Table 3
  RATES OF GROWTH IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, BY MAJOR MARKET GROUP, 1993-1997 <1>
 
 
                                                                                                          Difference between
                                                                 Revised growth rate               revised and earlier growth rates
                                                                      (percent)                           (percentage points)
  Item                                              |    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997 |    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997
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                                                    |                                         |
   Total index                                      |    3.3     6.5     3.3     4.2     5.3  |     .4      .8     1.5      .3      .2 
                                                    |                                         |
   Products, total                                  |    2.4     4.6     1.8     3.9     4.0  |     .5      .3      .8      .1      .0 
      Final products                                |    2.3     4.7     2.2     4.0     4.5  |     .3      .4      .9     -.1     -.3 
         Consumer goods                             |    1.9     4.4     1.7     2.4     1.8  |    -.3      .5      .9     -.1      .4 
            Durable                                 |    9.5     6.8      .6     3.4     4.4  |    -.8      .3     -.4     1.0     -.4 
               Automotive products                  |   10.6     6.0    -2.1     1.6     4.9  |   -1.0      .3    -1.2      .7     -.1 
               Other durable goods                  |    8.8     7.4     2.7     4.8     4.0  |    -.7      .2      .3     1.4     -.7 
            Nondurable                              |     .0     3.7     2.0     2.1     1.1  |    -.2      .5     1.3     -.5      .6 
               Nonenergy products                   |    -.6     5.1     1.3     2.0     1.0  |    -.2      .6     1.6     -.6      .5 
               Energy products                      |    3.3    -4.1     6.4     2.8     1.8  |    -.1     -.1     -.3      .3     1.1 
                                                    |                                         |
         Equipment, total                           |    2.9     5.1     3.1     6.7     9.2  |    1.4      .2      .7      .0    -1.2 
            Business equipment                      |    4.1     8.6     5.4     8.2    10.9  |     .7      .5      .8      .3     -.9 
               Industrial                           |    6.7     9.8     7.7      .0     5.7  |     .0      .9      .5      .2     -.4 
               Information processing & related     |    3.8    13.5    13.0    11.8    12.9  |    1.8     2.0      .8     1.1    -2.7 
               Transit                              |   -2.3    -2.5   -12.8    19.1    14.8  |    -.2    -3.7      .6    -2.4      .7 
               Other                                |    9.2     6.1     1.8     4.8    12.2  |    -.4      .8     2.6     1.2     1.8 
            Defense and space equipment             |   -6.1    -7.6    -8.6    -1.5    -2.9  |     .4      .5     -.4     -.3    -1.2 
                                                    |                                         |
      Intermediate products                         |    2.9     4.4      .6     3.7     2.5  |    1.1      .0      .5      .7      .9 
         Construction supplies                      |    5.9     7.2     -.5     5.8     1.9  |     .1      .6      .3      .1     -.3 
         Business supplies                          |    1.0     2.7     1.2     2.4     2.9  |    1.6     -.3      .6     1.1     1.7 
                                                    |                                         |
   Materials                                        |    4.8     9.6     5.4     4.7     7.3  |     .1     1.7     2.6      .7      .6 
      Durable                                       |    8.2    13.9    10.4     6.7    11.1  |     .0     3.0     4.7     1.2      .9 
      Nondurable                                    |    2.4     6.2    -2.4     3.7     2.9  |     .7      .3     -.1      .9      .3 
      Energy                                        |    -.6     2.0      .8      .4     2.1  |     .0     -.1     -.1     -.6      .4 
                                                    |                                         |
  SPECIAL AGGREGATES                                |                                         |
  Total excluding:                                  |                                         |
      Computers                                     |    3.1     6.2     2.7     3.7     4.8  |     .4      .9     1.6      .6      .5 
  Business equipment excluding:                     |                                         |
      Computer and office equipment                 |    3.1     6.9     2.3     5.7     8.7  |     .7      .7     1.2     1.3      .1 
                                                    |                                         |
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  <1> Growth rates are calculated as the percent change in the seasonally adjusted index from the fourth quarter of the
      previous year to the fourth quarter of the year specified in the column heading.  For 1997, the growth rates are
      calculated from the fourth quarter of 1996 to the third quarter of 1997 and annualized.