Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1997                    1998                 |   1998                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1997 |     Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1   Q2      Q3    |   Apr.     May    June    July    Aug.   Sept. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.3 | 2361.5  2389.1  2431.2  2437.7  2449.0  2453.0 | 2454.7  2461.1  2431.2  2405.8  2484.7  2468.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.3 | 1840.7  1868.0  1902.1  1906.1  1914.7  1917.4 | 1922.9  1924.5  1896.7  1868.8  1948.5  1934.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1190.7  1199.8  1218.6  1217.8  1217.6  1213.4 | 1225.3  1224.8  1202.8  1188.3  1230.1  1221.9 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  305.4   311.8   322.1   322.3   319.4   315.8 |  325.5   328.4   304.4   283.3   335.4   328.9 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  154.7   159.9   168.7   164.8   162.4   159.9 |  167.6   170.2   149.5   128.6   178.2   172.9 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  151.1   152.2   153.5   157.9   157.5   156.3 |  158.2   158.4   155.8   157.1   156.3   155.4 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  885.4   888.5   897.4   896.5   898.9   898.3 |  900.9   897.8   897.9   902.2   897.6   895.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  662.0 |  649.6   668.0   683.6   688.5   697.5   704.7 |  697.9   700.1   694.5   680.8   719.3   713.9 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.8 |  621.8   640.3   657.1   659.7   670.7   680.6 |  670.2   672.7   669.2   655.3   695.5   690.9 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  557.4   576.8   593.9   595.6   607.3   617.3 |  606.9   609.0   606.0   592.1   632.1   627.9 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   64.5    63.7    63.5    64.4    63.8    63.7 |   63.7    64.0    63.6    63.5    64.0    63.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  521.1   521.9   530.1   532.4   535.1   536.5 |  533.0   537.4   534.9   536.5   537.9   535.1 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  216.6   215.3   217.4   222.3   223.8   226.7 |  221.9   225.1   224.5   226.5   227.8   225.9 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  304.2   306.3   312.3   309.8   310.9   309.4 |  310.7   312.0   310.0   309.6   309.7   308.8 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.5 |   81.9    82.2    84.2    81.4    83.3    84.3 |   82.4    83.4    84.1    83.8    84.8    84.4 
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 Note:  Estimates for September are preliminary.  Estimates from June to August are revised.