Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1996            1997                         |   1997                            1998         
 Item                                 |    1992|   1997 |     Q3      Q4      Q1      Q2    Q3     Q4    |  Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.5 | 2304.6  2317.4  2343.8  2361.5  2389.1  2431.7 | 2396.9  2416.1  2442.2  2436.7  2442.2  2440.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.5 | 1800.0  1805.9  1828.0  1840.7  1868.0  1902.7 | 1875.6  1890.6  1911.0  1906.5  1914.7  1910.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.3 | 1177.9  1182.5  1188.3  1190.7  1199.8  1219.4 | 1203.3  1215.9  1224.1  1218.2  1226.6  1223.5 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  308.7   302.2   309.4   305.4   311.8   322.2 |  316.9   315.2   328.6   322.7   325.2   322.8 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  160.7   154.4   160.5   154.7   159.9   168.7 |  166.6   164.4   173.5   168.0   166.0   163.4 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  148.1   148.2   149.1   151.1   152.2   153.5 |  150.1   150.8   154.8   154.7   159.6   160.0 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.7 |  869.7   880.3   879.3   885.4   888.5   898.2 |  887.2   901.0   897.0   896.5   902.5   901.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  661.9 |  621.4   622.7   639.3   649.6   668.0   683.3 |  672.3   674.5   686.9   688.5   688.2   687.5 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.7 |  594.9   597.2   612.3   621.8   640.3   656.8 |  644.7   647.7   659.9   662.7   660.1   658.4 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  529.2   531.9   547.9   557.4   576.8   593.6 |  581.4   584.4   596.9   599.5   596.2   593.7 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   65.7    65.2    64.5    64.5    63.7    63.5 |   63.6    63.5    63.4    63.5    64.2    64.9 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  505.2   511.7   516.1   521.1   521.9   530.0 |  522.2   526.5   532.3   531.2   528.9   530.8 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  210.9   212.4   214.3   216.6   215.3   217.2 |  213.4   214.8   219.6   217.2   218.7   219.7 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  294.0   299.0   301.6   304.2   306.3   312.5 |  308.6   311.4   312.3   313.7   309.8   310.8 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.6 |   79.2    80.8    80.3    81.9    82.2    84.4 |   83.2    84.8    84.5    83.9    81.6    81.7 
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 Note:  Estimates for February are preliminary.  Estimates from November to January are revised.