[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-106.--Industrial production and consumer prices, major industrial countries, 1970-96
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United                      European                                 United
Year or quarter          States     Canada    Japan    Union\1\   France  Germany\2\   Italy   Kingdom
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(7)Industrial production
(1987=100)\3\

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1970............................      61.4      59.0     54.5       71.5       72        75.5    68.3       78.4
1971............................      62.2      62.3     56.0       73.1       77        77.0    68.0       78.0
1972............................      68.3      67.8     60.1       76.9       81        79.9    70.8       79.4
1973............................      73.8      75.8     69.0       82.8       87        85.0    77.7       86.6
1974............................      72.7      77.3     66.3       84.1       90        84.8    81.2       84.7
1975............................      66.3      71.6     59.3       78.7       83        79.6    73.7       80.1
1976............................      72.4      76.5     65.9       84.4       90        86.8    82.9       82.8
1977............................      78.2      79.0     68.6       86.3       92        88.0    83.8       87.1
1978............................      82.6      81.8     73.0       88.2       94        90.4    85.4       89.5
1979............................      85.7      85.7     78.2       92.4     99.9        94.7    91.1       93.1

1980............................      84.1      82.8     81.8       92.9     99.9        95.0    96.2       87.0
1981............................      85.7      84.5     82.6       91.3     99.3        93.2    94.7       84.2
1982............................      81.9      76.2     83.0       89.9     98.3        90.3    91.7       85.8
1983............................      84.9      81.2     85.5       90.6     97.5        90.9    88.9       88.9
1984............................      92.8      91.0     93.5       92.7     98.1        93.5    91.8       89.0
1985............................      94.4      96.1     96.9       95.8     98.1        97.7    92.9       93.9
1986............................      95.3      95.3     96.7       97.9     98.8        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      104.4    104.6       103.9   105.9      104.8
1989............................     106.0     105.2    115.7      108.5    108.5       108.8   109.2      107.0

1990............................     106.0     101.7    120.6      110.7    110.1       114.5   109.4      106.7
1991............................     104.2      97.4    122.9      110.5    108.7       117.8   108.4      102.8
1992............................     107.7      98.5    115.8      109.1    107.5       115.8   108.2      102.7
1993............................     111.5     102.9    111.0      105.5    103.4       107.1   105.5      104.9
1994............................     118.1     110.1    112.3      110.9    107.3       110.4   111.0      110.1
1995............................     121.9     113.8    116.0      114.7    109.0       111.5   117.0      113.0
1996p...........................     125.8  ........  .......  .........  .......  ..........  ......  .........

1995:I..........................     121.8     114.4    116.0      113.8    109.4       110.6   115.2      112.3
II..........................     121.4     113.5    116.3      114.6    109.4       112.2   116.5      112.7
III.........................     122.3     113.9    114.7      115.1    109.8       112.2   120.4      113.6
IV..........................     122.5     113.6    117.0      114.7    107.9       110.3   118.9      113.5

1996:I..........................     123.4     114.0    117.7      113.8    108.7       110.4   115.9      113.7
II..........................     125.4     114.4    117.4      114.5    108.9       111.5   115.0      113.8
III.........................     126.8     116.3    118.9      115.8    110.9       112.6   114.4      114.3
IV...
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(7)Consumer prices (1982-84=100)

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1970............................      38.8      35.1     38.5       27.3     28.8        52.8    17.1       21.8
1971............................      40.5      36.1     40.9       28.9     30.4        55.6    17.9       23.8
1972............................      41.8      37.9     42.9       30.8     32.2        58.7    19.0       25.5
1973............................      44.4      40.8     47.9       33.5     34.5        62.8    20.9       27.9
1974............................      49.3      45.2     59.0       38.0     39.3        67.1    25.0       32.3
1975............................      53.8      50.1     65.9       43.4     43.9        71.1    29.3       40.2
1976............................      56.9      53.8     72.2       48.6     48.2        74.2    34.1       46.8
1977............................      60.6      58.1     78.1       54.5     52.7        76.9    40.3       54.2
1978............................      65.2      63.3     81.4       59.4     57.5        79.0    45.3       58.7
1979............................      72.6      69.1     84.4       65.6     63.7        82.2    52.4       66.6

1980............................      82.4      76.1     90.9       74.3     72.3        86.7    63.5       78.5
1981............................      90.9      85.6     95.3       83.5     82.0        92.2    75.3       87.9
1982............................      96.5      94.9     98.1       92.3     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    104.8      122.0    120.9       104.9   134.4      119.7
1988............................     118.3     123.2    105.6      126.5    124.2       106.3   141.1      125.6
1989............................     124.0     129.3    108.1      133.2    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      148.1    137.2       116.2   169.8      156.9
1992............................     140.3     145.2    116.9      154.7    140.6       120.9   178.8      162.7
1993............................     144.5     147.9    118.4      160.2    143.5       125.2   186.3      165.3
1994............................     148.2     148.2    119.3      165.0    145.9       128.6   193.6      169.3
1995............................     152.4     151.4    119.1      170.2    148.4       130.8   204.0      175.2
1996p...........................     156.9     153.7  .......  .........    151.5       132.6  ......      179.4

1995:I..........................     150.9     150.4    119.1      168.2    147.4       130.1   199.6      172.5
II..........................     152.2     151.5    119.4      170.0    148.2       130.8   203.4      175.6
III.........................     152.9     151.8    119.1      170.7    148.6       131.3   205.4      176.1
IV..........................     153.6     151.9    119.0      171.6    149.5       131.1   208.0      176.4

1996:I..........................     155.0     152.5    118.7      172.9    150.5       131.9   209.6      177.3
II..........................     156.5     153.7    119.5      174.5    151.7       132.6   212.1      179.6
III.........................     157.4     153.9    119.3      174.8    151.4       133.1   212.6      179.9
IV...    152.0       133.0  ......      181.0
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\1\Consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
\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.