Table 8
 Gross Value of Products
 Billions of 1996 dollars at annual rate, seasonally adjusted
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 Item                              |     1996   |       2000 |         Q2          Q3          Q4        Q1         Q2  r |        May        June        July        Aug. 
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  Products, total                  |    2,427.8 |    2,878.0 |    2,875.0     2,879.2     2,860.3     2,821.6     2,809.5 |    2,818.9     2,796.7     2,805.7     2,776.3 
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     Final products                |    1,862.5 |    2,216.7 |    2,209.0     2,217.1     2,202.4     2,175.9     2,170.8 |    2,178.7     2,159.1     2,172.4     2,145.6 
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     Consumer goods                |    1,225.0 |    1,342.8 |    1,351.6     1,347.1     1,332.9     1,321.1     1,327.8 |    1,331.9     1,326.1     1,337.5     1,324.4 
        Durable                    |      303.9 |      372.3 |      382.4       371.5       355.0       344.4       356.9 |      360.8       357.9       369.5       362.5 
           Automotive products     |      162.6 |      195.0 |      201.7       195.3       181.9       175.0       186.8 |      189.2       187.6       200.7       193.5 
           Other durable goods     |      141.3 |      177.9 |      181.0       176.7       175.0       171.6       170.6 |      172.0       170.7       167.0       168.4 
        Nondurable                 |      921.0 |      970.6 |      970.1       975.3       975.8       973.5       969.5 |      970.1       966.9       968.1       961.5 
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     Equipment, total              |      637.5 |      872.7 |      863.9       878.9       879.7       863.7       848.8 |      852.8       837.1       838.0       823.0 
        Business and defense       |      610.2 |      850.4 |      841.2       856.4       859.2       842.9       826.4 |      830.3       814.2       815.5       801.1 
           Business                |      538.6 |      788.7 |      784.1       800.3       802.2       784.5       768.1 |      772.4       756.3       757.2       743.1 
           Defense and space       |       71.6 |       65.9 |       65.7        65.3        66.1        66.7        66.2 |       66.0        65.6        65.9        65.3 
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     Intermediate products         |      565.3 |      661.3 |      664.9       661.2       656.9       644.9       638.1 |      639.6       637.0       632.9       630.1 
     Construction supplies         |      235.0 |      285.4 |      286.6       284.9       281.3       278.7       277.7 |      277.6       277.4       276.4       275.6 
     Business supplies             |      330.3 |      375.6 |      377.9       375.9       375.2       365.9       360.1 |      361.7       359.2       356.2       354.3 
        Commercial energy products |       85.5 |       95.8 |       97.1        96.8        95.9        94.7        95.8 |       97.0        96.7        95.2        95.1 
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      Estimates for August are preliminary.  Estimates from May to July are revised.