Table 7
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:  GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 Billions of 1992 dollars at annual rates, seasonally adjusted
                                      |        |        |   1997            1998                         |   1998                                         
 Item                                 | 1992   |   1998 |     Q3      Q4      Q1      Q2   Q3      Q4    |   July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
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                                      |        |        |                                                |
  Products, total                     | 2001.9 | 2492.8 | 2413.9  2450.4  2464.5  2486.2  2493.6  2526.3 | 2454.6  2525.1  2501.0  2526.0  2524.5  2528.5 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Final products                   | 1552.1 | 1960.9 | 1893.3  1924.5  1937.5  1955.3  1956.0  1987.0 | 1915.6  1985.9  1966.4  1988.4  1987.0  1985.8 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Consumer goods                | 1049.6 | 1214.9 | 1199.7  1213.4  1216.5  1217.2  1206.9  1225.2 | 1185.0  1227.4  1208.2  1221.4  1226.3  1227.8 
           Durable                    |  238.3 |  321.3 |  309.2   318.9   321.5   318.6   314.6   334.0 |  283.0   334.2   326.7   334.0   333.6   334.4 
              Automotive products     |  123.8 |  165.8 |  160.6   169.7   165.7   162.8   159.3   176.0 |  128.9   178.0   171.0   176.9   175.7   175.4 
              Other durable goods     |  114.4 |  155.7 |  148.7   149.0   156.1   156.2   155.7   157.6 |  156.2   155.5   155.4   156.6   157.5   158.7 
           Nondurable                 |  811.3 |  895.0 |  890.9   895.4   896.1   899.5   893.2   893.6 |  900.5   895.6   883.7   890.0   895.1   895.8 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
        Equipment, total              |  502.5 |  747.1 |  695.6   713.5   723.7   741.4   753.2   766.1 |  734.3   762.5   762.7   771.5   764.8   761.9 
           Business and defense       |  483.9 |  722.3 |  668.1   686.4   695.3   715.1   729.7   744.8 |  709.6   739.4   740.1   749.4   743.1   741.8 
              Business                |  399.2 |  659.2 |  606.4   624.9   633.6   653.9   668.5   684.4 |  648.0   677.9   679.5   688.0   682.6   682.5 
              Defense and space       |   84.7 |   63.8 |   64.0    64.1    64.3    63.9    64.1    63.5 |   64.2    64.5    63.6    64.4    63.6    62.4 
                                      |        |        |                                                |
     Intermediate products            |  449.9 |  533.8 |  521.1   526.7   528.0   532.0   538.1   540.5 |  538.4   540.3   535.7   539.0   538.8   543.6 
        Construction supplies         |  177.2 |  224.8 |  216.1   218.1   221.6   223.0   226.1   228.9 |  227.1   226.8   224.4   227.0   229.0   230.7 
        Business supplies             |  272.7 |  308.6 |  304.7   308.4   306.0   308.6   311.7   311.1 |  310.9   313.1   310.9   311.6   309.4   312.4 
           Commercial energy products |   70.4 |   82.6 |   82.3    83.0    80.5    82.5    86.0    82.7 |   83.7    87.7    86.5    83.6    81.7    82.9 
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 Note:  Estimates for December are preliminary.  Estimates from September to November are revised.