4 135.0 136.0 135.4 136.3 | 133.4 135.3 135.6 135.5 133.3 136.6 Tires 301 | .32 | 126.0 125.3 131.4 132.2 132.8 133.6 | 127.6 132.9 128.9 110.4 134.4 146.3 Other rubber products 302,5,6 | .61 | 124.5 125.5 129.2 132.3 130.0 126.9 | 129.9 128.6 127.1 126.9 121.3 126.8 Plastics products, nec 308 | 2.90 | 135.5 136.4 137.0 137.6 137.1 139.0 | 135.1 137.4 138.6 140.6 136.2 137.9 | | | Leather and products 31 | .21 | 73.5 72.8 74.3 73.0 71.1 71.1 | 74.0 74.2 74.7 73.1 69.3 70.3 Shoes 314 | .07 | 65.5 63.9 65.8 64.6 62.1 63.3 | 66.1 66.1 66.4 64.7 60.6 61.0 | | | Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.43 | 126.6 128.3 130.5 131.6 133.6 132.1 | 131.7 133.0 130.4 125.4 125.6 125.9 Pressed and blown glass 322 | .32 | 111.2 110.9 112.9 114.5 113.3 110.4 | 112.3 114.0 111.6 102.7 110.2 111.1 Glass containers 3221 | .12 | 84.9 83.1 87.6 86.0 84.6 82.7 | 82.7 85.6 84.4 65.6 81.3 86.7 Cement 324 | .21 | 125.3 125.0 134.9 141.4 144.0 | 148.8 152.6 129.7 106.7 86.2 | | | Structural clay products 325 | .11 | 128.5 128.7 128.5 128.2 127.6 127.4 | 130.8 131.1 125.2 115.8 115.1 124.8 Concrete and miscellaneous 326-9 | 1.46 | 129.4 132.1 133.5 134.6 137.6 136.5 | 133.0 134.3 134.8 134.0 135.5 132.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. Note: Estimates for December to February are revised. Table 6 (continued) INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY SUBTOTALS AND INDIVIDUAL SERIES | | Index, 1992 = 100 | 1998 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1998 1999 | 1998 1999 |Proportion<1>| Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Primary metals 33 | 3.60 | 120.1 120.6 118.7 118.6 120.1 118.1 | 121.3 121.2 118.4 114.9 119.0 121.3 Iron and steel 331,2 | 1.91 | 113.4 114.4 109.7 114.6 116.4 112.7 | 115.0 115.6 109.0 110.1 114.8 116.4 Basic steel and mill products 331 | 1.45 | 110.7 112.7 106.9 111.9 114.5 110.7 | 111.9 113.2 104.8 106.8 114.4 114.6 Basic iron and steel | .29 | 100.2 99.5 92.0 94.6 95.9 96.2 | 100.5 98.2 92.3 94.3 96.9 98.9 Pig iron | .16 | 97.7 98.0 89.4 93.0 93.0 93.5 | 98.2 96.0 90.4 93.9 94.4 96.0 Raw steel | .09 | 112.6 109.7 100.2 102.0 106.6 106.6 | 112.1 108.5 99.5 99.4 107.1 111.1 | | | Steel mill products | 1.16 | 113.8 116.5 111.3 117.0 119.9 115.0 | 115.3 117.7 108.5 110.4 119.5 119.3 Consumer durable steel | .18 | 122.2 137.3 127.7 142.4 133.3 136.9 | 127.2 140.3 128.4 124.3 135.4 145.9 Equipment steel | .12 | 104.6 104.8 91.2 99.5 102.0 93.4 | 105.9 105.2 89.0 94.7 103.5 97.3 Construction steel | .15 | 142.2 146.4 139.8 146.8 156.6 138.0 | 145.6 154.6 144.1 141.2 146.8 135.5 Can and closure steel | .04 | 93.9 96.7 97.7 70.6 113.9 105.0 | 97.3 93.1 88.8 84.6 102.6 99.6 Miscellaneous steel | .67 | 109.8 109.5 106.7 111.9 113.8 110.0 | 109.7 109.3 102.0 106.1 114.7 114.9 Iron and steel foundries 332 | .46 | 122.3 120.2 118.9 123.4 122.8 119.3 | 125.0 123.3 122.4 120.8 116.2 122.2 | | | Nonferrous metals 333-6,9 | 1.69 | 128.1 128.0 129.3 123.4 124.6 124.5 | 128.8 127.9 129.6 120.7 124.0 127.2 Primary nonferrous metals 333 | .23 | 106.5 106.4 107.4 105.8 101.5 103.1 | 106.0 107.3 108.0 105.3 103.1 105.3 Copper 3331 | .05 | 103.1 107.7 109.4 100.5 93.6 98.5 | 104.3 111.9 111.9 102.4 94.9 101.4 Aluminum 3334 | .12 | 93.8 92.0 92.6 92.1 91.8 92.4 | 93.2 91.9 92.6 92.6 92.1 92.7 | | | Nonferrous products 335,6 | 1.20 | 129.9 130.0 131.4 123.5 124.8 124.9 | 130.1 129.3 130.7 119.9 124.8 127.4 Nonferrous mill products 335 | .88 | 124.0 123.4 125.3 115.1 117.3 117.6 | 125.1 122.3 123.8 108.9 117.0 120.3 Aluminum 3353-5 | .33 | 108.7 113.5 115.2 95.7 104.7 105.0 | 110.9 111.6 108.3 82.1 103.0 109.2