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    |    May    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
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  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2384.3 | 2361.5  2389.1  2431.2  2437.7  2449.0  2454.7 | 2461.1  2431.2  2409.9  2490.3  2463.7  2460.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1863.3 | 1840.7  1868.0  1902.1  1906.1  1914.7  1914.1 | 1924.5  1896.7  1869.3  1948.2  1925.0  1925.0 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1201.0 | 1190.7  1199.8  1218.6  1217.8  1217.6  1210.2 | 1224.8  1202.8  1188.2  1228.3  1214.2  1213.5 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  314.0 |  305.4   311.8   322.1   322.3   319.4   315.6 |  328.4   304.4   283.3   335.5   328.0   334.2 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  162.5 |  154.7   159.9   168.7   164.8   162.4   159.5 |  170.2   149.5   128.5   178.2   171.7   176.8 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  151.8 |  151.1   152.2   153.5   157.9   157.5   156.4 |  158.4   155.8   157.2   156.4   155.8   156.6 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  887.4 |  885.4   888.5   897.4   896.5   898.9   895.5 |  897.8   897.9   902.2   895.7   888.6   882.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  662.0 |  649.6   668.0   683.6   688.5   697.5   704.7 |  700.1   694.5   681.4   720.9   711.9   712.6 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  634.8 |  621.8   640.3   657.1   659.7   670.7   680.8 |  672.7   669.2   655.9   697.6   688.9   690.6 
              Business                |  399.2 |  570.8 |  557.4   576.8   593.9   595.6   607.3   617.7 |  609.0   606.0   592.7   634.0   626.5   627.5 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   64.1 |   64.5    63.7    63.5    64.4    63.8    63.5 |   64.0    63.6    63.5    64.1    63.0    63.6 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  521.7 |  521.1   521.9   530.1   532.4   535.1   540.8 |  537.4   534.9   539.7   543.2   539.5   536.7 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  215.9 |  216.6   215.3   217.4   222.3   223.8   227.6 |  225.1   224.5   227.0   229.3   226.4   227.3 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  305.5 |  304.2   306.3   312.3   309.8   310.9   312.8 |  312.0   310.0   312.3   313.6   312.7   309.0 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   81.5 |   81.9    82.2    84.2    81.4    83.3    86.2 |   83.4    84.1    84.9    87.2    86.3    82.8 
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 Note:  Estimates for October are preliminary.  Estimates from July to September are revised.