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FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION:  8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2000

Virginia H. Mannering:  (202) 606-5304  (GDP)                          BEA 00-24

Kenneth A. Petrick:           606-9738  (Profits)

Recorded message:             606-5306



               GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  SECOND QUARTER 2000 (PRELIMINARY)

               CORPORATE PROFITS:  SECOND QUARTER 2000 (PRELIMINARY)
    Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property

located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 5.3 percent in the second quarter of 2000,

according to preliminary estimates released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic

Analysis.  In the first quarter, real GDP increased 4.8 percent. 
    The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for

the advance estimates issued last month.  In the advance estimates, the increase in real GDP was 5.2

percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).
    The major contributors to the increase in real GDP in the second quarter were:  Nonresidential

fixed investment, inventory investment, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for services, and

federal government spending.  The contributions of these components were partially offset by an increase

in imports (which are subtracted in the calculation of GDP).

    
    The acceleration in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected upturns in inventory

investment and in federal government spending that more than offset a sharp deceleration in PCE.
    The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,

increased 2.3 percent in the second quarter, 0.1 percentage point more than the advance estimate; this

index increased 3.8 percent in the first quarter.  Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for

gross domestic purchases increased 1.9 percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 2.8

percent in the first.
FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. 

Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates.  Percent changes are

calculated from unrounded data and annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (1996) dollars.  Price

indexes are chain-type measures.
    Real personal consumption expenditures increased 2.9 percent in the second quarter, compared

with an increase of 7.6 percent in the first.  Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 14.6 percent,

compared with an increase of 21.0 percent.  Nonresidential structures increased 4.8 percent, compared

with an increase of 22.3 percent.  Equipment and software increased 17.8 percent, compared with an

increase of 20.6 percent.  Real residential fixed investment was unchanged in the second quarter; in the

first quarter, it increased 3.2 percent.
    Real exports of goods and services increased 13.5 percent in the second quarter, compared with an

increase of 6.3 percent in the first.  Real imports of goods and services increased 19.5 percent, compared

with an increase of 12.0 percent.
    Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 16.9 percent in

the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 14.2 percent in the first.  National defense increased 16.3

percent, in contrast to a decrease of 19.8 percent.  Nondefense increased 17.9 percent, in contrast to a

decrease of 3.3 percent.  Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment

decreased 0.9 percent, in contrast to an increase of 6.6 percent.
    The real change in private inventories added 1.76 percentage points to the second-quarter change

in real GDP, after subtracting 1.76 percentage points from the first-quarter change.  Private businesses

increased inventories $79.3 billion in the second quarter, following increases of $36.6 billion in the first

quarter and $80.9 billion in the fourth.
    Real final sales of domestic product -- GDP less change in private inventories -- increased 3.5

percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 6.7 percent in the first.

Gross domestic purchases
    Real gross domestic purchases -- purchases by U.S. residents of goods and services wherever

produced -- increased 6.3 percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 5.6 percent in the

first. 

Gross national product
    Real gross national product -- the goods and services produced by the labor and property supplied

by U.S. residents -- increased 5.2 percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 5.1 percent

in the first.  GNP includes, and GDP excludes, net receipts of income from the rest of the world.

Current-dollar GDP
    Current-dollar GDP -- the market value of the nation's output of goods and services -- increased

8.0 percent, or $190.2 billion, in the second quarter to a level of $9,942.9 billion.  In the first quarter,

current-dollar GDP increased 8.3 percent, or $193.0 billion.

Revisions

    
    The preliminary estimate of the second-quarter increase in real GDP is 0.1 percentage point, or

$2.7 billion, higher than the advance estimate issued last month.  The upward revision to the percentage

change in real GDP reflected upward revisions to inventory investment ($19.0 billion) and to exports

($15.5 billion) that were mostly offset by an upward revision to imports ($8.0 billion) and by downward

revisions to nonresidential fixed investment ($13.6 billion), to residential structures ($3.6 billion), and to

state and local government spending ($3.5 billion).

    
                                         Advance           Preliminary

                                    (Percent change from preceding quarter)
Real GDP...............................    5.2                  5.3

Current-dollar GDP.....................    7.8                  8.0

Gross domestic purchases price index...    2.2                  2.3

                          Corporate Profits
    Profits from current production (profits before tax with inventory valuation and capital

consumption adjustments) increased $27.7 billion in the second quarter.  In the first quarter, profits

increased $43.1 billion.  Current-production cash flow (net cash flow with inventory valuation and capital

consumption adjustments) -- the internal funds available to corporations for investment -- increased $34.5

billion in the second quarter, compared with an increase of $37.7 billion in the first.
    Domestic profits of financial corporations decreased $4.7 billion in the second quarter, in contrast

to an increase of $4.0 billion in the first.  
    Domestic profits of nonfinancial corporations increased $29.8 billion in the second quarter,

compared with an increase of $30.8 billion in the first.  In the second quarter, both real gross corporate

product and profits per unit of real product increased.  The increase in unit profits reflected a larger

increase in the prices corporations received than in the unit costs they incurred.    
    The rest-of-the-world component of profits increased $2.7 billion in the second quarter, compared

with an increase of $8.4 billion in the first.  This measure is calculated as (1) receipts by U.S. residents of

earnings from their foreign affiliates plus dividends received by U.S. residents from unaffiliated foreign

corporations minus (2) payments by U.S. affiliates of earnings to their foreign parents plus dividends paid

by U.S. corporations to unaffiliated foreign residents.  The second-quarter increase was accounted for by

a larger increase in receipts than in payments.
    Profits before tax with inventory valuation adjustment is the best available measure of industry

profits because estimates of the capital consumption adjustment by industry do not exist.  According to

this measure, domestic profits of financial corporations decreased, and nonfinancial corporations

increased.  Profit increases for nonfinancial corporations were widespread among major industry groups;

the largest increases occurred in "other" nonmanufacturing (which includes services, construction, and

mining), in manufacturing, and in wholesale trade.   
    Profits before tax increased $21.5 billion in the second quarter, compared with an increase of $50.0

billion in the first.  The before-tax measure of profits does not reflect, as does profits from current

production, the capital consumption and inventory valuation adjustments.  These adjustments convert

depreciation and inventory withdrawals reported on an historical-cost basis to the replacement-cost

measures used in the national income and product accounts.  The capital consumption adjustment

decreased $5.4 billion in the second quarter (from $40.6 billion to $35.2 billion), compared with a

decrease of $1.0 billion in the first.  The inventory valuation adjustment increased $11.6 billion (from 

-$25.0 billion to -$13.4 billion), in contrast to a decrease of $5.8 billion.
    Profits tax liability increased $6.6 billion in the second quarter, compared with an increase of $15.5

billion in the first.  Profits after tax increased $14.9 billion, compared with an increase of $34.5 billion. 

Dividends increased $5.7 billion, compared with an increase of $6.7 billion; undistributed profits

increased $9.2 billion, compared with an increase of $27.8 billion.

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            Next release -- September 28, 2000, at 8:30 A.M. EDT for:

               Gross Domestic Product:  Second Quarter 2000 (Final)

                 Corporate Profits:  Second Quarter 2000 (Revised)

                                    Table 1.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period                                     

                                                         [Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]                                                         

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                                       1997   1998   1999 III 96  IV 96   I 97  II 97 III 97  IV 97   I 98  II 98 III 98  IV 98   I 99  II 99 III 99  IV 99   I 00  II 00r

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       Gross domestic product (GDP).    4.4    4.4    4.2    2.0    4.6    4.4    5.9    4.2    2.8    6.5    2.9    3.4    5.6    3.5    2.5    5.7    8.3    4.8    5.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
Personal consumption expenditures...    3.6    4.7    5.3    1.9    2.9    4.5    1.9    6.6    3.3    4.8    5.8    4.3    4.9    5.7    5.6    5.0    5.9    7.6    2.9

  Durable goods.....................    6.6   10.6   12.4   -1.5    5.0   10.5   -3.1   23.1    6.3    9.4   13.9    4.1   23.9    8.6   15.0    8.0   13.0   23.6   -5.0

  Nondurable goods..................    2.9    4.0    5.6    2.2    4.0    3.0     .7    6.0     .6    4.7    5.8    4.3    5.2    7.8    3.8    4.9    7.4    6.0    3.4

  Services..........................    3.3    3.9    3.7    2.5    1.9    4.2    3.5    3.9    4.2    4.0    4.3    4.3    1.3    4.1    4.6    4.5    3.8    5.2    4.4

                                                                                                                                                                         
Gross private domestic investment...   12.1   12.5    6.6   16.5     .7   13.6   24.7    2.3    8.8   33.1   -1.1    8.2   10.2    3.3     .0   15.0   17.9    5.1   21.6

  Fixed investment..................    9.6   11.8    9.2    9.6    6.2    8.3   11.7   14.7    4.4   17.4   14.8    5.2   12.1    9.2    8.7    7.8    7.2   16.4   10.9

    Nonresidential..................   12.2   13.0   10.1   13.6   10.0   10.9   14.0   19.1    3.9   20.1   15.6    3.5   13.2    9.5    9.6   11.8    9.5   21.0   14.6

      Structures....................    9.1    7.2   -1.4    7.5   23.0    6.4   -2.9   16.3    7.0    7.9   14.1   -4.7    3.3   -3.4   -6.2   -6.2    9.7   22.3    4.8

      Equipment and software........   13.3   15.0   14.1   15.7    5.9   12.4   20.4   20.0    2.9   24.6   16.1    6.5   16.7   14.1   15.2   18.0    9.5   20.6   17.8

    Residential.....................    2.0    8.3    6.4   -1.0   -4.1     .9    5.1    2.1    5.8    9.6   12.6   10.3    8.9    8.2    5.9   -3.1     .5    3.2     .0

  Change in private inventories.....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....

                                                                                                                                                                         
Net exports of goods and services...  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....

