Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1998                    1999                 |   1999                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1998 |     Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1    Q2     Q3  r |    May    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2489.8 | 2486.2  2493.6  2515.1  2530.2  2549.3  2555.8 | 2549.8  2550.7  2549.1  2566.0  2552.3  2573.8 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1958.0 | 1955.3  1956.0  1976.1  1984.9  2001.0  2008.6 | 2000.0  2005.3  2003.3  2018.9  2003.6  2023.1 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1212.3 | 1217.2  1206.9  1214.9  1226.9  1233.4  1236.8 | 1230.9  1238.6  1233.9  1243.8  1232.6  1250.4 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  321.0 |  318.6   314.6   332.6   339.8   350.3   352.8 |  351.0   353.9   349.8   359.1   349.6   357.6 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  165.8 |  162.8   159.3   175.9   175.7   181.0   181.4 |  181.6   184.6   175.7   188.1   180.4   183.8 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  155.3 |  156.2   155.7   156.2   164.1   169.3   171.6 |  169.4   169.2   175.0   170.7   169.3   174.1 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  892.7 |  899.5   893.2   884.9   890.1   886.9   887.9 |  883.9   888.7   887.8   889.3   886.7   896.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  746.9 |  741.4   753.2   765.7   761.9   771.9   776.3 |  773.5   770.8   773.8   779.4   775.6   776.7 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  722.2 |  715.1   729.7   744.4   742.5   753.8   757.8 |  755.2   752.6   756.1   761.0   756.5   757.2 
              Business                |  399.2 |  659.0 |  653.9   668.5   683.7   682.8   694.6   699.0 |  695.8   693.8   697.1   701.7   698.2   698.4 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   63.9 |   63.9    64.1    63.7    62.8    62.4    62.2 |   62.7    62.1    62.3    62.7    61.6    62.2 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  533.6 |  532.0   538.1   539.9   545.9   549.0   548.2 |  550.3   546.5   546.8   548.4   549.4   551.7 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  224.9 |  223.0   226.1   229.2   233.9   233.8   235.8 |  234.8   233.3   236.1   235.2   236.1   237.7 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  308.3 |  308.6   311.7   310.3   311.4   314.7   311.9 |  315.1   312.7   310.2   312.8   312.9   313.5 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   82.7 |   82.5    86.0    83.4    84.3    85.6    86.1 |   85.3    85.1    86.1    86.4    85.8    86.2 
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 Note:  Estimates for October are preliminary.  Estimates from July to September are revised.