[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-104.--Industrial production and consumer prices, major industrial countries, 1970-95
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United                      European                                 United
Year or quarter          States     Canada    Japan    Union\1\   France    Germany    Italy   Kingdom
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(7)Industrial production
(1987=100)\3\

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1970............................      61.4      59.0     55.0       73.1       72        75.5    68.3       78.9
1971............................      62.2      62.3     56.5       74.7       77        77.0    68.0       78.5
1972............................      68.3      67.8     59.6       78.0       81        79.9    70.8       79.9
1973............................      73.8      75.8     69.0       83.7       87        85.0    77.7       87.0
1974............................      72.7      77.3     66.3       84.3       90        84.8    81.2       85.4
1975............................      66.3      71.6     59.3       78.7       83        79.6    73.7       80.8
1976............................      72.4      76.5     65.9       84.5       90        86.8    82.9       83.4
1977............................      78.2      79.0     68.6       86.6       92        88.0    83.8       87.6
1978............................      82.6      81.8     73.0       89.0       94        90.4    85.4       90.1
1979............................      85.7      85.7     78.2       93.1       99        94.7    91.1       93.6

1980............................      84.1      82.8     81.8       92.8     98.9        95.0    96.2       87.0
1981............................      85.7      84.5     82.6       91.1     98.3        93.2    94.7       84.2
1982............................      81.9      76.2     83.0       89.9     97.3        90.3    91.7       85.8
1983............................      84.9      81.2     85.5       90.8     96.5        90.9    88.9       88.9
1984............................      92.8      91.0     93.5       92.8     97.1        93.5    91.8       89.0
1985............................      94.4      96.1     96.9       95.8     97.2        97.7    92.9       93.9
1986............................      95.3      95.4     96.7       98.0     98.0        99.6    96.2       96.2
1987............................     100.0     100.0    100.0      100.0    100.0       100.0   100.0      100.0
1988............................     104.4     105.3    109.4      104.2    104.6       103.9   105.9      104.8
1989............................     106.0     105.2    115.7      108.2    108.9       108.8   109.2      107.0

1990............................     106.0     101.7    120.6      110.4    111.0       114.5   109.4      106.7
1991............................     104.2      97.4    122.9      109.6    111.0       118.7   108.4      102.8
1992............................     107.7      98.5    115.8      108.4    109.7       116.3   108.2      102.7
1993............................     111.5     102.9    111.0      104.9    105.6       107.4   105.5      104.7
1994............................     118.1     109.6    112.3      109.8    111.0       110.8   110.7      110.0
1995 ....

1994: I.........................     115.5     105.4    110.1      106.5    105.6       107.9   105.4      107.5
II........................     117.5     108.4    110.7      109.1    108.3       110.1   110.0      109.9
III.......................     118.8     111.3    113.5      111.0    110.3       111.4   113.0      111.4
IV........................     120.6     113.3    114.5      111.9    110.5       112.8   114.7      111.2

1995: I.........................     121.8     114.2    116.1      112.5    111.8       110.5   115.2      112.1
II........................     121.4     113.6    116.3      113.1    111.9       111.8   116.5      112.2
III.......................     122.3     114.0    114.2  .........  .......       110.8   120.0      112.9
IV .  ......  .........
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(7)Consumer prices (1982-84=100)

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1970............................      38.8      35.1     38.5       26.6     28.7        52.9    16.8       21.8
1971............................      40.5      36.1     40.9       28.3     30.3        55.6    17.6       23.8
1972............................      41.8      37.9     42.9       30.1     32.2        58.7    18.7       25.5
1973............................      44.4      40.7     47.9       32.7     34.5        62.8    20.6       27.9
1974............................      49.3      45.2     59.0       37.4     39.3        67.2    24.6       32.3
1975............................      53.8      50.1     65.9       42.8     43.9        71.2    28.8       40.2
1976............................      56.9      53.8     72.2       47.9     48.1        74.2    33.6       46.8
1977............................      60.6      58.1     78.1       53.8     52.7        76.9    40.1       54.2
1978............................      65.2      63.3     81.4       58.7     57.5        79.0    45.1       58.7
1979............................      72.6      69.1     84.4       65.1     63.6        82.2    52.1       66.6

1980............................      82.4      76.1     91.0       74.0     72.3        86.7    63.5       78.5
1981............................      90.9      85.6     95.3       83.2     82.0        92.2    75.3       87.9
1982............................      96.5      94.9     98.0       92.2     91.6        97.1    87.7       95.4
1983............................      99.6     100.4     99.8      100.2    100.5       100.3   100.8       99.8
1984............................     103.9     104.8    102.1      107.4    107.9       102.7   111.5      104.8
1985............................     107.6     108.9    104.1      114.0    114.2       104.8   121.1      111.1
1986............................     109.6     113.4    104.8      118.2    117.2       104.7   128.5      114.9
1987............................     113.6     118.4    104.9      122.2    120.9       104.9   134.4      119.7
1988............................     118.3     123.2    105.7      126.7    124.2       106.3   141.1      125.6
1989............................     124.0     129.3    108.0      133.3    128.6       109.2   150.4      135.4

1990............................     130.7     135.5    111.4      140.8    133.0       112.2   159.5      148.2
1991............................     136.2     143.1    115.0      148.0    137.2       116.2   169.8      156.9
1992............................     140.3     145.2    116.9      154.2    140.6       120.9   178.8      162.7
1993............................     144.5     147.9    118.5      159.4    143.5       125.2   186.3      165.3
1994............................     148.2     148.2    119.3      164.2    145.9       128.6   193.6      169.3
1995 ....    148.4       130.8   204.0      175.2

1994: I.........................     146.7     148.0    118.9      162.5    144.9       127.5   191.2      166.8
II........................     147.6     147.5    119.4      164.2    145.8       128.3   192.8      169.8
III.......................     148.9     148.3    119.1      164.8    146.0       129.1   194.2      169.9
IV........................     149.6     148.8    119.7      165.6    146.6       129.1   196.5      171.0

1995: I.........................     150.9     150.4    119.0      167.3    147.4       130.1   199.5      172.5
II........................     152.2     151.5    119.5      169.1    148.2       130.8   203.4      175.6
III.......................     152.9     151.8    119.1      170.0    148.6       131.3   205.4      176.1
IV p......................     153.6     151.9    119.1  .........    149.5       131.1   208.0      176.4
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\1\ Consists of Belgium-Luxembourg, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom,
Germany, Portugal, and Spain. Data exclude Austria, Finland and Sweden which became members January 1, 1995.
Industrial production includes data for Greece beginning 1981; data for Portugal and Spain are included
beginning 1982.
\2\ Data are for West Germany only.
\3\ All data exclude construction. Quarterly data are seasonally adjusted.

Sources: National sources as reported by Department of Commerce (International Trade Administration, Office of
Trade and Economic Analysis), Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics), and Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.