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         Q3  r |       July        Aug.       Sept.        Oct. 
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  Products, total                     |    2,427.8 |    2,878.0 |    2,879.2     2,860.3     2,821.6     2,809.4     2,775.3 |    2,803.8     2,777.5     2,744.5     2,721.7 
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     Final products                   |    1,862.5 |    2,216.7 |    2,217.1     2,202.4     2,175.9     2,170.2     2,141.7 |    2,167.2     2,142.3     2,115.7     2,099.5 
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        Consumer goods                |    1,225.0 |    1,342.8 |    1,347.1     1,332.9     1,321.1     1,327.7     1,323.0 |    1,334.5     1,321.4     1,313.1     1,309.7 
           Durable                    |      303.9 |      372.3 |      371.5       355.0       344.4       356.5       359.8 |      368.0       359.5       351.9       341.1 
              Automotive products     |      162.6 |      195.0 |      195.3       181.9       175.0       186.8       192.8 |      199.6       192.2       186.7       179.7 
              Other durable goods     |      141.3 |      177.9 |      176.7       175.0       171.6       170.3       166.1 |      166.8       166.6       165.0       161.6 
           Nondurable                 |      921.0 |      970.6 |      975.3       975.8       973.5       969.7       962.4 |      966.5       961.1       959.5       965.2 
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        Equipment, total              |      637.5 |      872.7 |      878.9       879.7       863.7       848.1       820.2 |      835.5       823.0       802.0       786.9 
           Business and defense       |      610.2 |      850.4 |      856.4       859.2       842.9       825.7       798.0 |      813.1       800.6       780.2       765.9 
              Business                |      538.6 |      788.7 |      800.3       802.2       784.5       767.4       739.4 |      754.9       742.5       720.8       706.4 
              Defense and space       |       71.6 |       65.9 |       65.3        66.1        66.7        66.2        65.6 |       65.8        65.3        65.8        65.4 
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     Intermediate products            |      565.3 |      661.3 |      661.2       656.9       644.9       638.6       632.8 |      636.0       634.5       628.0       621.4 
        Construction supplies         |      235.0 |      285.4 |      284.9       281.3       278.7       277.5       276.3 |      277.2       276.2       275.6       269.5 
        Business supplies             |      330.3 |      375.6 |      375.9       375.2       365.9       360.8       356.3 |      358.6       358.0       352.2       351.6 
           Commercial energy products |       85.5 |       95.8 |       96.8        95.9        94.7        96.6        96.9 |       97.6        98.3        95.0        96.1 
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      Estimates for October are preliminary.  Estimates from July to September are revised.