Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1996            1997                         |   1997                                         
 Item                                 |    1992|   1997 |     Q3      Q4      Q1      Q2   Q3      Q4    |   July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2383.3 | 2304.6  2317.4  2343.8  2361.5  2389.1  2427.3 | 2368.4  2402.0  2396.9  2411.6  2432.5  2437.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1862.7 | 1800.0  1805.9  1828.0  1840.7  1868.0  1899.8 | 1849.1  1879.3  1875.6  1885.8  1905.2  1908.4 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1177.9  1182.5  1188.3  1190.7  1199.8  1219.1 | 1191.0  1205.2  1203.3  1211.5  1221.3  1224.5 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.1 |  308.7   302.2   309.4   305.4   311.8   322.6 |  302.0   316.5   316.9   314.7   327.7   325.4 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.6 |  160.7   154.4   160.5   154.7   159.9   169.0 |  148.7   164.2   166.6   164.4   173.6   168.9 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  148.1   148.2   149.1   151.1   152.2   153.6 |  154.2   152.4   150.1   150.3   153.9   156.7 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  869.7   880.3   879.3   885.4   888.5   897.5 |  888.6   889.5   887.2   897.2   895.0   900.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  661.4 |  621.4   622.7   639.3   649.6   668.0   680.6 |  657.8   674.0   672.3   674.2   683.9   683.8 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.1 |  594.9   597.2   612.3   621.8   640.3   654.0 |  629.7   646.3   644.7   647.3   657.4   657.2 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.1 |  529.2   531.9   547.9   557.4   576.8   590.5 |  566.2   582.7   581.4   584.0   593.9   593.4 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.2 |   65.7    65.2    64.5    64.5    63.7    63.8 |   63.7    63.8    63.6    63.5    63.8    64.0 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.3 |  505.2   511.7   516.1   521.1   521.9   528.6 |  519.9   523.7   522.2   526.6   528.5   530.6 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.8 |  210.9   212.4   214.3   216.6   215.3   216.9 |  215.0   217.5   213.4   214.6   217.5   218.4 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.2 |  294.0   299.0   301.6   304.2   306.3   311.4 |  304.6   305.8   308.6   311.7   310.7   311.8 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.3 |   79.2    80.8    80.3    81.9    82.2    83.1 |   81.9    81.5    83.2    84.5    82.2    82.5 
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 Note:  Estimates for December are preliminary.  Estimates from September to November are revised.