Table 1A INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: MARKET GROUPS | | Index, 1992=100 | 1997 | Seasonally adjusted | Not seasonally adjusted | IP | 1997 1998 | 1997 1998 Item |Proportion<1>| Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 100.00 | 127.5 127.9 127.8 127.4 127.7 127.8 | 126.6 125.4 126.0 127.3 127.5 125.5 | | | Products, total | 59.88 | 121.2 121.0 121.3 120.6 121.0 121.2 | 120.1 118.5 118.8 119.6 120.0 118.1 Final products | 45.07 | 122.5 122.2 122.6 121.6 122.0 122.3 | 121.3 119.9 120.8 121.9 122.3 119.4 | | | Consumer goods | 28.08 | 116.7 115.9 116.6 115.2 115.5 115.5 | 115.0 113.7 115.7 115.2 115.4 112.0 Durable | 5.82 | 136.5 134.7 135.6 134.3 134.3 135.5 | 136.8 126.8 128.9 139.6 142.0 138.4 Automotive products | 2.56 | 138.4 133.8 132.6 131.0 131.2 132.3 | 138.3 119.4 122.9 141.4 146.5 137.7 Autos and trucks | 1.57 | 147.8 142.7 139.9 137.2 135.1 139.3 | 149.0 121.6 125.5 155.1 158.7 146.8 Autos | .64 | 120.3 113.9 116.0 105.7 105.2 107.7 | 120.3 96.7 102.1 118.3 121.6 112.5 Trucks | .93 | 179.8 175.7 168.2 172.7 168.8 174.8 | 178.9 147.3 149.9 192.7 196.8 181.9 Auto parts and allied goods | .99 | 123.8 120.1 120.9 121.0 124.5 121.0 | 121.9 115.0 117.8 120.6 127.7 123.5 Other durable goods | 3.26 | 135.0 135.3 138.0 136.9 136.8 138.2 | 135.5 132.7 133.7 138.1 138.4 139.0 Appliances and electronics | .85 | 177.2 178.7 186.4 188.1 191.1 197.2 | 175.9 166.3 178.9 194.9 195.1 197.9 Appliances and air cond. | .47 | 128.8 128.0 133.9 135.0 133.5 137.3 | 123.7 114.2 130.0 146.8 143.5 143.5 Home electronics | .38 | 248.7 254.9 265.4 267.6 280.6 290.5 | 257.0 249.5 251.5 261.7 270.0 278.8 Carpeting and furniture | .82 | 122.1 116.8 122.5 118.1 115.2 117.1 | 117.6 111.3 116.3 118.4 116.5 122.3 Miscellaneous | 1.60 | 119.2 122.1 121.0 120.8 120.8 120.2 | 122.7 124.4 119.0 120.0 121.5 118.4 Nondurable | 22.26 | 111.8 111.3 112.0 110.5 110.9 110.6 | 109.7 110.3 112.3 109.4 109.1 105.8 Nonenergy | 18.98 | 111.5 110.9 112.8 111.5 110.7 110.8 | 109.6 106.4 107.7 107.0 107.2 106.3 Foods and tobacco | 9.74 | 110.7 110.0 113.0 112.0 111.2 111.6 | 109.5 103.9 107.3 106.9 107.6 106.6 Clothing | 1.81 | 95.1 95.1 95.2 93.5 94.0 93.6 | 94.6 92.1 89.2 91.1 91.8 91.1 Chemical products | 4.53 | 121.3 121.8 122.9 121.7 121.5 121.4 | 115.8 115.8 116.8 114.3 114.4 113.5 Paper products | 2.90 | 111.7 110.1 110.2 107.9 105.6 105.3 | 111.4 111.2 109.0 107.8 106.5 105.7 Energy products | 3.28 | 113.9 113.5 107.4 105.1 111.8 109.9 | 110.9 133.8 139.7 123.8 120.2 102.6 Fuels | 1.07 | 106.7 109.3 110.5 110.0 110.1 110.5 | 110.8 113.6 106.9 104.6 104.7 109.9 Utilities | 2.21 | 117.1 115.1 105.4 102.2 112.2 109.1 | 110.4 143.3 155.4 132.7 127.3 98.5 | | | Equipment, total | 17.00 | 132.8 133.4 133.1 133.0 133.7 134.5 | 132.5 131.0 129.8 134.0 134.5 132.5 Business equipment | 13.91 | 147.5 148.6 147.3 146.7 147.8 149.2 | 146.7 144.7 143.0 148.3 149.4 147.1 Information processing & related | 5.28 | 174.7 176.0 175.4 177.4 177.9 181.4 | 174.2 176.7 170.7 174.2 173.8 175.9 Computer and office | .96 | 427.3 440.1 457.1 473.1 494.1 509.1 | 416.8 431.7 431.8 457.6 464.0 493.0 Industrial | 4.51 | 136.3 137.8 136.4 134.3 135.6 134.7 | 134.4 133.4 132.8 135.5 136.4 132.3 Transit | 2.68 | 119.9 121.2 119.8 117.9 119.5 121.2 | 120.2 113.5 114.4 125.4 129.5 123.9 Autos and trucks | 1.32 | 128.2 124.6 121.1 116.4 120.6 123.9 | 