Table 1A INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: MARKET GROUPS | | Index, 1992=100 | 1997 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1997 1998 | 1997 1998 Item |Proportion<1>| Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 100.00 | 127.9 127.8 127.3 127.8 128.2 128.8 | 125.4 126.0 127.2 127.6 125.8 127.1 | | | Products, total | 59.88 | 121.0 121.3 120.6 121.2 121.7 122.2 | 118.5 118.8 119.6 120.2 118.5 119.8 Final products | 45.07 | 122.2 122.6 121.5 122.4 123.1 123.7 | 119.9 120.8 121.9 122.6 120.0 121.3 | | | Consumer goods | 28.08 | 115.9 116.6 115.1 116.0 116.5 117.0 | 113.7 115.7 115.0 115.9 112.9 113.6 Durable | 5.82 | 134.7 135.6 134.3 134.6 135.7 137.2 | 126.8 128.9 139.5 142.3 138.6 139.2 Automotive products | 2.56 | 133.8 132.6 131.0 131.3 132.1 134.3 | 119.4 122.9 141.4 146.6 137.6 140.7 Autos and trucks | 1.57 | 142.7 139.9 137.2 135.8 139.3 141.1 | 121.6 125.5 155.1 159.6 146.8 153.0 Autos | .64 | 113.9 116.0 105.7 105.2 107.7 108.8 | 96.7 102.1 118.3 121.6 112.5 119.0 Trucks | .93 | 175.7 168.2 172.7 170.3 174.8 177.3 | 147.3 149.9 192.7 198.6 181.9 188.1 Auto parts and allied goods | .99 | 120.1 120.9 121.0 123.7 120.6 123.4 | 115.0 117.8 120.7 126.8 123.2 121.9 Other durable goods | 3.26 | 135.3 138.0 136.9 137.3 138.7 139.5 | 132.7 133.7 138.1 138.9 139.4 138.0 Appliances and electronics | .85 | 178.7 186.4 188.6 192.6 198.2 202.3 | 166.3 178.9 195.4 196.5 198.8 201.4 Appliances and air cond. | .47 | 128.0 133.9 135.0 132.8 135.5 139.3 | 114.2 130.0 146.8 142.9 141.7 141.3 Home electronics | .38 | 254.9 265.4 269.1 286.6 297.8 301.7 | 249.5 251.5 263.2 275.8 285.7 294.8 Carpeting and furniture | .82 | 116.8 122.5 117.7 115.8 117.5 118.8 | 111.3 116.3 118.0 117.2 122.6 113.6 Miscellaneous | 1.60 | 122.1 121.0 120.7 120.9 120.5 119.8 | 124.4 119.0 119.9 121.5 118.8 119.8 Nondurable | 22.26 | 111.3 112.0 110.4 111.5 111.8 112.1 | 110.3 112.3 109.2 109.6 106.8 107.4 Nonenergy | 18.98 | 110.9 112.8 111.4 111.1 111.9 112.0 | 106.4 107.7 106.9 107.6 107.4 109.5 Foods and tobacco | 9.74 | 110.0 113.0 111.8 111.5 112.2 112.5 | 103.9 107.3 106.7 107.8 107.2 109.7 Clothing | 1.81 | 95.1 95.2 93.5 94.3 94.0 93.7 | 92.1 89.2 91.1 92.1 91.5 95.0 Chemical products | 4.53 | 121.8 122.9 121.8 122.2 123.7 123.7 | 115.8 116.8 114.4 115.1 115.8 118.7 Paper products | 2.90 | 110.1 110.2 107.8 106.0 106.8 106.5 | 111.2 109.0 107.7 106.9 107.2 106.0 Energy products | 3.28 | 113.5 107.4 104.6 113.7 111.1 113.2 | 133.8 139.7 122.8 122.0 103.6 95.4 Fuels | 1.07 | 109.3 110.5 110.0 111.3 111.7 109.8 | 113.6 106.9 104.6 105.9 111.0 111.1 Utilities | 2.21 | 115.1 105.4 101.5 114.4 110.4 114.4 | 143.3 155.4 131.3 129.4 99.4 87.2 | | | Equipment, total | 17.00 | 133.4 133.1 133.1 133.6 134.8 135.5 | 131.0 129.8 134.0 134.4 132.8 135.2 Business equipment | 13.91 | 148.6 147.3 146.8 147.8 149.9 150.5 | 144.7 143.0 148.4 149.4 147.7 150.4 Information processing & related | 5.28 | 176.0 175.4 178.0 179.3 183.2 184.2 | 176.7 170.7 174.7 175.3 177.6 180.6 Computer and office | .96 | 440.1 457.1 476.1 499.2 515.6 529.0 | 431.7 431.8 460.5 468.7 499.3 514.8 Industrial | 4.51 | 137.8 136.4 134.2 136.4 136.1 135.5 | 133.4 132.8 135.3 137.2 133.6 134.8 Transit | 2.68 | 121.2 119.8 117.9 116.3 119.2 121.5 | 113.5 114.4 125.3 126.0 121.8 127.2 Autos and trucks | 1.32 | 124.6 121.1 116.4 114.7 121.7 124.5 | 105.3 108.8 