  Exports...........................   12.3    2.3    2.9    3.3   28.7    7.5   17.6   10.6    -.8    1.0   -3.0   -3.2   15.1   -7.9    5.8   10.2   10.3    6.3   13.5

    Goods...........................   14.5    2.2    4.0    7.9   24.3   13.6   21.1   12.5     .2    -.6   -6.7    -.2   16.9   -9.6    7.2   15.9   12.6    6.0   18.9

    Services........................    7.0    2.4     .5   -7.4   39.8   -5.8    9.4    6.0   -3.3    5.2    6.4  -10.0   10.8   -3.8    2.8   -2.5    4.6    6.9    1.0

  Imports...........................   13.7   11.9   10.7   14.4    6.3   15.3   18.8   17.3    6.4   14.2   13.1    5.5   12.2    4.5   16.2   16.9   10.7   12.0   19.5

    Goods...........................   14.2   11.8   12.5   14.9    7.5   14.5   21.5   16.2    6.0   13.1   14.4    4.6   14.4    7.1   19.0   19.0   11.2   11.2   20.1

    Services........................   10.9   12.2    1.7   11.8     .0   20.0    5.7   23.1    8.3   20.0    6.7    9.8    2.2   -7.7    2.5    6.3    8.2   16.6   16.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
Government consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                      

 and gross investment...............    2.4    2.1    3.3   -2.3    2.4    1.1    6.4    2.2     .1   -1.0    7.3    1.4    2.8    3.7     .8    4.8    8.5   -1.1    4.9

  Federal...........................    -.4    -.5    2.5   -7.7   -1.4   -4.4   10.4   -1.1   -3.7   -9.1   12.9   -3.2    3.7   -2.2    2.0    6.9   13.2  -14.2   16.9

    National defense................   -2.6   -1.7    2.0   -8.1   -2.4  -12.5   10.5     .1   -2.2  -17.7   13.1    5.8   -2.4   -3.1   -2.3   12.3   12.6  -19.8   16.3

    Nondefense......................    4.2    1.8    3.4   -6.9     .7   13.8   10.1   -3.3   -6.6    9.1   12.5  -17.6   16.1    -.4   10.2   -2.2   14.4   -3.3   17.9

  State and local...................    4.0    3.6    3.8    1.0    4.8    4.4    4.2    4.1    2.3    3.8    4.4    4.0    2.3    7.0     .1    3.7    6.1    6.6    -.9

                                                                                                                                                                         
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                                 

  Final sales of domestic product...    4.0    4.2    4.6    1.0    5.5    3.5    3.9    6.2    2.0    4.1    5.6    2.9    5.9    4.5    4.0    4.5    6.4    6.7    3.5

  Gross domestic purchases..........    4.7    5.5    5.2    3.3    2.5    5.3    6.1    5.1    3.6    8.1    4.8    4.4    5.4    4.9    3.8    6.6    8.4    5.6    6.3

  Final sales to domestic                                                                                                                                                

   purchasers.......................    4.3    5.4    5.6    2.3    3.3    4.5    4.2    7.0    2.9    5.7    7.5    3.9    5.7    5.9    5.2    5.5    6.6    7.5    4.6

  Gross national product (GNP)......    4.3    4.2    4.1    1.7    4.9    3.9    6.1    4.0    2.5    6.7    2.8    2.6    5.9    3.6    2.3    5.5    8.3    5.1    5.2

  Disposable personal income........    3.1    4.8    3.2    4.3    1.4    3.0    3.5    3.9    4.9    6.6    4.5    3.6    3.6    2.9    2.8    2.2    4.5    1.9    3.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Current-dollar measures:                                                                                                                                               

    GDP.............................    6.5    5.7    5.8    4.0    6.4    7.3    7.9    5.5    4.2    7.6    4.1    5.0    6.8    5.9    3.9    6.7    9.7    8.3    8.0

    Final sales of domestic product.    6.1    5.5    6.2    2.9    7.3    6.6    5.9    7.5    3.5    5.3    6.8    4.5    7.0    6.8    5.5    5.7    8.1   10.3    6.2

    Gross domestic purchases........    6.4    6.4    6.8    5.0    4.7    7.8    7.1    6.1    5.0    8.1    5.7    5.7    6.7    7.0    5.8    8.3   10.2    9.6    8.8

    Final sales to domestic                                                                                                                                              

     purchasers.....................    6.0    6.2    7.3    4.0    5.6    7.0    5.1    8.1    4.3    5.8    8.4    5.1    6.9    7.9    7.4    7.3    8.7   11.6    7.0

    GNP.............................    6.3    5.5    5.7    3.6    6.6    6.9    8.1    5.2    4.0    7.8    4.0    4.2    7.1    6.0    3.8    6.5    9.7    8.6    7.9

    Disposable personal income......    5.1    5.9    5.0    6.0    4.3    5.5    4.6    5.2    6.3    7.0    5.8    5.1    5.1    4.7    5.1    4.2    6.8    5.5    5.7

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r revised                                                                       

See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

                                
                                                Table 2.--Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product                                                 

                                                             [Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]                                                              

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                                       1997   1998   1999 III 96  IV 96   I 97  II 97 III 97  IV 97   I 98  II 98 III 98  IV 98   I 99  II 99 III 99  IV 99   I 00  II 00r

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Percent change at annual rate:                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                         
    Gross domestic product..........    4.4    4.4    4.2    2.0    4.6    4.4    5.9    4.2    2.8    6.5    2.9    3.4    5.6    3.5    2.5    5.7    8.3    4.8    5.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
Percentage points at annual rates:                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Personal consumption expenditures.   2.39   3.12   3.52   1.25   1.94   3.01   1.32   4.29   2.20   3.24   3.77   2.83   3.29   3.73   3.67   3.43   4.08   5.03   2.03

    Durable goods...................    .51    .81    .96   -.12    .39    .78   -.23   1.60    .48    .71   1.02    .32   1.72    .67   1.14    .64   1.04   1.79   -.42

    Nondurable goods................    .58    .79   1.10    .44    .79    .60    .16   1.16    .12    .93   1.10    .84   1.02   1.48    .75    .97   1.47   1.19    .71

    Services........................   1.29   1.53   1.46    .94    .76   1.62   1.40   1.52   1.61   1.60   1.65   1.67    .54   1.58   1.78   1.81   1.58   2.04   1.74

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Gross private domestic investment.   1.91   2.06   1.15   2.50    .15   2.06   3.69    .38   1.42   5.04   -.18   1.40   1.75    .60    .01   2.50   3.04    .92   3.63

    Fixed investment................   1.47   1.87   1.53   1.43    .95   1.24   1.76   2.20    .69   2.67   2.31    .86   1.95   1.49   1.43   1.33   1.26   2.68   1.87

      Nonresidential................   1.39   1.54   1.26   1.47   1.12   1.20   1.56   2.12    .47   2.30   1.83    .44   1.58   1.15   1.18   1.47   1.22   2.54   1.87

        Structures..................    .26    .22   -.05    .21    .61    .19   -.09    .46    .21    .25    .43   -.16    .11   -.11   -.20   -.19    .29    .63    .15

        Equipment and software......   1.13   1.32   1.30   1.27    .51   1.01   1.65   1.65    .26   2.05   1.40    .60   1.47   1.26   1.38   1.66    .94   1.91   1.72

      Residential...................    .08    .33    .27   -.04   -.17    .04    .20    .09    .22    .37    .48    .41    .37    .34    .25   -.13    .03    .14    .00

    Change in private inventories...    .44    .20   -.37   1.07   -.80    .82   1.93  -1.82    .73   2.37  -2.50    .55   -.20   -.89  -1.42   1.17   1.78  -1.76   1.76

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Net exports of goods and services.   -.29  -1.20  -1.03  -1.31   2.10   -.92   -.27   -.84   -.88  -1.61  -1.91  -1.04    .05  -1.44  -1.35  -1.08   -.37   -.94  -1.20

    Exports.........................   1.35    .26    .32    .36   2.86    .84   1.90   1.19   -.10    .13   -.34   -.35   1.54   -.89    .60   1.05   1.09    .67   1.40

      Goods.........................   1.12    .18    .30    .61   1.75   1.04   1.59    .99    .02   -.05   -.55   -.01   1.21   -.76    .51   1.13    .94    .46   1.36

      Services......................    .23    .08    .02   -.25   1.12   -.20    .31    .20   -.11    .17    .21   -.34    .33   -.13    .08   -.08    .15    .21    .04

    Imports.........................  -1.64  -1.46  -1.35  -1.66   -.76  -1.76  -2.17  -2.03   -.79  -1.73  -1.57   -.68  -1.49   -.55  -1.95  -2.13  -1.45  -1.61  -2.60

      Goods.........................  -1.43  -1.21  -1.32  -1.44   -.76  -1.39  -2.05  -1.60   -.62  -1.35  -1.43   -.48  -1.44   -.72  -1.89  -1.99  -1.28  -1.28  -2.27

      Services......................   -.21   -.24   -.04   -.22    .00   -.37   -.11   -.43   -.17   -.39   -.14   -.20   -.05    .17   -.05   -.13   -.17   -.33   -.33

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Government consumption                                                                                                                                                 

   expenditures and gross investment    .43    .38    .59   -.43    .45    .21   1.14    .40    .03   -.15   1.24    .25    .50    .64    .13    .84   1.50   -.18    .86

    Federal.........................   -.03   -.03    .16   -.54   -.09   -.29    .66   -.07   -.24   -.60    .75   -.20    .23   -.13    .12    .41    .79   -.93    .95

      National defense..............   -.12   -.07    .08   -.38   -.10   -.58    .44    .01   -.09   -.79    .49    .23   -.09   -.12   -.09    .46    .48   -.86    .58

      Nondefense....................    .09    .04    .08   -.16    .02    .29    .22   -.07   -.15    .20    .26   -.42    .32   -.01    .21   -.05    .30   -.07    .37

    State and local.................    .45    .41    .43    .11    .54    .50    .48    .46    .27    .44    .49    .45    .27    .78    .01    .43    .71    .75   -.09

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r revised                                                                       

See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

                                
                                      Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period                                      

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                                               Billions of current dollars                                      Billions of chained (1996) dollars                       

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                                                        Seasonally adjusted                                    Seasonally adjusted                Change from preceding  

                                                          at annual rates                                        at annual rates                          period         

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                                       1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999     I 00    II 00r

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   Gross domestic product (GDP)...  9,299.2  9,191.5  9,340.9  9,559.7  9,752.7  9,942.9  8,875.8  8,783.2  8,905.8  9,084.1  9,191.8  9,311.5    360.1    107.7    119.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
Personal consumption expenditures.  6,268.7  6,213.2  6,319.9  6,446.2  6,621.7  6,707.1  5,978.8  5,940.2  6,013.8  6,101.0  6,213.5  6,258.2    300.1    112.5     44.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Durable goods...................    761.3    756.3    767.2    787.6    826.3    814.4    817.8    810.5    826.2    851.8    898.2    886.7     90.5     46.4    -11.5

    Motor vehicles and parts......    320.7    321.8    323.2    330.3    349.3    335.5    323.0    325.3    324.9    330.9    351.8    335.9     31.3     20.9    -15.9

    Furniture and household                                                                                                                                              

     equipment....................    288.5    284.7    291.0    298.8    309.7    311.2    338.7    331.7    343.9    358.2    374.1    379.4     44.3     15.9      5.3

    Other.........................    152.0    149.8    153.0    158.5    167.3    167.7    157.3    154.1    158.9    164.9    174.0    174.9     15.8      9.1       .9

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Nondurable goods................  1,845.5  1,825.3  1,860.0  1,910.2  1,963.9  1,997.2  1,779.4  1,765.0  1,786.1  1,818.1  1,844.8  1,860.5     94.6     26.7     15.7

    Food..........................    897.8    886.6    900.4    926.1    938.4    948.4    845.9    838.0    846.7    866.0    872.2    876.6     33.1      6.2      4.4

    Clothing and shoes............    307.0    306.1    308.7    311.9    323.1    325.6    318.5    316.5    322.1    322.1    337.7    342.3     26.3     15.6      4.6

    Gasoline, fuel oil, and                                                                                                                                              

     other energy goods...........    142.7    141.3    148.5    157.6    172.9    181.3    149.6    150.0    149.6    151.5    145.8    146.7      4.5     -5.7       .9

      Gasoline and oil............    128.3    127.3    133.4    142.0    154.5    162.6    134.2    134.3    133.6    136.2    131.2    131.4      3.0     -5.0       .2

      Fuel oil and coal...........     14.4     14.0     15.1     15.6     18.5     18.7     15.5     15.7     16.0     15.3     14.7     15.3      1.5      -.6       .6

    Other.........................    498.0    491.3    502.4    514.6    529.5    541.9    466.0    461.3    468.5    478.7    490.6    496.7     31.1     11.9      6.1

