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



PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY


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Table B-51.--Industrial production indexes, major industry divisions, 1948-98
[1992=100; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Total               Manufacturing
industrial ------------------------------------
Year or month               production                                        Mining     Utilities
Total      Durable   Nondurable
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1948....................................        22.6        21.3        20.6        22.1        59.3        11.9
1949....................................        21.4        20.2        18.7        21.7        52.6        12.7

1950....................................        24.7        23.5        22.7        24.2        58.7        14.5
1951....................................        26.8        25.4        25.6        25.0        64.4        16.5
1952....................................        27.8        26.4        27.2        25.4        63.9        17.9
1953....................................        30.2        28.8        30.7        26.5        65.6        19.4
1954....................................        28.6        26.9        27.1        26.7        64.3        20.9
1955....................................        32.2        30.3        31.0        29.6        71.7        23.3
1956....................................        33.6        31.6        32.0        31.1        75.4        25.6
1957....................................        34.1        31.9        32.2        31.6        75.5        27.3
1958....................................        31.9        29.7        28.2        31.9        69.3        28.6
1959....................................        35.7        33.5        32.4        35.1        72.5        31.5

1960....................................        36.5        34.1        32.9        35.9        73.9        33.7
1961....................................        36.7        34.2        32.3        37.0        74.4        35.6
1962....................................        39.8        37.3        35.9        39.3        76.5        38.2
1963....................................        42.1        39.5        38.3        41.4        79.5        40.9
1964....................................        45.0        42.2        41.0        44.1        82.7        44.4
1965....................................        49.5        46.8        46.6        47.1        85.8        47.1
1966....................................        53.8        51.0        51.8        50.0        90.4        50.7
1967....................................        55.0        52.0        52.3        51.6        92.1        53.3
1968....................................        58.1        54.9        54.9        54.9        95.6        57.6
1969....................................        60.7        57.4        57.1        57.8        99.5        62.7

1970....................................        58.7        54.8        52.7        57.8       102.0        66.5
1971....................................        59.5        55.6        52.5        60.2        99.5        69.7
1972....................................        65.3        61.5        58.6        65.5       101.5        74.2
1973....................................        70.6        66.9        65.4        68.8       102.5        77.1
1974....................................        69.6        65.9        64.1        68.3       101.9        76.1
1975....................................        63.4        59.3        56.1        64.0        99.7        76.9
1976....................................        69.3        65.4        61.9        70.5       100.5        79.9
1977....................................        74.9        71.2        68.1        75.7       103.4        82.0
1978....................................        79.3        75.8        73.6        78.9       106.5        84.4
1979....................................        82.0        78.5        77.4        79.9       108.3        86.8

1980....................................        79.7        75.5        73.4        78.3       111.5        87.3
1981....................................        81.0        76.7        74.6        79.5       115.6        85.0
1982....................................        76.7        72.1        68.2        77.7       111.2        82.3
1983....................................        79.5        76.3        72.2        81.9       106.6        83.7
1984....................................        86.6        83.8        82.7        85.3       113.9        86.7
1985....................................        88.0        85.7        85.6        86.0       111.0        88.8
1986....................................        89.0        88.1        87.4        89.1       102.6        86.4
1987....................................        93.2        92.8        92.0        93.8       102.1        89.4
1988....................................        97.4        97.1        98.1        96.0       104.7        93.9
1989....................................        99.1        99.0       100.5        97.3       103.2        97.1

1990....................................        98.9        98.5        99.0        97.9       104.8        98.3
1991....................................        97.0        96.2        95.5        97.0       102.6       100.4
1992....................................       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0
1993....................................       103.5       103.7       105.4       101.8        99.9       103.9
1994....................................       109.1       109.9       114.2       105.2       102.4       105.3
1995....................................       114.4       115.9       124.0       107.1       102.0       109.0
1996....................................       119.5       121.4       134.1       107.9       103.7       112.6
1997....................................       126.8       129.7       147.1       111.3       105.8       112.8
1998p...................................       131.4       135.1       157.5       112.0       104.1       114.6

1997:Jan................................       123.0       125.3       139.8       110.0       104.3       113.4
Feb.................................       123.9       126.4       141.7       110.4       105.5       111.0
Mar.................................       124.4       127.0       142.3       111.0       106.3       109.6
Apr.................................       125.1       127.7       143.6       111.1       105.4       112.7
May.................................       125.5       128.1       144.5       111.0       106.6       111.4
June................................       126.1       129.0       146.3       110.9       105.9       111.4

July................................       127.0       129.8       147.7       111.2       106.1       113.7
Aug.................................       127.8       130.8       149.6       111.3       105.5       113.1
Sept................................       128.5       131.4       150.3       111.8       106.6       114.4
Oct.................................       129.3       132.2       151.8       112.0       106.2       116.1
Nov.................................       129.9       133.3       153.3       112.6       104.9       113.6
Dec.................................       130.3       133.7       154.0       112.7       106.4       113.1

1998:Jan................................       130.3       133.8       153.9       113.1       107.6       109.8
Feb.................................       130.2       133.7       154.0       112.8       107.5       109.0
Mar.................................       130.7       134.1       155.2       112.4       105.8       114.0
Apr.................................       131.3       134.9       156.2       113.0       105.7       112.8
May.................................       131.9       135.4       157.2       113.0       105.4       115.2
June................................       130.6       133.7       154.8       112.0       104.7       118.7

July................................       130.5       133.6       154.4       112.1       104.6       118.3
Aug.................................       132.4       135.7       159.8       111.3       103.7       120.2
Sept................................       131.9       135.2       159.6       110.6       102.4       120.3
Octp................................       132.6       136.3       161.1       111.2       101.8       117.4
Novp................................       132.5       136.5       160.9       111.8       101.4       113.9
Decp................................       132.8       136.7       161.5       111.8       100.8       115.7
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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.