131.0 132.7 128.8 136.1 Other | 1.44 | 136.2 133.6 132.7 134.5 136.4 135.7 | 129.8 131.6 136.2 135.9 134.6 135.1 Defense and space equipment | 2.02 | 74.5 75.7 75.9 75.2 75.1 76.2 | 76.8 76.1 76.1 75.6 73.3 75.2 Oil and gas well drilling | .86 | 145.9 154.0 158.9 158.6 150.5 151.2 | 153.4 154.0 154.6 147.9 147.7 149.5 Manufactured homes | .21 | 132.4 144.0 148.6 145.4 147.9 144.9 | 110.7 124.3 142.1 147.8 155.6 149.1 | | | Intermediate products | 14.80 | 117.4 117.4 117.6 117.5 117.5 117.9 | 114.2 112.8 112.7 113.0 114.0 115.2 Construction supplies | 5.74 | 123.2 125.2 126.2 124.9 124.7 125.4 | 116.9 115.8 118.7 119.9 121.7 126.1 Business supplies | 9.07 | 113.9 112.9 112.6 113.1 113.2 113.4 | 112.5 111.0 109.2 108.9 109.5 108.9 | | | Materials | 40.12 | 138.9 138.2 138.2 138.5 138.5 139.2 | 136.6 137.5 139.6 139.7 137.6 138.8 | | | Durable | 22.62 | 166.5 166.2 165.8 166.1 166.5 166.5 | 162.9 162.8 166.9 167.9 165.1 166.9 Consumer parts | 4.25 | 146.9 138.5 139.3 138.8 139.5 137.7 | 131.3 137.3 145.7 148.1 143.5 142.9 Equipment parts | 8.29 | 240.9 245.5 245.7 246.9 247.6 249.8 | 246.4 243.7 246.1 247.5 242.6 248.0 Other | 10.08 | 128.3 128.8 127.7 127.8 127.9 127.6 | 125.5 124.2 127.2 127.4 126.5 127.4 Basic metals | 3.30 | 122.2 125.0 125.4 122.6 121.3 121.4 | 120.8 123.4 128.0 125.3 122.7 122.0 Nondurable | 8.88 | 116.0 114.5 114.8 113.5 113.3 113.6 | 111.4 114.0 115.6 114.6 115.2 113.9 Textile | .91 | 112.5 107.9 108.5 107.6 107.3 108.5 | 102.8 107.9 109.7 109.7 110.0 112.7 Paper | 1.85 | 113.7 112.3 114.0 111.1 110.8 111.1 | 110.7 113.7 115.6 111.7 111.0 110.4 Chemical | 4.28 | 119.1 119.2 117.6 116.7 116.7 116.4 | 115.4 117.8 119.1 118.0 119.5 117.2 Other | 1.84 | 113.3 109.4 112.5 111.6 111.4 112.2 | 107.6 108.8 110.7 112.4 112.2 110.4 Energy | 8.62 | 104.2 103.7 103.7 105.7 105.3 107.7 | 106.0 107.3 106.2 105.9 102.3 105.0 Primary | 5.59 | 100.7 102.8 103.0 103.6 103.5 105.9 | 102.1 104.8 105.9 104.5 102.0 104.7 Converted fuel | 3.03 | 110.9 105.5 105.0 109.6 108.9 111.1 | 113.5 112.1 106.8 108.5 102.8 105.4 | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | Total excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 97.11 | 127.7 127.7 127.3 127.9 128.1 128.6 | 125.7 126.2 126.7 127.1 125.4 126.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 94.84 | 127.0 127.3 126.9 127.4 127.6 128.2 | 125.5 125.7 126.1 126.3 124.8 125.9 Computers | 98.52 | 125.1 124.9 124.3 124.7 125.0 125.5 | 122.6 123.1 124.2 124.6 122.7 123.8 Computers and semiconductors | 95.15 | 118.3 118.0 117.4 117.8 118.0 118.5 | 115.8 116.4 117.4 117.7 115.8 116.9 | | | Consumer goods excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 26.51 | 114.4 115.4 113.9 114.9 115.2 115.7 | 113.2 115.1 112.9 113.6 111.1 111.5 Energy | 24.80 | 116.2 117.9 116.5 116.3 117.2 117.5 | 110.9 112.4 113.9 115.1 114.1 116.0 | | | Business equipment excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 12.59 | 151.5 150.5 150.5 151.9 153.3 153.6 | 149.6 147.2 150.4 151.3 149.9 152.1 Computer and office equipment | 12.96 | 134.4 132.7 131.7 132.1 133.7 134.0 | 130.6 128.9 133.4 134.1 131.8 134.1 | | | Materials excluding: | | | Energy | 31.50 | 150.2 149.4 149.3 149.0 149.2 149.3 | 146.2 147.0 150.3 150.6 149.0 149.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. Note: Estimates for May are preliminary. Estimates from February to April are revised.