Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1997    1998                            1999 |   1998    1999                                 
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1998 |     Q4      Q1      Q2      Q3    Q4     Q1    |   Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.     May 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2489.8 | 2450.4  2464.5  2486.2  2493.6  2515.1  2530.0 | 2513.9  2527.3  2527.2  2535.6  2546.5  2548.1 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1958.0 | 1924.5  1937.5  1955.3  1956.0  1976.1  1984.2 | 1972.7  1982.5  1982.7  1987.3  1995.4  1999.0 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1212.3 | 1213.4  1216.5  1217.2  1206.9  1214.9  1227.4 | 1215.0  1227.4  1227.0  1227.8  1231.9  1234.6 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  321.0 |  318.9   321.5   318.6   314.6   332.6   339.7 |  332.5   337.6   342.3   339.2   345.5   349.2 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  165.8 |  169.7   165.7   162.8   159.3   175.9   176.0 |  175.4   177.2   176.1   174.6   177.1   181.1 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  155.3 |  149.0   156.1   156.2   155.7   156.2   163.7 |  156.7   160.0   166.4   164.6   168.6   168.0 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  892.7 |  895.4   896.1   899.5   893.2   884.9   890.7 |  885.0   892.6   887.9   891.5   889.7   889.1 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  746.9 |  713.5   723.7   741.4   753.2   765.7   760.6 |  762.0   758.8   759.5   763.5   767.6   768.4 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  722.2 |  686.4   695.3   715.1   729.7   744.4   741.2 |  742.1   739.3   740.7   743.7   749.3   749.7 
              Business                |  399.2 |  659.0 |  624.9   633.6   653.9   668.5   683.7   681.5 |  682.2   679.7   680.8   683.9   690.2   690.5 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   63.9 |   64.1    64.3    63.9    64.1    63.7    62.8 |   62.9    62.6    62.9    62.9    62.4    62.4 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  533.6 |  526.7   528.0   532.0   538.1   539.9   546.4 |  541.9   545.4   545.1   548.6   551.4   549.7 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  224.9 |  218.1   221.6   223.0   226.1   229.2   234.2 |  231.6   234.2   234.9   233.6   234.5   234.3 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  308.3 |  308.4   306.0   308.6   311.7   310.3   311.6 |  309.8   310.7   309.6   314.6   316.4   315.0 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   82.7 |   83.0    80.5    82.5    86.0    83.4    84.4 |   82.4    85.6    82.9    84.7    86.4    85.3 
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 Note:  Estimates for May are preliminary.  Estimates from February to April are revised.