[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-53.--Industrial production indexes, selected manufactures, 1948-98
[1992=100; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Durable manufactures                                     Nondurable manufactures
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Primary                                    Transportation
metals      Fabri-                            equipment                                          Chem-
Year or month            ----------------  cated  Industrial  Electri- ------------------ Lumber  Apparel  Textile  Printing   icals
metal   machinery     cal              Motor     and     prod-    mill      and      and    Foods
Iron   prod-      and      machin-          vehicles   prod-    ucts    prod-   publish-   prod-
Total    and     ucts   equipment     ery     Total     and     ucts              ucts      ing     ucts
steel                                          parts
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1948................................    71.3   101.6    38.9       15.1       5.7     20.7     28.8     42.2     49.2     36.5     23.9      8.2    30.8
1949................................    60.0    86.7    35.1       12.9       5.4     20.8     29.5     37.3     48.8     33.7     24.5      8.0    31.1

1950................................    75.5   106.9    43.0       14.5       7.4     24.9     38.0     45.3     52.5     38.3     25.7     10.1    32.2
1951................................    82.1   119.5    45.9       18.4       7.4     27.8     34.8     45.2     51.5     38.0     26.2     11.4    32.8
1952................................    75.0   105.2    44.8       20.0       8.5     32.3     29.8     44.6     54.2     37.6     26.1     11.9    33.5
1953................................    85.0   121.3    50.6       20.9       9.7     40.6     37.6     47.1     54.9     38.6     27.3     12.9    34.2
1954................................    68.8    94.3    45.5       17.8       8.6     35.3     32.4     46.8     54.2     36.1     28.4     13.1    34.9
1955................................    89.4   125.3    52.0       19.5       9.9     40.6     43.4     52.3     59.9     41.2     31.3     15.3    36.9
1956................................    88.8   123.0    52.7       22.4      10.7     39.4     35.2     51.7     61.3     42.3     33.2     16.4    39.0
1957................................    85.0   118.5    54.1       22.3      10.6     42.2     36.9     47.4     61.1     40.3     34.4     17.3    39.6
1958................................    67.4    89.3    48.5       18.8       9.7     33.3     27.3     48.2     59.4     39.8     33.6     17.9    40.6
1959................................    78.8   102.8    54.4       21.9      11.8     37.7     35.4     54.6     65.4     45.0     35.9     20.8    42.6

1960................................    78.5   104.5    54.5       22.0      12.8     39.0     40.0     51.5     66.7     44.1     37.3     21.6    43.8
1961................................    77.0    99.8    53.1       21.4      13.6     36.7     35.1     53.9     67.1     45.4     37.5     22.7    45.0
1962................................    82.6   104.0    57.7       24.0      15.7     42.4     42.7     56.8     69.9     48.5     38.9     25.2    46.4
1963................................    89.1   113.3    59.6       25.6      16.1     46.5     47.3     59.5     72.7     50.3     40.9     27.6    48.1
1964................................   100.5   128.9    63.3       29.2      17.0     47.7     48.5     63.9     75.3     54.3     43.4     30.2    50.3
1965................................   110.6   141.4    69.6       32.8      20.3     56.7     62.0     66.4     79.5     59.1     46.2     33.7    51.5
1966................................   117.4   145.7    74.5       38.1      24.4     60.8     60.9     68.9     81.6     62.7     49.7     36.7    53.4
1967................................   108.5   134.6    77.9       38.9      24.5     59.5     53.6     68.2     81.2     62.7     52.4     38.4    55.8
1968................................   112.4   139.0    82.1       39.2      25.8     64.6     64.2     70.2     83.2     70.0     53.3     43.2    57.3
1969................................   120.9   151.4    83.5       42.4      27.5     64.1     64.5     70.1     85.9     73.6     55.9     46.7    59.2

1970................................   112.5   140.9    77.4       41.1      26.3     53.8     51.9     69.7     82.5     72.0     54.3     48.6    60.1
1971................................   106.7   128.9    77.0       38.2      26.4     58.2     65.0     71.5     83.5     76.0     54.8     51.7    62.0
1972................................   119.5   143.3    84.5       44.3      30.2     62.2     71.0     81.9     88.6     83.3     58.5     58.2    65.3
1973................................   135.6   163.1    93.9       51.8      34.4     70.8     82.7     82.2     89.3     86.7     60.0     63.6    66.6
1974................................   131.4   158.0    90.1       55.1      34.1     64.4     71.4     74.6     85.3     78.9     59.1     65.9    67.5
1975................................   104.7   127.0    78.1       47.7      29.3     57.9     60.5     69.5     77.9     75.2     55.3     60.1    67.1
1976................................   117.1   139.9    86.5       50.1      32.9     65.9     79.7     79.0     91.8     83.5     60.4     67.2    70.9
1977................................   119.0   138.0    94.7       56.6      38.1     71.9     92.4     86.1     98.0     88.3     66.3     72.4    74.6
1978................................   128.0   147.5    98.2       63.3      42.2     77.5     96.8     87.5    100.4     88.6     70.1     76.4    77.2
1979................................   130.0   148.4   101.6       70.2      46.9     78.7     89.0     86.3     95.3     91.5     72.0     79.2    77.9