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Services........................  3,661.9  3,631.5  3,692.7  3,748.5  3,831.6  3,895.6  3,390.8  3,373.4  3,411.1  3,443.0  3,487.2  3,524.9    121.4     44.2     37.7

    Housing.......................    906.2    900.8    911.6    923.5    936.7    949.9    828.3    825.7    830.7    836.5    841.4    846.9     20.6      4.9      5.5

    Household operation...........    360.2    357.2    366.7    363.0    369.0    378.8    358.0    355.9    364.7    359.3    364.7    373.1     15.0      5.4      8.4

      Electricity and gas.........    128.9    127.4    133.7    126.7    129.5    136.6    130.9    130.2    135.5    127.7    130.0    134.7       .9      2.3      4.7

      Other household operation...    231.3    229.7    232.9    236.3    239.5    242.2    226.9    225.6    229.1    231.2    234.4    238.1     13.9      3.2      3.7

    Transportation................    256.5    254.7    258.1    262.3    267.4    272.8    241.2    239.7    242.7    245.0    247.5    249.9      8.1      2.5      2.4

    Medical care..................    943.6    935.9    950.0    964.0    979.3    988.9    881.7    878.1    885.6    892.8    897.4    903.8     21.9      4.6      6.4

    Recreation....................    237.1    234.8    240.5    244.5    253.0    260.7    217.8    216.3    220.1    222.2    227.3    232.2     11.0      5.1      4.9

    Other.........................    958.4    948.0    965.8    991.2  1,026.3  1,044.4    863.1    857.1    867.0    886.1    907.4    917.8     44.5     21.3     10.4

                                                                                                                                                                         
Gross private domestic investment.  1,650.1  1,607.9  1,659.1  1,723.7  1,755.7  1,852.8  1,669.7  1,623.1  1,680.8  1,751.6  1,773.6  1,862.4    102.9     22.0     88.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Fixed investment................  1,606.8  1,593.4  1,622.4  1,651.0  1,725.8  1,779.9  1,621.4  1,607.1  1,637.8  1,666.6  1,730.9  1,776.4    136.1     64.3     45.5

    Nonresidential................  1,203.1  1,188.0  1,216.8  1,242.2  1,308.5  1,359.9  1,255.3  1,237.5  1,272.5  1,301.8  1,365.3  1,412.6    115.0     63.5     47.3

      Structures..................    285.6    283.7    281.2    290.4    308.9    315.4    259.2    258.7    254.6    260.6    274.0    277.2     -3.8     13.4      3.2

        Nonresidential buildings,                                                                                                                                        

         including farm...........    208.5    207.7    204.7    208.7    224.5    229.1    187.4    187.7    183.2    185.1    196.5    199.3     -1.7     11.4      2.8

        Utilities.................     45.0     44.5     45.1     45.8     47.1     45.9     43.5     43.2     43.6     44.0     44.9     43.3       .5       .9     -1.6

        Mining exploration,                                                                                                                                              

         shafts, and wells........     24.3     23.2     23.8     27.8     29.8     33.3     21.5     20.6     21.3     24.6     26.1     28.4     -2.9      1.5      2.3

        Other structures..........      7.8      8.4      7.6      8.1      7.5      7.1      7.3      7.9      7.1      7.5      6.9      6.4       .6      -.6      -.5

      Equipment and software......    917.4    904.3    935.6    951.8    999.6  1,044.5  1,003.1    985.0  1,026.6  1,050.1  1,100.4  1,146.4    124.1     50.3     46.0

        Information processing                                                                                                                                           

         equipment and software...    433.0    423.6    445.5    461.4    495.3    529.9    542.2    526.9    561.1    587.9    629.4    671.6    110.6     41.5     42.2

          Computers and                                                                                                                                                  

           peripheral equipment...     94.3     92.8     97.6     98.9    104.3    114.3    217.3    208.5    230.9    243.8    264.1    299.0     68.0     20.3     34.9

          Software................    180.1    173.3    184.7    196.8    210.5    226.7    188.0    181.1    192.5    205.3    215.0    226.2     37.0      9.7     11.2

          Other...................    158.6    157.5    163.2    165.7    180.6    189.0    163.1    161.3    168.1    171.6    187.3    196.2     22.4     15.7      8.9

        Industrial equipment......    150.7    148.3    151.8    156.3    162.7    168.2    147.8    145.7    148.9    152.8    158.9    164.2       .9      6.1      5.3

        Transportation equipment..    193.5    191.6    200.3    196.5    198.7    199.5    191.8    189.0    199.1    195.9    197.3    197.2     23.8      1.4      -.1

        Other.....................    140.2    140.8    137.9    137.6    142.9    146.9    135.6    136.2    133.3    132.8    138.0    141.2     -1.1      5.2      3.2

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                                Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period--Continued                                 

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                                                          at annual rates                                        at annual rates                          period         

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                                       1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999     I 00    II 00r

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    Residential...................    403.8    405.4    405.6    408.8    417.3    419.9    368.3    370.9    368.0    368.5    371.4    371.4     22.2      2.9       .0

      Structures..................    394.9    396.5    396.6    399.6    407.8    410.3    359.2    361.9    358.8    359.2    361.8    361.7     21.5      2.6      -.1

        Single family.............    207.2    207.2    206.1    211.5    222.8    219.5    187.6    188.5    185.6    188.8    195.8    192.5     11.7      7.0     -3.3

        Multifamily...............     27.3     27.1     27.5     27.3     28.7     29.1     23.2     23.1     23.3     23.0     23.8     24.0      1.5       .8       .2

        Other.....................    160.4    162.3    163.1    160.9    156.3    161.7    148.5    150.4    150.1    147.5    142.0    145.0      8.3     -5.5      3.0

      Equipment...................      8.9      8.8      9.0      9.2      9.5      9.6      9.1      9.0      9.2      9.3      9.7      9.8       .8       .4       .1

  Change in private inventories...     43.3     14.5     36.7     72.7     29.9     73.0     45.3     13.1     39.1     80.9     36.6     79.3    -34.9    -44.3     42.7

    Farm..........................      -.2      1.2     -5.3       .9     -2.5      -.1       .0     -1.1     -5.0      7.9      3.6      6.3       .0     -4.3      2.7

    Nonfarm.......................     43.5     13.4     42.0     71.8     32.4     73.1     44.9     14.1     43.5     73.0     33.0     72.9    -33.8    -40.0     39.9

      Manufacturing...............       .2     -9.0      3.4      7.4      9.9     15.4       .1     -9.5      3.5      7.6     10.3     15.8    -25.5      2.7      5.5

      Wholesale trade.............     16.7     14.4     21.9     17.9     21.0     32.3     17.4     15.1     23.0     18.5     21.5     32.7     -5.2      3.0     11.2

      Retail trade................     21.0      4.1     15.8     42.4     -4.5     23.2     20.8      4.1     15.7     41.7     -4.4     22.6      6.0    -46.1     27.0

      Other.......................      5.6      3.8       .9      4.1      6.1      2.2      6.1      4.2      1.1      4.2      6.1      2.1     -9.9      1.9     -4.0

                                                                                                                                                                         
Net exports of goods and services.   -254.0   -240.4   -280.5   -299.1   -335.2   -360.0   -322.4   -314.6   -342.6   -352.5   -376.8   -408.6   -101.4    -24.3    -31.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Exports.........................    990.2    973.0    999.5  1,031.0  1,051.9  1,090.8  1,033.0  1,017.6  1,042.6  1,068.4  1,084.8  1,119.7     29.4     16.4     34.9

    Goods.........................    699.2    682.1    708.9    734.6    747.5    783.7    752.2    735.7    763.4    786.5    798.1    833.3     28.6     11.6     35.2

      Foods, feeds, and beverages.     45.5     45.1     47.8     46.3     47.1     47.4     56.6     55.7     59.8     58.4     59.4     59.0      1.5      1.0      -.4

      Industrial supplies and                                                                                                                                            

       materials..................    141.8    137.5    143.0    153.1    157.6    163.8    152.8    150.7    153.1    160.4    161.7    165.9      1.3      1.3      4.2

      Capital goods, except                                                                                                                                              

       automotive.................    311.8    302.9    317.8    325.3    326.3    357.2    342.6    332.2    350.6    358.4    361.2    395.5     18.1      2.8     34.3

      Automotive vehicles,                                                                                                                                               

       engines, and parts.........     75.8     75.1     77.4     77.5     80.3     80.1     74.6     74.1     76.2     76.0     78.6     78.3      2.1      2.6      -.3

      Consumer goods, except                                                                                                                                             

       automotive.................     80.8     79.5     80.7     83.6     87.3     88.7     80.4     79.2     80.4     83.1     86.6     88.0      1.7      3.5      1.4

      Other.......................     43.6     42.0     42.2     48.8     49.0     46.4     45.6     44.1     44.3     50.6     50.7     47.9      4.0       .1     -2.8

    Services......................    291.0    290.9    290.7    296.4    304.4    307.1    281.7    282.3    280.5    283.7    288.5    289.2      1.4      4.8       .7

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Imports.........................  1,244.2  1,213.4  1,280.0  1,330.1  1,387.1  1,450.8  1,355.3  1,332.2  1,385.2  1,420.9  1,461.7  1,528.3    130.7     40.8     66.6

    Goods.........................  1,048.6  1,020.4  1,081.7  1,127.3  1,176.1  1,233.9  1,161.1  1,139.9  1,190.5  1,222.5  1,255.3  1,314.0    129.1     32.8     58.7

      Foods, feeds, and beverages.     43.6     43.6     44.0     44.6     44.6     45.6     46.1     45.9     47.1     47.4     47.3     48.8      3.9      -.1      1.5

      Industrial supplies and                                                                                                                                            

       materials, except                                                                                                                                                 

       petroleum and products.....    148.6    143.9    151.7    159.4    165.2    168.5    157.3    154.7    159.2    164.7    166.7    165.4      7.2      2.0     -1.3

      Petroleum and products......     67.8     63.8     79.6     85.7    108.0    117.3     81.5     85.4     84.1     76.5     81.7     88.4       .1      5.2      6.7

      Capital goods, except                                                                                                                                              

       automotive.................    297.1    291.9    302.6    314.7    324.3    348.5    378.2    370.1    389.2    406.0    419.9    453.6     49.9     13.9     33.7

      Automotive vehicles,                                                                                                                                               

       engines, and parts.........    179.4    174.6    186.8    188.0    193.3    195.2    177.6    173.0    184.7    185.7    190.6    191.8     29.0      4.9      1.2

      Consumer goods, except                                                                                                                                             

       automotive.................    239.6    233.2    243.7    253.1    260.6    276.5    247.6    241.2    252.3    261.8    270.5    288.2     25.3      8.7     17.7

      Other.......................     72.5     69.3     73.3     81.8     80.0     82.1     73.1     70.0     73.9     82.2     80.2     82.2     12.2     -2.0      2.0

    Services......................    195.6    193.0    198.3    202.8    211.0    216.9    195.9    193.7    196.7    200.6    208.4    216.4      3.3      7.8      8.0

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                                Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period--Continued                                 

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                                                        Seasonally adjusted                                    Seasonally adjusted                Change from preceding  

                                                          at annual rates                                        at annual rates                          period         

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                                       1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999    II 99   III 99    IV 99     I 00    II 00r    1999     I 00    II 00r