128.4 105.3 108.8 131.0 139.4 131.2 Other | 1.44 | 137.3 136.2 133.6 132.6 133.9 135.8 | 136.4 129.8 131.6 136.1 135.4 133.9 Defense and space equipment | 2.02 | 74.5 74.5 75.7 76.0 75.4 75.7 | 75.3 76.8 76.1 76.2 75.8 73.9 Oil and gas well drilling | .86 | 150.0 145.9 154.0 158.9 158.6 150.5 | 154.1 153.4 154.0 154.6 147.9 147.7 Manufactured homes | .21 | 138.1 132.4 144.0 148.6 148.8 151.2 | 134.6 110.7 124.3 142.1 151.3 159.2 | | | Intermediate products | 14.80 | 117.3 117.4 117.4 117.6 117.7 117.5 | 116.6 114.2 112.8 112.7 113.2 114.1 Construction supplies | 5.74 | 123.6 123.2 125.2 125.9 125.1 124.9 | 123.2 116.9 115.8 118.4 120.1 122.0 Business supplies | 9.07 | 113.5 113.9 112.9 112.7 113.3 113.2 | 112.7 112.5 111.0 109.2 109.1 109.5 | | | Materials | 40.12 | 137.7 138.9 138.2 138.2 138.5 138.5 | 137.0 136.6 137.5 139.7 139.7 137.5 | | | Durable | 22.62 | 165.0 166.5 166.2 165.8 165.9 166.1 | 164.6 162.9 162.8 166.8 167.7 164.8 Consumer parts | 4.25 | 142.3 146.9 138.5 139.4 138.7 138.3 | 141.6 131.3 137.3 145.8 148.0 142.3 Equipment parts | 8.29 | 237.9 240.9 245.5 246.3 247.5 248.4 | 239.5 246.4 243.7 246.8 248.2 243.4 Other | 10.08 | 128.8 128.3 128.8 127.3 127.2 127.3 | 127.8 125.5 124.2 126.7 126.7 125.9 Basic metals | 3.30 | 124.9 122.2 125.0 124.5 122.2 121.9 | 124.3 120.8 123.4 127.1 124.9 123.3 Nondurable | 8.88 | 114.4 116.0 114.5 115.5 114.1 113.9 | 113.6 111.4 114.0 116.3 115.2 115.8 Textile | .91 | 111.0 112.5 107.9 108.8 107.9 106.8 | 110.5 102.8 107.9 109.9 110.0 109.6 Paper | 1.85 | 112.2 113.7 112.3 113.7 110.1 109.8 | 111.8 110.7 113.7 115.4 110.7 110.0 Chemical | 4.28 | 116.5 119.1 119.2 119.0 118.3 118.2 | 115.2 115.4 117.8 120.6 119.6 121.1 Other | 1.84 | 113.7 113.3 109.4 112.5 111.5 111.7 | 113.3 107.6 108.8 110.7 112.3 112.5 Energy | 8.62 | 103.9 104.2 103.7 103.5 105.6 105.3 | 102.7 106.0 107.3 106.0 105.9 102.3 Primary | 5.59 | 101.4 100.7 102.8 102.4 103.2 103.1 | 100.7 102.1 104.8 105.3 104.1 101.6 Converted fuel | 3.03 | 108.6 110.9 105.5 105.5 110.2 109.7 | 106.4 113.5 112.1 107.4 109.3 103.6 | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | Total excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 97.11 | 127.2 127.7 127.7 127.4 127.7 127.7 | 126.2 125.7 126.2 126.8 126.9 125.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 94.84 | 126.6 127.0 127.3 126.9 127.2 127.3 | 125.7 125.5 125.7 126.1 126.2 124.4 Computers | 98.52 | 124.8 125.1 124.9 124.4 124.6 124.6 | 123.9 122.6 123.1 124.3 124.6 122.4 Computers and semiconductors | 95.15 | 118.2 118.3 118.0 117.5 117.7 117.7 | 117.2 115.8 116.4 117.4 117.6 115.5 | | | Consumer goods excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 26.51 | 115.0 114.4 115.4 114.0 114.4 114.2 | 113.2 113.2 115.1 113.1 113.1 110.2 Energy | 24.80 | 117.0 116.2 117.9 116.6 116.0 116.3 | 115.5 110.9 112.4 114.0 114.7 113.3 | | | Business equipment excluding: | | | Autos and trucks | 12.59 | 149.7 151.5 150.5 150.3 151.0 152.3 | 148.8 149.6 147.2 150.3 150.5 148.9 Computer and office equipment | 12.96 | 133.5 134.4 132.7 131.6 132.2 133.2 | 132.8 130.6 128.9 133.4 134.3 131.4 | | | Materials excluding: | | | Energy | 31.50 | 148.6 150.2 149.4 149.5 149.1 149.2 | 148.1 146.2 147.0 150.5 150.7 149.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year. Note: Estimates for April are preliminary. Estimates from January to March are revised.