Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1996    1997                            1998 |   1997            1998                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1997 |     Q4      Q1      Q2      Q3    Q4     Q1    |   Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.3 | 2317.4  2343.8  2361.5  2389.1  2431.2  2436.0 | 2442.2  2435.3  2442.8  2428.0  2437.0  2444.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.3 | 1805.9  1828.0  1840.7  1868.0  1902.1  1903.9 | 1911.0  1904.9  1911.9  1895.8  1903.9  1911.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1182.5  1188.3  1190.7  1199.8  1218.6  1216.2 | 1224.1  1215.7  1224.6  1210.9  1213.0  1215.3 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  302.2   309.4   305.4   311.8   322.1   321.3 |  328.6   322.7   324.5   320.1   319.5   324.1 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  154.4   160.5   154.7   159.9   168.7   164.2 |  173.5   168.0   166.0   163.4   163.1   165.3 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  148.2   149.1   151.1   152.2   153.5   157.6 |  154.8   154.7   158.8   157.0   156.8   159.2 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  880.3   879.3   885.4   888.5   897.4   895.8 |  897.0   894.1   901.2   891.8   894.4   892.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  662.0 |  622.7   639.3   649.6   668.0   683.6   687.9 |  686.9   689.4   687.3   685.1   691.2   697.0 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.8 |  597.2   612.3   621.8   640.3   657.1   658.9 |  659.9   663.6   659.2   655.7   661.8   669.0 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  531.9   547.9   557.4   576.8   593.9   594.8 |  596.9   600.4   595.0   591.3   598.0   605.1 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   65.2    64.5    64.5    63.7    63.5    64.4 |   63.4    63.5    64.5    64.6    64.1    64.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  511.7   516.1   521.1   521.9   530.1   532.9 |  532.3   531.4   532.0   532.8   533.8   533.5 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  212.4   214.3   216.6   215.3   217.4   222.6 |  219.6   217.8   221.7   223.7   222.3   222.0 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  299.0   301.6   304.2   306.3   312.3   309.9 |  312.3   313.3   309.9   308.7   311.1   311.1 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.5 |   80.8    80.3    81.9    82.2    84.2    81.6 |   84.5    83.3    81.4    79.5    83.7    82.8 
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 Note:  Estimates for April are preliminary.  Estimates from January to March are revised.