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Government consumption                                                                                                                                                   

 expenditures and                                                                                                                                                        

 gross investment.................  1,634.4  1,610.9  1,642.4  1,688.8  1,710.4  1,742.9  1,536.1  1,519.9  1,537.8  1,569.5  1,565.1  1,583.9     49.7     -4.4     18.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Federal.........................    568.6    558.3    570.4    591.6    580.1    604.5    540.1    532.1    541.0    558.1    537.1    558.4     13.2    -21.0     21.3

    National defense..............    365.0    355.3    367.5    380.8    366.6    381.7    348.5    340.3    350.4    360.9    341.5    354.6      6.8    -19.4     13.1

      Consumption expenditures....    311.2    302.2    312.2    324.7    311.2    325.5    293.8    286.4    294.1    304.0    285.7    297.9      3.1    -18.3     12.2

      Gross investment............     53.8     53.1     55.4     56.1     55.4     56.2     55.0     54.3     56.6     57.2     56.3     57.0      4.0      -.9       .7

    Nondefense....................    203.5    203.0    202.8    210.7    213.5    222.8    191.5    191.6    190.5    197.1    195.4    203.6      6.3     -1.7      8.2

      Consumption expenditures....    159.6    158.0    159.1    162.3    167.5    173.6    147.5    146.6    146.8    148.9    150.0    155.6       .3      1.1      5.6

      Gross investment............     44.0     45.0     43.7     48.5     46.0     49.2     44.7     45.7     44.4     49.1     46.0     48.7      6.5     -3.1      2.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
  State and local.................  1,065.8  1,052.6  1,072.1  1,097.3  1,130.4  1,138.5    995.6    987.5    996.4  1,011.2  1,027.4  1,025.2     36.4     16.2     -2.2

      Consumption expenditures....    855.0    847.2    863.1    877.4    897.5    911.3    794.6    791.2    797.6    803.7    809.8    815.0     22.0      6.1      5.2

      Gross investment............    210.9    205.4    209.0    219.8    232.9    227.2    201.2    196.4    199.0    207.9    218.2    210.5     14.5     10.3     -7.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
Residual..........................    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    -43.1    -36.3    -50.2    -58.1    -70.7    -90.3    -32.0    -12.6    -19.6

                                                                                                                                                                         
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                                 

  Final sales of domestic product.  9,255.9  9,177.0  9,304.2  9,486.9  9,722.8  9,870.0  8,826.9  8,764.9  8,861.8  9,000.5  9,148.0  9,227.3    391.7    147.5     79.3

  Gross domestic purchases........  9,553.2  9,432.0  9,621.4  9,858.8 10,087.9 10,302.9  9,179.1  9,079.6  9,226.7  9,414.1  9,543.6  9,691.5    451.2    129.5    147.9

  Final sales to domestic                                                                                                                                                

   purchasers.....................  9,509.9  9,417.4  9,584.7  9,786.1 10,058.0 10,230.0  9,130.3  9,061.5  9,182.8  9,330.4  9,499.9  9,607.1    483.1    169.5    107.2

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Gross domestic product..........  9,299.2  9,191.5  9,340.9  9,559.7  9,752.7  9,942.9  8,875.8  8,783.2  8,905.8  9,084.1  9,191.8  9,311.5    360.1    107.7    119.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Plus: Income receipts from                                                                                                                                             

   the rest of the world..........    305.9    295.9    314.4    331.2    350.9    370.3    294.1    285.4    301.9    316.2    332.0    348.5     15.4     15.8     16.5

  Less: Income payments to                                                                                                                                               

   the rest of the world..........    316.9    305.6    328.0    344.6    358.6    380.8    301.5    291.8    312.0    325.0    335.8    355.4     22.2     10.8     19.6

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Equals: Gross national product..  9,288.2  9,181.8  9,327.3  9,546.3  9,745.0  9,932.4  8,868.3  8,776.7  8,895.4  9,075.0  9,187.7  9,304.1    353.2    112.7    116.4

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Net domestic product............  8,138.1  8,042.7  8,159.1  8,371.2  8,537.3  8,699.0  7,709.0  7,632.0  7,719.3  7,884.1  7,966.4  8,060.1    273.6     82.3     93.7

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r revised                                                                       

  Note.--Users are cautioned that particularly for components                   

for which relative prices are changing rapidly, the use of                      

chained-dollar estimates to calculate component shares or component             

contributions to real growth may be misleading even just a few years            

from the base year.  For accurate estimates of the contributions to             

percent changes in real GDP, use table 2.                                       

  See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.
                        Table 4.--Chain-Type Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period                         

                                                         [Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]                                                         

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                                       1997   1998   1999 III 96  IV 96   I 97  II 97 III 97  IV 97   I 98  II 98 III 98  IV 98   I 99  II 99 III 99  IV 99   I 00  II 00r

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       Gross domestic product (GDP).    1.9    1.3    1.5    2.0    1.6    2.9    1.9    1.2    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.2    1.4    1.1    1.6    3.3    2.6

                                                                                                                                                                         
Personal consumption expenditures...    1.9    1.1    1.8    1.6    2.8    2.4    1.1    1.2    1.3     .4    1.2    1.4    1.5    1.7    2.3    1.9    2.2    3.5    2.3

  Durable goods.....................   -2.3   -2.4   -2.4   -1.4   -1.8   -1.3   -3.6   -3.3   -2.5   -1.6   -1.9   -2.1   -3.9   -2.4   -1.9   -1.9   -1.8   -2.0    -.6

  Nondurable goods..................    1.3     .0    2.3     .2    3.6    1.6    -.6     .5     .9   -1.3    -.3    1.2    1.2    1.8    5.0    2.8    3.6    5.4    3.4

  Services..........................    3.1    2.3    2.4    3.0    3.3    3.7    3.0    2.5    2.4    1.6    2.7    2.3    2.7    2.5    1.8    2.3    2.3    3.7    2.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
Gross private domestic investment...    -.2    -.9    -.1    1.1    -.3    -.3    -.6     .0    -.3   -1.9   -1.2    -.5    -.3     .8    -.2    -.6     .0    2.3    1.9

  Fixed investment..................    -.1    -.8    -.1    1.0    -.1    -.2    -.4     .1    -.3   -1.6   -1.2    -.4    -.3     .7     .0    -.3     .0    2.6    2.0

    Nonresidential..................   -1.0   -1.9   -1.3    -.2    -.8   -1.1   -1.2    -.9   -1.5   -2.6   -2.4   -1.8   -1.6    -.5   -1.4   -1.5    -.8    1.8    1.8

      Structures....................    4.2    3.3    2.3    4.2    3.4    4.8    4.4    5.2    4.4    3.1    2.8    1.4    2.0    2.9    1.5    2.9    3.6    4.7    3.7

      Equipment and software........   -2.7   -3.6   -2.5   -1.7   -2.2   -3.0   -3.0   -2.8   -3.5   -4.5   -4.2   -2.8   -2.8   -1.6   -2.4   -2.9   -2.1     .9    1.2

    Residential.....................    2.7    2.8    3.8    4.4    2.0    2.5    2.2    2.9    3.6    1.6    2.9    3.7    3.7    4.3    4.4    3.4    2.6    5.2    2.6

  Change in private inventories.....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....

                                                                                                                                                                         
Net exports of goods and services...  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....  .....

  Exports...........................   -1.5   -2.2    -.4   -2.8   -3.8    -.8     .3   -1.1   -1.7   -3.9   -1.9   -3.0   -1.4    -.4     .9    1.1    2.7    1.9    1.9

    Goods...........................   -2.7   -3.1   -1.4   -4.9   -6.5    -.8   -1.1   -1.3   -2.7   -4.6   -3.0   -4.2   -2.3   -1.4    -.5     .6    2.4    1.1    1.6

    Services........................    1.4    -.1    1.9    2.6    3.0    -.6    3.7    -.5     .8   -2.2     .7    -.1     .8    1.9    4.2    2.2    3.4    4.0    2.5

  Imports...........................   -3.6   -5.4     .6   -4.4     .6   -4.5   -7.3   -2.5   -2.5  -10.7   -4.1   -4.9    -.2   -2.1    5.5    6.0    5.3    5.6     .1

    Goods...........................   -4.1   -6.0     .2   -5.5     .2   -4.9   -8.8   -2.1   -2.6  -11.0   -5.7   -5.7   -1.1   -2.4    5.1    6.2    6.1    6.6     .9

    Services........................    -.6   -2.3    2.9    1.5    2.5   -2.8     .5   -4.5   -2.2   -8.8    4.1    -.9    4.7    -.7    7.5    4.9    1.1     .4   -4.0

                                                                                                                                                                         
Government consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                      

 and gross investment...............    2.2    1.4    2.6    2.5    1.9    4.6    1.2    1.0    2.6     .8    1.1    1.6    1.6    3.6    3.2    3.1    3.0    6.4    2.8

  Federal...........................    1.6    1.0    2.6    1.9    1.7    4.3     .7    -.5    2.0    1.4     .4     .6    1.2    6.9    1.1    1.9    2.2    7.7    1.0

    National defense................    1.4     .8    2.5    2.2    1.7    3.6    -.2    -.4    1.9    1.2     .0     .9    1.1    6.5    1.1    2.0    2.4    7.1    1.2

    Nondefense......................    2.1    1.3    2.8    1.4    1.6    5.9    2.5    -.6    2.3    1.7    1.3     .1    1.5    7.7    1.0    1.8    1.9    8.9     .6

  State and local...................    2.6    1.7    2.7    2.8    2.1    4.8    1.4    1.8    3.0     .5    1.4    2.2    1.8    1.9    4.3    3.8    3.5    5.7    3.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                                 

  Final sales of domestic product...    2.0    1.3    1.5    1.9    1.7    2.9    1.9    1.2    1.4    1.1    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.2    1.5    1.1    1.6    3.4    2.6

  Gross domestic purchases..........    1.6     .8    1.6    1.7    2.1    2.4     .8    1.0    1.3     .1     .8    1.1    1.2    1.9    2.0    1.7    1.9    3.8    2.3

  Final sales to domestic                                                                                                                                                

   purchasers.......................    1.7     .8    1.6    1.7    2.2    2.4     .9    1.0    1.3     .1     .8    1.2    1.2    1.9    2.0    1.7    2.0    3.8    2.3

  Gross national product (GNP)......    1.9    1.2    1.5    1.9    1.6    2.9    1.8    1.2    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.2    1.5    1.1    1.5    3.4    2.6

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Implicit price deflators:                                                                                                                                              

    GDP.............................    1.9    1.3    1.5    1.9    1.7    2.9    1.9    1.2    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.3    1.4     .9    1.3    3.3    2.6

    Gross domestic purchases........    1.6     .8    1.6    1.7    2.1    2.3     .9    1.0    1.3     .0     .8    1.2    1.2    2.0    1.9    1.5    1.7    3.8    2.3

    GNP.............................    1.9    1.2    1.5    1.9    1.6    2.8    1.8    1.2    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.3    1.4     .9    1.3    3.4    2.6

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r revised                                                                       

See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

                                
                                  Table 5.--Quantity and Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product                                  

                                                     [Index numbers, 1996=100]                                                     

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                                                  1997       1998       1999      II 99     III 99      IV 99       I 00      II 00r

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        Gross domestic product:                                                                                                    

          Chain-type quantity index........     104.43     108.99     113.60     112.42     113.98     116.27     117.65     119.18

