Table 8
 Gross Value of Products
 Billions of 1996 dollars at annual rate, seasonally adjusted
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                                   |            |            |       2000                    2001                         |       2001                                     
 Item                              |     1996   |       2000 |         Q3          Q4          Q1       Q2  r       Q3    |       June        July        Aug.       Sept. 
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  Products, total                  |    2,427.8 |    2,878.0 |    2,879.2     2,860.3     2,821.6     2,809.4     2,774.6 |    2,796.5     2,804.9     2,776.4     2,742.6 
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     Final products                |    1,862.5 |    2,216.7 |    2,217.1     2,202.4     2,175.9     2,170.2     2,142.0 |    2,157.1     2,167.3     2,142.4     2,116.2 
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     Consumer goods                |    1,225.0 |    1,342.8 |    1,347.1     1,332.9     1,321.1     1,327.7     1,321.4 |    1,325.7     1,333.5     1,320.3     1,310.5 
        Durable                    |      303.9 |      372.3 |      371.5       355.0       344.4       356.5       360.2 |      356.9       368.7       360.3       351.7 
           Automotive products     |      162.6 |      195.0 |      195.3       181.9       175.0       186.8       193.6 |      187.6       200.5       193.1       187.1 
           Other durable goods     |      141.3 |      177.9 |      176.7       175.0       171.6       170.3       165.7 |      169.6       166.3       166.4       164.2 
        Nondurable                 |      921.0 |      970.6 |      975.3       975.8       973.5       969.7       960.5 |      967.4       965.0       959.4       957.2 
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     Equipment, total              |      637.5 |      872.7 |      878.9       879.7       863.7       848.1       822.6 |      835.1       837.1       824.6       806.1 
        Business and defense       |      610.2 |      850.4 |      856.4       859.2       842.9       825.7       800.6 |      812.2       814.7       802.8       784.4 
           Business                |      538.6 |      788.7 |      800.3       802.2       784.5       767.4       742.2 |      754.2       755.9       745.0       725.8 
           Defense and space       |       71.6 |       65.9 |       65.3        66.1        66.7        66.2        65.6 |       65.6        66.3        65.2        65.3 
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     Intermediate products         |      565.3 |      661.3 |      661.2       656.9       644.9       638.6       632.0 |      638.6       637.0       633.2       625.7 
     Construction supplies         |      235.0 |      285.4 |      284.9       281.3       278.7       277.5       276.1 |      277.0       277.1       276.5       274.8 
     Business supplies             |      330.3 |      375.6 |      375.9       375.2       365.9       360.8       355.6 |      361.3       359.6       356.5       350.7 
        Commercial energy products |       85.5 |       95.8 |       96.8        95.9        94.7        96.6        96.5 |       99.0        97.7        97.5        94.2 
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      Estimates for September are preliminary.  Estimates from June to August are revised.