[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS


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Table B-108.--Industrial production and consumer prices, major industrial countries, 1973-98
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United                      European                                 United
Year or quarter          States     Canada    Japan    Union\1\   France  Germany\2\   Italy   Kingdom
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Industrial production (Index, 1992=100)\3\

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1973............................      70.6      77.0     59.6       77.2       79        73.6    73.9       83.6
1974............................      69.6      78.5     57.3       77.8       82        73.4    76.8       81.9
1975............................      63.4      72.8     51.2       72.6       96        68.8    70.0       77.4
1976............................      69.3      77.6     56.9       78.0       82        75.1    78.5       80.0
1977............................      74.9      80.3     59.3       79.9       84        76.5    78.0       84.1
1978............................      79.3      83.0     63.0       82.1       86        78.6    79.7       86.5
1979............................      82.0      87.1     67.5       85.9     93.0        82.4    85.0       89.9

1980............................      79.7      84.1     70.6       85.6     93.0        82.6    89.4       84.0
1981............................      81.0      85.8     71.4       84.0     92.3        81.0    87.4       81.3
1982............................      76.7      77.4     71.7       82.9     91.4        78.5    84.7       82.9
1983............................      79.5      82.4     73.9       83.8     90.7        79.0    82.7       85.9
1984............................      86.6      92.4     80.7       85.6     91.2        81.2    85.4       86.0
1985............................      88.0      97.6     83.6       88.4     91.3        84.9    86.6       90.7
1986............................      89.0      96.8     83.5       90.4     91.9        86.6    90.2       92.9
1987............................      93.2     101.6     86.4       92.3     93.0        86.9    92.6       96.6
1988............................      97.4     106.9     95.3       96.1     97.3        90.3    99.1      101.3
1989............................      99.1     106.8     99.9       99.6    100.9        95.0   103.0      103.4

1990............................      98.9     103.2    104.2      101.6    102.4       100.0   102.2      103.1
1991............................      97.0      98.9    106.1      101.4    101.2       102.4   101.3       99.7
1992............................     100.0     100.0    100.0      100.0    100.0       100.0   100.0      100.0
1993............................     103.5     104.5     95.8       96.7     96.2        92.4    97.9      102.2
1994............................     109.1     111.3     97.0      101.6    100.0        95.7   104.0      107.7
1995............................     114.4     116.5    100.2      105.2    102.0        96.8   110.3      109.5
1996............................     119.5     118.0    102.5      105.4    102.3        97.2   107.2      110.7
1997............................     126.8     124.2    106.1      109.3    106.1       100.5   110.1      111.6
1998p...........................     131.4  ........  .......  .........  .......  ..........  ......  .........

1997:I..........................     123.7     121.2    106.9      106.8    102.5        98.5   107.6      111.3
II..........................     125.6     123.6    106.8      108.5    105.5       100.0   110.0      111.4
III.........................     127.8     125.7    106.8      110.4    107.7       101.6   110.6      112.1
IV..........................     129.8     126.1    104.3      111.4    109.1       102.4   111.7      111.4

1998:I..........................     130.4     126.4    103.1      112.2    109.9       104.8   111.7      111.2
II..........................     131.3     126.7     98.3      112.9    111.2       105.0   111.5      112.7
III.........................     131.6     126.2     98.1      113.8    111.3       106.8   111.1      112.8
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Consumer prices (Index, 1982-84=100)

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1973............................      44.4      40.8     47.9       33.5     34.6        62.8    20.6       27.9
1974............................      49.3      45.2     59.0       38.0     39.3        67.1    24.6       32.3
1975............................      53.8      50.1     65.9       43.4     43.9        71.1    28.8       40.2
1976............................      56.9      53.9     72.2       48.6     48.1        74.2    33.6       46.8
1977............................      60.6      58.1     78.1       54.5     52.7        76.9    40.1       54.2
1978............................      65.2      63.3     81.4       59.4     57.5        79.0    45.1       58.7
1979............................      72.6      69.2     84.4       65.6     63.6        82.2    52.1       66.6

1980............................      82.4      76.1     90.9       74.3     72.3        86.7    63.2       78.5
1981............................      90.9      85.6     95.3       83.5     81.9        92.2    75.4       87.9
1982............................      96.5      94.9     98.1       92.3     91.7        97.1    87.7       95.4
1983............................      99.6     100.4     99.8      100.2    100.4       100.3   100.8       99.8
1984............................     103.9     104.7    102.1      107.4    108.1       102.7   111.5      104.8
1985............................     107.6     109.0    104.1      114.0    114.4       104.8   121.1      111.1
1986............................     109.6     113.5    104.8      118.2    117.3       104.7   128.5      114.9
1987............................     113.6     118.4    104.8      122.0    121.1       104.9   134.4      119.7
1988............................     118.3     123.2    105.6      126.5    124.4       106.3   141.1      125.6
1989............................     124.0     129.3    108.1      133.2    128.7       109.2   150.4      135.3

1990............................     130.7     135.5    111.4      140.8    133.0       112.2   159.6      148.2
1991............................     136.2     143.1    115.0      148.1    137.2       116.3   169.8      156.9
1992............................     140.3     145.3    116.9      154.7    140.5       122.1   178.8      162.7
1993............................     144.5     147.9    118.4      160.2    143.5       127.6   186.4      165.3
1994............................     148.2     148.2    119.3      165.2    145.8       131.1   193.7      169.4
1995............................     152.4     151.4    119.1      170.2    148.4       133.5   204.1      175.1
1996............................     156.9     153.8    119.3      174.5    151.4       135.5   212.0      179.4
1997............................     160.5     156.3    121.3      178.0    153.2       137.8   215.7      185.0
1998p...........................     163.0     157.8  .......      181.1    154.2       139.2   219.5      191.4

1997:I..........................     159.6     155.7    119.4      176.6    152.7       137.0   214.7      182.0
II..........................     160.2     156.2    121.9      177.5    153.1       137.5   215.5      184.3
III.........................     160.9     156.6    121.9      178.4    153.3       138.5   215.9      186.2
IV..........................     161.8     156.5    122.2      179.1    153.8       138.3   217.1      187.6

1998:I..........................     162.0     157.3    121.7      179.8    153.8       138.6   218.4      188.2
II..........................     162.8     157.8    122.3      181.2    154.7       139.3   219.3      191.7
III.........................     163.5     158.0    121.6      181.5    154.3       139.6   219.8      192.3
IV.      181.8    154.3       139.1   220.5      193.2
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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\Prior to 1991 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.