          Chain-type price index...........     101.95     103.23     104.77     104.63     104.90     105.31     106.17     106.85

          Implicit price deflator..........     101.95     103.22     104.77     104.65     104.89     105.24     106.10     106.78

                                                                                                                                   
Personal consumption expenditures:                                                                                                 

  Chain-type quantity index................     103.56     108.42     114.15     113.42     114.82     116.49     118.63     119.49

  Chain-type price index...................     101.94     103.03     104.85     104.60     105.10     105.67     106.58     107.18

                                                                                                                                   
  Durable goods:                                                                                                                   

    Chain-type quantity index..............     106.63     117.97     132.65     131.47     134.01     138.17     145.70     143.84

    Chain-type price index.................      97.75      95.42      93.09      93.30      92.86      92.44      91.98      91.83

  Nondurable goods:                                                                                                                

    Chain-type quantity index..............     102.91     107.04     113.05     112.13     113.47     115.50     117.20     118.20

    Chain-type price index.................     101.34     101.35     103.71     103.43     104.15     105.09     106.48     107.37

  Services:                                                                                                                        

    Chain-type quantity index..............     103.28     107.30     111.29     110.71     111.95     113.00     114.45     115.69

    Chain-type price index.................     103.12     105.50     107.99     107.66     108.26     108.88     109.88     110.52

                                                                                                                                   
Private fixed investment:                                                                                                          

  Chain-type quantity index................     109.56     122.48     133.70     132.53     135.05     137.43     142.73     146.49

  Chain-type price index...................      99.93      99.17      99.10      99.14      99.06      99.07      99.71     100.20

                                                                                                                                   
  Nonresidential:                                                                                                                  

    Chain-type quantity index..............     112.22     126.78     139.56     137.59     141.47     144.73     151.79     157.06

    Chain-type price index.................      99.02      97.13      95.84      95.99      95.62      95.42      95.84      96.27

  Residential:                                                                                                                     

    Chain-type quantity index..............     102.04     110.47     117.56     118.41     117.48     117.63     118.56     118.54

    Chain-type price index.................     102.68     105.59     109.64     109.28     110.21     110.94     112.36     113.08

                                                                                                                                   
Exports of goods and services:                                                                                                     

  Chain-type quantity index................     112.27     114.80     118.17     116.41     119.27     122.22     124.10     128.09

  Chain-type price index...................      98.47      96.26      95.86      95.62      95.88      96.51      96.98      97.43

Imports of goods and services:                                                                                                     

  Chain-type quantity index................     113.67     127.15     140.72     138.32     143.82     147.53     151.76     158.68

  Chain-type price index...................      96.44      91.26      91.80      91.13      92.47      93.68      94.97      95.00

                                                                                                                                   
Government consumption expenditures                                                                                                

 and gross investment:                                                                                                             

  Chain-type quantity index................     102.35     104.53     108.03     106.89     108.14     110.38     110.07     111.39

  Chain-type price index...................     102.23     103.67     106.41     106.00     106.82     107.62     109.30     110.06

                                                                                                                                   
  Federal:                                                                                                                         

    Chain-type quantity index..............      99.62      99.12     101.61     100.09     101.77     104.98     101.04     105.05

    Chain-type price index.................     101.63     102.60     105.27     104.95     105.45     106.02     108.01     108.27

  State and local:                                                                                                                 

    Chain-type quantity index..............     103.98     107.74     111.82     110.91     111.91     113.57     115.40     115.14

    Chain-type price index.................     102.58     104.28     107.06     106.61     107.60     108.52     110.03     111.06

                                                                                                                                   
Addenda:                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                   
  Final sales of domestic product:                                                                                                 

    Chain-type quantity index..............     104.01     108.38     113.41     112.61     113.86     115.64     117.54     118.55

    Chain-type price index.................     101.98     103.30     104.86     104.71     105.00     105.41     106.29     106.97

    Implicit price deflator................     101.98     103.30     104.86     104.70     104.99     105.40     106.28     106.97

  Gross domestic purchases:                                                                                                        

    Chain-type quantity index..............     104.68     110.45     116.16     114.90     116.76     119.13     120.77     122.64

    Chain-type price index.................     101.64     102.45     104.08     103.86     104.30     104.80     105.78     106.38

    Implicit price deflator................     101.64     102.45     104.08     103.88     104.28     104.72     105.70     106.31

  Final sales to domestic purchasers:                                                                                              

    Chain-type quantity index..............     104.26     109.85     115.98     115.11     116.65     118.52     120.68     122.04

    Chain-type price index.................     101.68     102.52     104.16     103.94     104.39     104.89     105.88     106.49

    Implicit price deflator................     101.68     102.51     104.16     103.93     104.38     104.88     105.87     106.48

  Gross national product:                                                                                                          

    Chain-type quantity index..............     104.30     108.73     113.24     112.07     113.59     115.88     117.32     118.81

    Chain-type price index.................     101.93     103.19     104.74     104.59     104.87     105.27     106.14     106.82

    Implicit price deflator................     101.93     103.19     104.73     104.62     104.86     105.19     106.07     106.75

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r revised                                                                       

See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

                                
                                                     Table 6.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Historical Perspective                                                     

                                                                 [Percent change from preceding year]                                                                  

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                                           1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1989    1990    1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997    1998    1999

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       Gross domestic product (GDP)....     7.3     3.8     3.4     3.4     4.2     3.5     1.8     -.5     3.0     2.7     4.0     2.7     3.6     4.4     4.4     4.2

                                                                                                                                                                       
Personal consumption expenditures......     5.4     5.0     4.2     3.3     4.0     2.7     1.8     -.2     2.9     3.4     3.8     3.0     3.2     3.6     4.7     5.3

  Durable goods........................    14.6     9.9     9.1     1.7     5.8     2.1     -.9    -6.6     5.3     8.2     7.6     4.6     5.6     6.6    10.6    12.4

  Nondurable goods.....................     4.0     2.7     3.6     2.4     3.2     2.7     1.4     -.4     1.9     2.9     3.8     3.0     2.9     2.9     4.0     5.6

  Services.............................     4.2     5.2     3.3     4.3     4.1     2.8     2.8     1.4     2.9     2.7     3.0     2.7     2.8     3.3     3.9     3.7

                                                                                                                                                                       
Gross private domestic investment......    29.3     -.9     -.7     2.5     2.7     3.7    -3.1    -8.6     8.5     8.7    13.2     3.0     9.0    12.1    12.5     6.6

  Fixed investment.....................    16.8     5.3     1.2      .0     3.6     2.7    -1.8    -6.9     6.5     8.1     9.1     6.0     9.3     9.6    11.8     9.2

    Nonresidential.....................    17.6     6.7    -2.7     -.1     5.4     5.5      .7    -4.9     3.4     8.4     8.9     9.8    10.0    12.2    13.0    10.1

      Structures.......................    14.3     7.3   -10.8    -3.6     1.3     2.5     1.5   -11.0    -6.1      .8      .8     4.8     7.1     9.1     7.2    -1.4

      Equipment and software...........    19.5     6.4     2.0     1.7     7.5     7.0      .4    -2.0     7.4    11.3    11.9    11.5    11.0    13.3    15.0    14.1

    Residential........................    14.6     1.4    12.0      .2     -.5    -4.1    -8.6   -12.8    16.3     7.3     9.7    -3.6     7.4     2.0     8.3     6.4

  Change in private inventories........   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

                                                                                                                                                                       
Net exports of goods and services......   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

  Exports..............................     8.4     2.7     7.4    11.2    16.1    11.8     8.7     6.5     6.2     3.3     8.9    10.3     8.2    12.3     2.3     2.9

    Goods..............................     7.9     3.4     5.1    11.1    18.8    12.6     8.2     7.1     6.8     3.0     9.7    11.9     8.7    14.5     2.2     4.0

    Services...........................     9.7      .9    13.3    11.6     9.3     9.6    10.0     5.1     4.6     4.1     7.2     6.4     6.8     7.0     2.4      .5

  Imports..............................    24.3     6.5     8.4     6.1     3.8     3.9     3.8     -.5     6.6     9.1    12.0     8.2     8.6    13.7    11.9    10.7

    Goods..............................    24.2     6.2    10.3     4.6     4.1     4.2     3.0     -.1     9.3    10.1    13.3     9.0     9.4    14.2    11.8    12.5

    Services...........................    25.1     7.6      .3    12.6     2.7     2.8     7.6    -2.3    -4.0     4.7     5.8     4.1     4.8    10.9    12.2     1.7

                                                                                                                                                                       
Government consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                    

 and gross investment..................     3.5     6.5     5.4     3.0     1.2     2.8     3.3     1.2      .5     -.8      .1      .5     1.1     2.4     2.1     3.3

  Federal..............................     3.1     7.6     5.5     3.7    -1.8     1.3     2.0     -.3    -1.6    -3.9    -3.6    -2.7     -.9     -.4     -.5     2.5

    National defense...................     4.8     8.4     6.3     4.7     -.8     -.8      .0    -1.1    -4.9    -5.4    -4.8    -3.7    -1.3    -2.6    -1.7     2.0

    Nondefense.........................    -1.6     5.4     3.1      .5    -5.2     8.4     8.3     1.8     7.1     -.3    -1.0     -.5      .0     4.2     1.8     3.4

  State and local......................     3.8     5.4     5.4     2.3     3.7     3.9     4.2     2.3     2.0     1.4     2.6     2.5     2.3     4.0     3.6     3.8

                                                                                                                                                                       
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                               

  Final sales of domestic product......     5.3     5.0     3.8     3.0     4.3     3.3     2.0     -.2     2.8     2.6     3.4     3.1     3.6     4.0     4.2     4.6

  Gross domestic purchases.............     8.7     4.2     3.6     3.1     3.2     2.9     1.4    -1.1     3.1     3.3     4.4     2.5     3.7     4.7     5.5     5.2

  Final sales to domestic purchasers...     6.8     5.3     3.9     2.7     3.4     2.7     1.6     -.9     2.8     3.2     3.8     3.0     3.7     4.3     5.4     5.6

  Gross national product...............     7.1     3.5     3.2     3.3     4.2     3.5     1.9     -.5     3.0     2.6     3.9     2.7     3.5     4.3     4.2     4.1

  Real disposable personal income......     7.7     3.3     3.2     2.1     4.4     2.6     2.2      .4     3.1     1.4     2.6     2.6     2.5     3.1     4.8     3.2

  Gross domestic purchases price                                                                                                                                       

   index...............................     3.5     2.9     2.3     3.3     3.4     3.8     4.1     3.4     2.5     2.3     2.0     2.2     1.8     1.6      .8     1.6

  GDP price index......................     3.7     3.2     2.2     3.0     3.4     3.8     3.9     3.6     2.4     2.4     2.1     2.2     1.9     1.9     1.3     1.5

  Personal consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                    

   price index.........................     3.7     3.5     2.4     3.8     3.9     4.4     4.6     3.8     3.1     2.4     2.0     2.3     2.1     1.9     1.1     1.8

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                                            Table 7.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago                                            

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                                         III 96   IV 96    I 97   II 97  III 97   IV 97    I 98   II 98  III 98   IV 98    I 99   II 99  III 99   IV 99    I 00   II 00r

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       Gross domestic product (GDP)....     3.7     4.1     4.4     4.2     4.8     4.3     4.8     4.1     3.9     4.6     3.9     3.8     4.3     5.0     5.3     6.0