1980................................   108.0   119.0    94.4       70.5      48.6     70.3     65.8     80.4     95.4     89.0     72.4     75.9    79.7
1981................................   113.9   126.6    93.0       74.7      51.0     66.9     62.8     78.1     97.3     86.3     74.3     77.3    81.4
1982................................    80.5    80.5    84.9       65.8      51.7     63.0     56.9     70.3     96.3     80.1     77.5     71.0    82.4
1983................................    88.2    90.0    87.2       65.2      55.9     70.5     72.1     83.3    100.3     89.9     81.4     76.0    84.6
1984................................    98.7    98.9    95.2       78.9      66.7     80.5     87.3     89.8    102.2     90.4     87.0     79.3    86.4
1985................................    98.4    98.8    96.5       81.2      68.4     88.8     95.0     92.0     98.6     86.5     90.2     79.4    88.9
1986................................    91.2    86.8    95.6       81.8      71.0     94.1     94.2     99.6    101.8     90.5     93.4     82.4    91.2
1987................................    97.8    95.4   101.9       86.0      75.6     96.1     94.9    104.9    105.5     96.3    102.5     87.0    93.5
1988................................   106.2   107.6   106.1       97.1      82.5    101.1    100.2    105.1    103.5     95.0    103.4     92.2    94.9
1989................................   104.9   106.2   104.8      103.0      85.8    105.1    101.2    104.3    100.3     96.5    103.5     95.1    95.9

1990................................   104.0   106.4   101.2      100.1      87.7    102.3     95.3    101.6     97.2     93.2    103.1     97.3    97.0
1991................................    96.7    96.0    96.2       95.4      89.6     96.5     88.5     94.5     97.8     92.7     99.1     96.4    98.4
1992................................   100.0   100.0   100.0      100.0     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0   100.0
1993................................   105.7   107.1   104.4      109.9     109.6    103.6    113.2    100.8    102.4    105.3    100.7    101.5   102.0
1994................................   113.4   113.7   112.2      124.9     131.4    107.4    130.4    105.9    106.3    110.6    100.7    104.7   103.7
1995................................   116.8   117.7   116.4      143.9     166.3    106.4    132.7    107.9    107.1    110.2    101.4    107.3   105.8
1996................................   119.8   119.2   120.2      159.8     206.0    107.9    132.6    110.4    104.7    108.9    101.6    110.0   105.4
1997................................   125.3   124.2   124.7      179.4     253.4    117.1    139.9    114.2    102.8    112.2    105.2    114.9   108.0
1998p...............................   123.8   120.7   127.2      203.7     291.5    123.1    141.2    116.9     99.2    112.7    105.2    115.5   109.5

1997:Jan............................   120.7   120.8   121.7      169.0     226.0    112.5    137.0    111.3    103.1    109.9    102.7    114.0   107.1
Feb.............................   122.3   120.6   123.1      171.5     231.6    113.2    136.7    113.6    102.7    110.0    103.9    113.8   107.4
Mar.............................   121.1   117.8   123.6      172.8     235.2    113.5    136.1    114.4    103.7    111.2    104.1    113.0   108.7
Apr.............................   124.2   124.8   124.8      175.5     240.5    112.3    132.4    114.5    103.4    112.4    105.0    115.4   107.6
May.............................   124.8   123.9   124.1      176.3     245.6    112.6    132.4    115.2    103.2    110.5    105.3    114.8   107.7
June............................   126.2   124.5   123.7      177.9     251.6    115.4    137.3    115.6    103.2    112.3    104.8    114.8   107.6

July............................   126.2   124.5   125.2      181.1     259.5    114.4    135.0    115.1    103.0    114.0    105.1    114.1   108.7
Aug.............................   126.2   123.4   124.5      183.7     262.6    120.0    143.6    114.0    102.5    112.8    105.2    114.6   107.9
Sept............................   127.0   126.6   124.7      182.7     266.4    121.7    145.5    113.2    102.5    112.8    105.8    115.5   107.6
Oct.............................   128.2   128.2   126.1      186.4     269.8    121.7    144.9    113.5    102.7    113.1    106.4    116.3   107.5
Nov.............................   129.3   128.0   126.8      187.3     274.9    123.8    149.0    114.8    101.8    114.1    107.1    116.2   109.1
Dec.............................   127.8   127.6   128.2      189.0     276.5    124.1    148.6    115.0    102.3    113.1    107.0    117.3   109.0

1998:Jan............................   129.2   128.9   127.6      191.8     277.7    121.3    141.9    115.2    102.5    115.0    106.4    117.0   110.5
Feb.............................   128.1   128.2   126.6      192.3     278.5    121.5    140.4    116.2    101.1    113.2    106.4    116.7   109.9
Mar.............................   127.1   127.7   127.2      198.4     278.2    122.3    140.0    115.3    101.6    112.6    105.4    116.6   109.7
Apr.............................   127.5   126.7   127.8      200.6     208.8    123.3    140.8    116.1    101.0    113.3    105.5    117.7   110.3
May.............................   126.5   125.5   128.7      202.5     282.0    125.2    144.1    116.4    100.4    114.5    105.6    116.9   110.7
June............................   122.1   119.8   128.0      205.8     285.5    114.2    121.1    116.7    100.5    112.0    105.5    116.2   109.2

July............................   122.6   120.2   127.8      209.0     289.4    108.2    107.6    117.5    100.1    113.2    105.4    115.7   109.0
Aug.............................   124.4   122.5   126.3      207.0     290.8    130.3    154.2    118.5     99.2    111.8    104.9    114.3   107.9
Sept............................   120.1   113.4   126.2      207.7     297.7    127.6    149.9    117.0     98.3    111.2    104.6    113.3   107.7
Octp............................   121.0   114.3   127.0      211.3     301.0    128.6    150.2    117.9     97.4    112.7    104.8    113.9   109.2
Novp............................   118.6   109.7   127.3      212.1     303.0    127.4    149.0    118.9     95.7    111.3    105.3    114.0   111.1
Decp............................   118.5   109.9   128.0      212.9     307.0    126.2    148.1    119.7     95.4    110.6    105.0    114.5   110.6

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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.