                                                                                                                                                                       
Personal consumption expenditures......     3.0     3.1     3.4     2.8     4.0     4.1     4.1     5.1     4.6     5.0     5.2     5.1     5.3     5.6     6.0     5.4

  Durable goods........................     4.6     5.0     6.6     2.6     8.5     8.8     8.6    13.0     8.4    12.6    12.4    12.7    13.7    11.1    14.8     9.4

  Nondurable goods.....................     3.1     3.2     3.3     2.4     3.4     2.5     2.9     4.2     3.8     5.0     5.8     5.3     5.4     5.9     5.5     5.4

  Services.............................     2.7     2.7     2.8     3.0     3.4     3.9     3.9     4.1     4.2     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.6     4.2     4.5     4.5

                                                                                                                                                                       
Gross private domestic investment......    14.5    11.4    13.1    13.6     9.9    12.1    16.6    10.0    11.6    11.9     5.1     5.3     7.0     8.8     9.3    14.7

  Fixed investment.....................    11.2    10.4     9.5     8.9    10.2     9.7    11.9    12.7    10.3    12.3    10.3     8.8     9.4     8.2    10.0    10.5

    Nonresidential.....................    11.9    12.1    11.5    12.1    13.4    11.8    14.1    14.5    10.5    12.9    10.4     8.9    11.0    10.1    12.9    14.2

      Structures.......................     6.9    12.8    11.7     8.1    10.3     6.5     6.8    11.2     5.8     4.9     2.1    -2.8    -3.2    -1.7     4.2     7.2

      Equipment and software...........    13.7    11.8    11.4    13.5    14.5    13.7    16.6    15.6    12.2    15.8    13.3    13.1    16.0    14.1    15.7    16.4

    Residential........................     9.3     5.6     3.7      .2     1.0     3.5     5.6     7.4     9.5    10.3    10.0     8.3     4.9     2.8     1.6      .1

  Change in private inventories........   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

                                                                                                                                                                       
Net exports of goods and services......   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

  Exports..............................     5.5     9.8    11.1    13.9    15.8     8.5     6.8     1.8    -1.5     2.2     -.1     2.1     5.4     4.3     8.1    10.0

    Goods..............................     7.0    10.1    12.3    16.6    17.8    11.6     7.9     1.1    -1.9     2.0     -.4     3.1     7.0     6.1    10.4    13.3

    Services...........................     1.8     8.9     8.4     7.5    11.2     1.4     4.2     3.5     -.7     2.8      .5     -.3     1.7      .2     2.9     2.5

  Imports..............................    10.5    11.2    12.3    13.6    14.3    14.3    14.1    12.7     9.7    11.2     8.8     9.5    12.4    12.0    13.9    14.7

    Goods..............................    11.2    12.3    13.0    14.5    14.8    14.4    14.1    12.4     9.4    11.5    10.0    11.1    14.8    13.9    15.0    15.3

    Services...........................     6.9     5.3     8.7     9.1    11.8    14.0    14.0    14.3    11.1     9.5     2.5     1.5      .7     2.1     8.3    11.8

                                                                                                                                                                       
Government consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                    

 and gross investment..................      .8     2.7     2.1     1.9     3.0     2.4     1.9     2.1     1.9     2.6     3.8     2.2     3.0     4.4     3.2     4.2

  Federal..............................    -2.0     2.0    -1.4    -1.0      .7      .1    -1.1     -.6    -1.1      .8     2.6      .1     2.5     4.8     1.4     5.0

    National defense...................    -2.2      .8    -4.1    -3.5    -1.4    -1.4    -2.8    -2.3     -.9    -1.0     3.1     -.6      .9     4.6     -.3     4.2

    Nondefense.........................    -1.7     4.5     4.3     4.1     5.1     3.1     2.1     2.6    -1.4     4.1     1.7     1.2     5.7     5.3     4.5     6.3

  State and local......................     2.5     3.0     4.2     3.6     4.4     3.7     3.6     3.6     3.6     3.6     4.4     3.3     3.2     4.2     4.1     3.8

                                                                                                                                                                       
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                               

  Final sales of domestic product......     3.2     3.9     3.9     3.5     4.8     3.9     4.1     4.5     3.7     4.6     4.7     4.3     4.7     4.8     5.4     5.3

  Gross domestic purchases.............     4.3     4.3     4.6     4.3     4.7     5.0     5.7     5.4     5.2     5.7     4.9     4.6     5.2     5.9     6.1     6.7

  Final sales to domestic purchasers...     3.8     4.1     4.1     3.6     4.7     4.6     4.9     5.8     5.0     5.7     5.8     5.2     5.6     5.8     6.2     6.0

  Gross national product...............     3.7     4.0     4.2     4.2     4.7     4.1     4.8     4.0     3.7     4.5     3.7     3.6     4.3     4.9     5.3     6.0

  Real disposable personal income......     2.9     2.6     2.7     3.0     2.9     3.8     4.7     5.0     4.9     4.6     3.7     3.2     2.9     3.1     2.9     3.0

  Gross domestic purchases price                                                                                                                                       

   index...............................     1.8     1.9     1.9     1.8     1.6     1.4      .8      .8      .8      .8     1.2     1.5     1.7     1.9     2.4     2.4

  GDP price index......................     2.0     1.9     2.0     2.1     1.9     1.8     1.4     1.2     1.3     1.2     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.6     1.8     2.1

  Personal consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                    

   price index.........................     2.1     2.3     2.3     2.0     1.9     1.5     1.0     1.0     1.1     1.1     1.5     1.7     1.8     2.0     2.5     2.5

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                     Table 8.--Relation of Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, and National Income                     

                                                       [Billions of dollars]                                                       

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                                                  1997       1998       1999      II 99     III 99      IV 99       I 00      II 00r

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Gross domestic product.....................    8,318.4    8,790.2    9,299.2    9,191.5    9,340.9    9,559.7    9,752.7    9,942.9

                                                                                                                                   
Plus: Income receipts from                                                                                                         

 the rest of the world.....................      281.3      285.4      305.9      295.9      314.4      331.2      350.9      370.3

Less: Income payments to                                                                                                           

 the rest of the world.....................      274.2      288.9      316.9      305.6      328.0      344.6      358.6      380.8

                                                                                                                                   
Equals: Gross national product.............    8,325.4    8,786.7    9,288.2    9,181.8    9,327.3    9,546.3    9,745.0    9,932.4

                                                                                                                                   
Less: Consumption of fixed capital.........    1,013.3    1,077.3    1,161.0    1,148.8    1,181.8    1,188.5    1,215.4    1,244.0

Less: Indirect business tax and                                                                                                    

 nontax liability..........................      646.2      679.6      718.1      707.9      721.6      745.5      755.9      763.5

Less: Business transfer payments...........       36.8       38.0       39.7       39.3       39.9       40.6       41.3       41.4

Less: Statistical discrepancy..............       29.7      -24.8      -71.9      -76.8      -89.5      -67.8      -77.7      -64.4

Plus: Subsidies less current                                                                                                       

 surplus of government enterprises.........       19.1       21.5       28.4       29.7       19.5       41.4       23.5       24.5

                                                                                                                                   
Equals: National income....................    6,618.4    7,038.1    7,469.7    7,392.3    7,493.1    7,680.7    7,833.5    7,972.4

                                                                                                                                   
  Compensation of employees................    4,651.3    4,984.2    5,299.8    5,255.4    5,340.9    5,421.1    5,512.2    5,597.6

    Wage and salary accruals...............    3,886.0    4,192.8    4,475.1    4,435.5    4,512.2    4,583.5    4,660.4    4,734.8

    Supplements to wages and salaries......      765.3      791.4      824.6      819.9      828.7      837.7      851.8      862.9

  Proprietors' income with inventory                                                                                               

   valuation and capital consumption                                                                                               

   adjustments.............................      581.2      620.7      663.5      660.4      659.7      689.6      693.9      708.5

  Rental income of persons with                                                                                                    

   capital consumption adjustment..........      128.3      135.4      143.4      145.7      136.6      146.2      145.6      141.9

  Corporate profits with inventory                                                                                                 

   valuation and capital consumption                                                                                               

   adjustments.............................      833.8      815.0      856.0      836.8      842.0      893.2      936.3      964.0

  Net interest.............................      423.9      482.7      507.1      494.1      513.8      530.6      545.4      560.3

                                                                                                                                   
Addendum:                                                                                                                          

  Gross domestic income....................    8,288.6    8,815.0    9,371.1    9,268.3    9,430.4    9,627.5    9,830.4   10,007.3

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                                           Table 9.--Personal Income and Its Disposition                                           

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                                                  1997       1998       1999      II 99     III 99      IV 99       I 00      II 00r

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Personal income\1\.........................    6,937.0    7,391.0    7,789.6    7,729.7    7,828.5    7,972.3    8,105.8    8,233.6

                                                                                                                                   
  Wage and salary disbursements............    3,888.9    4,190.7    4,470.0    4,430.4    4,507.0    4,578.3    4,660.4    4,734.8

  Other labor income.......................      475.4      485.5      501.0      498.7      502.8      507.4      514.0      520.5

  Proprietors' income with                                                                                                         

   inventory valuation and capital                                                                                                 

   consumption adjustments.................      581.2      620.7      663.5      660.4      659.7      689.6      693.9      708.5

    Farm...................................       29.7       25.4       25.3       29.0       15.5       31.7       19.1       21.7

    Nonfarm................................      551.5      595.2      638.2      631.4      644.2      657.9      674.8      686.8

  Rental income of persons with                                                                                                    

   capital consumption adjustment..........      128.3      135.4      143.4      145.7      136.6      146.2      145.6      141.9

  Personal dividend income.................      334.9      351.1      370.3      366.8      373.5      380.2      386.9      392.6

  Personal interest income.................      864.0      940.8      963.7      951.3      969.4      989.0    1,011.6    1,027.7

  Transfer payments to persons.............      962.2      983.0    1,016.2    1,012.2    1,020.3    1,027.4    1,046.9    1,066.1

                                                                                                                                   
  Less: Personal contributions for                                                                                                 

   social insurance........................      297.9      316.2      338.5      335.8      341.0      345.9      353.4      358.5

                                                                                                                                   
Less: Personal tax and nontax payments.....      968.8    1,070.9    1,152.0    1,133.4    1,164.0    1,197.3    1,239.3    1,271.6

                                                                                                                                   
Equals: Disposable personal income.........    5,968.2    6,320.0    6,637.7    6,596.3    6,664.5    6,775.0    6,866.5    6,962.0

                                                                                                                                   
Less: Personal outlays.....................    5,715.3    6,054.7    6,490.1    6,432.8    6,543.3    6,674.1    6,855.6    6,945.7

                                                                                                                                   
Equals: Personal saving....................      252.9      265.4      147.6      163.6      121.1      101.0       11.0       16.4

                                                                                                                                   
Addenda:                                                                                                                           

  Disposable personal income,                                                                                                      

   billions of chained (1996) dollars\2\...    5,854.5    6,134.1    6,331.0    6,306.6    6,341.7    6,412.2    6,443.1    6,496.0

  Personal saving as a percentage of                                                                                               

   disposable personal income..............        4.2        4.2        2.2        2.5        1.8        1.5         .2         .2

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  1. Personal income is also equal to national income less corporate            

profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments,           

net interest, contributions for social insurance, and wage accruals             

less disbursements, plus personal interest income, personal dividend            

income, government transfer payments to persons, and business                   

transfer payments to persons.                                                   

  2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price           

deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

                                 
                                                   Table 10.--Corporate Profits: Level and Percent Change                                                    

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                                                           Billions of dollars                                 Percent change from preceding period          

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                                                                       Seasonally adjusted                                       Quarterly        Quarter one

                                                                         at annual rates                                           rates             year ago

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                                         1997    1998    1999   II 99  III 99   IV 99    I 00   II 00    1998    1999  III 99   IV 99    I 00   II 00   II 00

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Corporate profits with inventory                                                                                                                             

 valuation and capital consumption                                                                                                                           

 adjustments.........................   833.8   815.0   856.0   836.8   842.0   893.2   936.3   964.0    -2.3     5.0      .6     6.1     4.8     3.0    15.2

  Profits before tax.................   792.4   758.2   823.0   804.5   819.0   870.7   920.7   942.2    -4.3     8.5     1.8     6.3     5.7     2.3    17.1

    Profits tax liability............   237.2   244.6   255.9   250.8   254.2   270.8   286.3   292.9     3.1     4.6     1.3     6.6     5.7     2.3    16.8

    Profits after tax................   555.2   513.6   567.1   553.7   564.8   599.9   634.4   649.3    -7.5    10.4     2.0     6.2     5.7     2.4    17.3

      Dividends......................   335.2   351.5   370.7   367.2   373.9   380.6   387.3   393.0     4.8     5.5     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.5     7.0

      Undistributed profits..........   220.0   162.1   196.4   186.5   190.9   219.3   247.1   256.3   -26.3    21.2     2.4    14.8    12.7     3.7    37.4

                                                                                                                                                             
  Inventory valuation adjustment.....     8.4    17.0    -9.1    -8.9   -19.7   -19.2   -25.0   -13.4   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
  Capital consumption adjustment.....    32.9    39.9    42.1    41.2    42.7    41.6    40.6    35.2    21.0     5.7     3.7    -2.5    -2.5   -13.3   -14.5

                                                                                                                                                             
Addenda:                                                                                                                                                     

  Corporate profits after tax with                                                                                                                           

   inventory valuation and capital                                                                                                                           

   consumption adjustments...........   596.6   570.4   600.1   585.9   587.9   622.3   650.0   671.1    -4.4     5.2      .3     5.9     4.4     3.3    14.5

                                                                                                                                                             
  Net cash flow with inventory                                                                                                                               

   valuation and capital                                                                                                                                     

   consumption adjustments...........   842.9   843.2   906.3   889.4   901.7   936.5   974.2 1,008.7      .0     7.5     1.4     3.9     4.0     3.5    13.4

    Undistributed profits with                                                                                                                               

     inventory valuation and capital                                                                                                                         

     consumption adjustments.........   261.3   218.9   229.4   218.7   214.0   241.7   262.7   278.1   -16.2     4.8    -2.2    13.0     8.7     5.9    27.1

    Consumption of fixed capital.....   581.5   624.3   676.9   670.7   687.7   694.8   711.5   730.6     7.4     8.4     2.5     1.0     2.4     2.7     8.9

                                                                                                                                                             
  Less: Inventory valuation                                                                                                                                  

   adjustment........................     8.4    17.0    -9.1    -8.9   -19.7   -19.2   -25.0   -13.4   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
  Equals: Net cash flow..............   834.4   826.2   915.4   898.4   921.3   955.8   999.2 1,022.1    -1.0    10.8     2.6     3.7     4.5     2.3    13.8

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                                      Table 11.--Corporate Profits by Industry: Level and Change From Preceding Period                                       

                                                                    [Billions of dollars]                                                                    

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                                                                           Level                                       Change from preceding period          

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                                                 1997    1998    1999   II 99  III 99   IV 99    I 00   II 00    1998    1999  III 99   IV 99    I 00   II 00

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    Corporate profits with IVA and CCAdj.....   833.8   815.0   856.0   836.8   842.0   893.2   936.3   964.0   -18.8    41.0     5.2    51.2    43.1    27.7

                                                                                                                                                             
Domestic industries..........................   723.1   711.5   744.6   730.8   730.1   772.7   807.4   832.4   -11.6    33.1     -.7    42.6    34.7    25.0

                                                                                                                                                             
  Financial..................................   167.5   151.1   156.1   144.7   150.9   170.6   174.6   169.9   -16.4     5.0     6.2    19.7     4.0    -4.7

  Nonfinancial...............................   555.6   560.4   588.5   586.0   579.1   602.0   632.8   662.6     4.8    28.1    -6.9    22.9    30.8    29.8

                                                                                                                                                             
Rest of the world............................   110.7   103.5   111.4   106.0   111.9   120.5   128.9   131.6    -7.2     7.9     5.9     8.6     8.4     2.7

                                                                                                                                                             
  Receipts from the rest of the world........   159.4   147.7   169.3   164.4   176.4   181.7   194.8   206.0   -11.7    21.6    12.0     5.3    13.1    11.2

  Less: Payments to the rest of the world....    48.7    44.2    57.9    58.5    64.5    61.2    66.0    74.4    -4.5    13.7     6.0    -3.3     4.8     8.4

                                                                                                                                                             
    Corporate profits with IVA...............   800.8   775.1   813.9   795.6   799.3   851.5   895.7   928.8   -25.7    38.8     3.7    52.2    44.2    33.1

                                                                                                                                                             
Domestic industries..........................   690.2   671.6   702.5   689.6   687.4   731.0   766.8   797.2   -18.6    30.9    -2.2    43.6    35.8    30.4

  Financial..................................   185.7   164.8   172.0   160.5   167.2   187.3   191.9   188.9   -20.9     7.2     6.7    20.1     4.6    -3.0

    Federal Reserve banks....................    23.4    24.7    25.8    24.9    25.6    28.1    29.6    29.7     1.3     1.1      .7     2.5     1.5      .1

    Other....................................   162.3   140.1   146.2   135.5   141.5   159.1   162.3   159.1   -22.2     6.1     6.0    17.6     3.2    -3.2

                                                                                                                                                             
  Nonfinancial...............................   504.5   506.8   530.4   529.2   520.2   543.8   574.9   608.3     2.3    23.6    -9.0    23.6    31.1    33.4

    Manufacturing............................   195.2   177.4   181.6   184.8   179.8   173.0   193.7   .....   -17.8     4.2    -5.0    -6.8    20.7   .....

      Durable goods..........................    94.0    85.4    92.2    94.0    90.0    92.6    94.7   .....    -8.6     6.8    -4.0     2.6     2.1   .....

        Primary metal industries.............     5.8     6.5     2.6     2.9     2.0     2.2     4.8   .....      .7    -3.9     -.9      .2     2.6   .....

        Fabricated metal products............    16.3    17.2    18.3    18.5    18.0    16.7    18.5   .....      .9     1.1     -.5    -1.3     1.8   .....

        Industrial machinery and equipment...    13.8    17.6    22.8    23.0    22.9    24.5    20.8   .....     3.8     5.2     -.1     1.6    -3.7   .....

        Electronic and other electric                                                                                                                        

         equipment...........................    22.8    10.6    12.3    10.6    13.3    14.3    16.1   .....   -12.2     1.7     2.7     1.0     1.8   .....

        Motor vehicles and equipment.........     4.0     4.4     6.9     8.0     5.5     5.7     6.2   .....      .4     2.5    -2.5      .2      .5   .....

        Other................................    31.2    29.1    29.4    31.0    28.3    29.2    28.3   .....    -2.1      .3    -2.7      .9     -.9   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
      Nondurable goods.......................   101.2    92.0    89.4    90.8    89.9    80.4    99.0   .....    -9.2    -2.6     -.9    -9.5    18.6   .....

        Food and kindred products............    24.1    22.7    21.9    25.5    25.3    14.1    21.0   .....    -1.4     -.8     -.2   -11.2     6.9   .....

        Chemicals and allied products........    31.3    30.4    29.9    31.4    26.9    25.3    32.7   .....     -.9     -.5    -4.5    -1.6     7.4   .....

        Petroleum and coal products..........    15.9     7.4     5.4     3.3     7.2     7.1    10.4   .....    -8.5    -2.0     3.9     -.1     3.3   .....

        Other................................    29.9    31.4    32.2    30.7    30.5    34.0    34.8   .....     1.5      .8     -.2     3.5      .8   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
    Transportation and public utilities......    85.0    83.9    88.4    79.7    88.6   101.4   101.9   .....    -1.1     4.5     8.9    12.8      .5   .....

      Transportation.........................    19.3    23.0    23.0    22.8    22.6    24.9    22.6   .....     3.7      .0     -.2     2.3    -2.3   .....

      Communications.........................    25.8    23.4    26.9    23.8    26.7    32.6    35.2   .....    -2.4     3.5     2.9     5.9     2.6   .....

      Electric, gas, and sanitary services...    39.9    37.6    38.4    33.1    39.3    43.8    44.1   .....    -2.3      .8     6.2     4.5      .3   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
    Wholesale trade..........................    49.2    56.4    56.7    58.0    54.3    59.2    61.2   .....     7.2      .3    -3.7     4.9     2.0   .....

    Retail trade.............................    63.9    76.6    81.5    84.8    75.4    81.9    90.2   .....    12.7     4.9    -9.4     6.5     8.3   .....

    Other....................................   111.2   112.6   122.3   121.9   122.1   128.3   127.9   .....     1.4     9.7      .2     6.2     -.4   .....

                                                                                                                                                             
Rest of the world............................   110.7   103.5   111.4   106.0   111.9   120.5   128.9   131.6    -7.2     7.9     5.9     8.6     8.4     2.7

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IVA    Inventory valuation adjustment                                           

CCAdj. Capital consumption adjustment

                                           
                                    Table 12.--Gross Product of Nonfinancial Corporate Business                                    

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                                                  1997       1998       1999      II 99     III 99      IV 99       I 00      II 00

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                                                                             Billions of dollars                                   

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    Gross product of nonfinancial                                                                                                  

     corporate business....................    4,435.1    4,728.1    5,048.8    4,999.7    5,080.6    5,191.9    5,300.3    5,408.9

                                                                                                                                   
Consumption of fixed capital...............      493.0      526.8      569.6      564.5      579.2      584.0      597.5      612.8

                                                                                                                                   
Net product................................    3,942.1    4,201.3    4,479.3    4,435.2    4,501.4    4,607.9    4,702.7    4,796.1

  Indirect business tax and nontax                                                                                                 

   liability plus business transfer                                                                                                

   payments less subsidies.................      431.4      456.5      482.5      477.3      482.3      501.1      511.7      516.4

  Domestic income..........................    3,510.7    3,744.9    3,996.8    3,958.0    4,019.0    4,106.8    4,191.0    4,279.7

    Compensation of employees..............    2,835.1    3,055.1    3,267.0    3,236.5    3,295.8    3,352.2    3,401.6    3,455.8

      Wage and salary accruals.............    2,409.7    2,612.8    2,804.4    2,775.5    2,830.9    2,884.0    2,923.7    2,971.7

      Supplements to wages and salaries....      425.4      442.3      462.7      460.9      464.9      468.3      477.9      484.1

    Corporate profits with IVA and CCAdj...      555.6      560.4      588.5      586.0      579.1      602.0      632.8      662.6

      Profits before tax...................      496.1      489.9      539.5      538.1      539.9      563.0      599.9      621.7

        Profits tax liability..............      158.3      159.4      166.6      167.2      167.1      173.5      186.0      193.9

        Profits after tax..................      337.7      330.5      373.0      370.9      372.8      389.5      413.8      427.8

          Dividends........................      218.1      240.5      250.9      256.3      252.1      257.5      262.5      262.4

          Undistributed profits............      119.6       90.0      122.1      114.6      120.6      132.0      151.3      165.4

      Inventory valuation adjustment.......        8.4       17.0       -9.1       -8.9      -19.7      -19.2      -25.0      -13.4

      Capital consumption adjustment.......       51.1       53.5       58.0       56.9       58.9       58.2       57.9       54.2

    Net interest...........................      120.0      129.4      141.3      135.5      144.1      152.6      156.6      161.3

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    Gross product of nonfinancial                                                                                                  

     corporate business\1\.................    4,410.4    4,698.5    4,995.4    4,940.8    5,028.0    5,137.9    5,215.8    5,291.4

Consumption of fixed capital\2\............      494.1      533.9      586.7      577.9      597.2      607.3      623.1      639.2

Net product\3\.............................    3,916.3    4,164.6    4,408.7    4,363.0    4,430.8    4,530.6    4,592.7    4,652.2

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Price, costs, and profits per unit of                                                                                              

 real gross product of nonfinancial                                                                                                

 corporate business:                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                   
  Price per unit of real gross product                                                                                             

   of nonfinancial corporate business\4\...      1.006      1.006      1.011      1.012      1.010      1.011      1.016      1.022

                                                                                                                                   
  Compensation of employees                                                                                                        

   (unit labor cost).......................       .643       .650       .654       .655       .655       .652       .652       .653

                                                                                                                                   
  Unit nonlabor cost.......................       .237       .237       .239       .238       .240       .242       .243       .244

    Consumption of fixed capital...........       .112       .112       .114       .114       .115       .114       .115       .116

    Indirect business tax and nontax                                                                                               

     liability plus business transfer                                                                                              

     payments less subsidies...............       .098       .097       .097       .097       .096       .098       .098       .098

    Net interest...........................       .027       .028       .028       .027       .029       .030       .030       .030

                                                                                                                                   
  Corporate profits with IVA and CCADj.                                                                                            

   (unit profits from current production)..       .126       .119       .118       .119       .115       .117       .121       .125

    Profits tax liability..................       .036       .034       .033       .034       .033       .034       .036       .037

    Profits after tax with IVA and CCAdj...       .090       .085       .084       .085       .082       .083       .086       .089

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  1. Effective with the estimates scheduled for release on November 29, 2000,   

chained-dollar gross product of nonfinancial corporate business for 1997 to     

2000 will be revised to reflect revisions to the gross product price indexes    

for nonfinancial industries.                                                    

  2. Chained-dollar consumption of fixed capital of nonfinancial corporate      

business is calculated as the product of the chain-type quantity index and the  

1996 current-dollar value of the corresponding series, divided by 100.          

  3. Chained-dollar net product of nonfinancial corporate business is the       

difference between the gross product and the consumption of fixed capital.      

  4. The deflator for gross product of nonfinancial corporate business divided  

by 100.                                                                         

IVA    Inventory valuation adjustment                                           

CCAdj. Capital consumption adjustment

                                           
                      Appendix Table A.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Aggregates and Price Indexes: Percent Change From Preceding Period                      

                                                         [Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]                                                         

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                                       1997   1998   1999 III 96  IV 96   I 97  II 97 III 97  IV 97   I 98  II 98 III 98  IV 98   I 99  II 99 III 99  IV 99   I 00  II 00r

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GDP and related aggregates:                                                                                                                                              

  GDP...............................    4.4    4.4    4.2    2.0    4.6    4.4    5.9    4.2    2.8    6.5    2.9    3.4    5.6    3.5    2.5    5.7    8.3    4.8    5.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Goods.............................    6.6    6.2    6.1    4.7    4.2    8.0    9.4    5.7    3.1   13.2   -1.3    5.2   11.2    2.9    3.0   10.7   14.0    6.4    8.4

  Services..........................    2.8    2.8    3.1     .4    4.6    1.5    4.1    2.6    2.6    1.8    4.7    2.1    2.0    3.2    3.1    3.9    4.4    2.5    4.6

  Structures........................    5.4    6.4    3.3     .6    6.7    6.6    2.3    7.5    2.5    8.1   10.8    4.3    4.2    8.0   -3.3   -3.4    7.4   12.3   -3.3

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Motor vehicle output..............    6.7    8.1    9.5   -2.4  -19.2   14.5    -.8   28.1   20.9    -.3   -6.2   -9.3   78.6   -8.8    1.6   12.7    8.2     .3   -4.2

  GDP less motor vehicle output.....    4.4    4.2    4.0    2.2    5.6    4.0    6.1    3.5    2.1    6.8    3.3    3.9    3.5    4.1    2.5    5.4    8.3    5.0    5.7

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Final sales of computers\1\.......   50.9   41.5   47.2   45.4   33.0   67.6   65.4   60.4   12.4   46.2   41.7   59.4   30.5   43.5   56.4   69.9   26.6   76.2   59.0

  GDP less final sales of computers.    4.0    4.0    3.9    1.6    4.4    3.8    5.4    3.7    2.7    6.2    2.6    3.0    5.4    3.2    2.0    5.2    8.1    4.3    4.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Farm product\2\...................   12.4   -3.2    6.0    -.1    4.3   26.3    9.6   27.6   -9.2  -11.7  -13.2    5.3    1.1   25.8   21.3  -22.6   -5.2   17.3  -10.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Nonfarm business less housing                                                                                                                                          

   product\3\.......................    5.3    5.3    4.9    2.4    5.8    5.1    7.3    4.8    3.5    8.3    3.2    3.7    7.0    3.7    2.5    7.1   10.2    5.2    6.2

                                                                                                                                                                         
Price indexes:                                                                                                                                                           

  GDP...............................    1.9    1.3    1.5    2.0    1.6    2.9    1.9    1.2    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.5    1.1    2.2    1.4    1.1    1.6    3.3    2.6

  GDP less food and energy..........    2.0    1.4    1.6    2.1    2.0    2.8    2.0    1.1    1.5    1.2    1.3    1.6    1.2    2.1    1.4    1.2    1.8    2.8    2.3

  GDP less final sales of computers.    2.3    1.6    1.9    2.3    2.0    3.3    2.2    1.5    1.7    1.4    1.5    2.0    1.4    2.6    1.7    1.3    1.8    3.6    2.8

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Gross domestic purchases..........    1.6     .8    1.6    1.7    2.1    2.4     .8    1.0    1.3     .1     .8    1.1    1.2    1.9    2.0    1.7    1.9    3.8    2.3

  Gross domestic purchases less                                                                                                                                          

   food and energy..................    1.6    1.1    1.4    1.7    1.7    2.3    1.7     .9    1.2     .8    1.1    1.4    1.3    2.0    1.2    1.1    1.5    2.8    1.9

  Gross domestic purchases less                                                                                                                                          

   final sales of computers.........    2.0    1.2    2.0    2.0    2.5    2.8    1.2    1.4    1.7     .5    1.3    1.7    1.6    2.3    2.4    2.0    2.2    4.0    2.6

                                                                                                                                                                         
  Personal consumption expenditures.    1.9    1.1    1.8    1.6    2.8    2.4    1.1    1.2    1.3     .4    1.2    1.4    1.5    1.7    2.3    1.9    2.2    3.5    2.3

  Personal consumption expenditures                                                                                                                                      

   less food and energy.............    1.9    1.5    1.6    1.6    2.2    2.3    2.3    1.1    1.2    1.2    1.8    1.8    1.7    1.8    1.3    1.3    1.7    2.2    1.7

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r revised                                                                       

  1. For some components of final sales of computers, includes                  

computer parts.                                                                 

  2. Farm output less intermediate goods and services purchased.                

  3. Consists of GDP less gross product of farm, of housing,                    

of households and institutions, and of general government.                      

  See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.                              
              Explanatory Note:  Measures of Output and Prices
     This note describes the calculation of chain-type quantity and price indexes used in the NIPA's.
     Changes in current-dollar GDP measure changes in the market value of goods, services, and structures produced in the

economy in a particular period.  These changes can be decomposed into quantity and price components.  Quantities, or

"real" measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with the reference year--at present, the year 1996--equal to

100. 
     The annual changes in quantities and prices are calculated using a Fisher formula that incorporates weights from two

adjacent years.  (Quarterly changes in quantities and prices are calculated using a Fisher formula that incorporates weights

from two adjacent quarters; quarterly indexes are adjusted for consistency to the annual indexes before percent changes

are calculated.)  For example, the 1998-99 annual percent change in real GDP uses prices for 1998 and 1999 as weights,

and the 1998-99 annual percent change in GDP prices uses quantities for 1998 and 1999 as weights.  These annual

changes are "chained" (multiplied) together to form time series of quantity and price indexes.  The Fisher formula

produces percent changes in quantities and prices that are not affected by the choice of reference years.  In addition,

because the changes in quantities and prices calculated in this way are symmetric, in general, the product of a quantity

index and the corresponding price index equals the current-dollar index.  (BEA also publishes a measure of the price level

known as the "implicit price deflator (IPD)," which is calculated as the ratio of current-dollar value to the corresponding

chained-dollar value, multiplied by 100.  The values of the IPD are very close to the values of the corresponding

"chain-type" price index for all periods.)
     Chain-type quantity and price indexes for GDP and its major components are presented in this release as index

numbers in table 5 and in the form of percentage changes from the preceding period in tables 1, 4, 6 and from the quarter

one year ago in table 7. Contributions by major components to changes in real GDP are presented in table 2.  BEA also

prepares measures of real GDP and its components in a dollar-denominated form, designated "chained (1996) dollar

estimates."  For GDP and most other series, these estimates, which are presented in table 3, are computed by multiplying

the 1996 current-dollar value by a corresponding quantity index number and then dividing by 100.  For example, if a

current-dollar GDP component equaled $100 in 1996 and if real output for this component increased 10 percent in 1997,

then the chained (1996) dollar value of this component in 1997 would be $110 ($100 x 1.10).  
     For analyses of changes over time in an aggregate or in a component, the percentage changes calculated from the

chained-dollar estimates and from the chain-type quantity indexes are the same; any differences will be small and due to

rounding.  However, because the relative prices used as weights for any period other than the reference year differ from

those used for the reference year, the chained-dollar values for the detailed GDP components will not necessarily sum to

the chained-dollar estimate of GDP or to any intermediate aggregate.  A measure of the extent of such differences is

provided by a "residual" line, which indicates the difference between GDP (or another major aggregate) and the sum of

the most detailed components in the table.  For periods close to the reference year, when there usually has not been much

change in the relative prices that are used as weights for the chain-type index, the residuals tend to be small, and the

chained (1996) dollar estimates can be used to approximate the contributions to growth and to aggregate the detailed

estimates.  As one moves further from the reference year, the residual tends to become larger, and the chained-dollar

estimates become less useful for analyses of contributions to growth.  Thus, the contributions to percent change shown in

table 2 provide a better measure of the composition of GDP growth.  In particular, for components for which relative

prices are changing rapidly, calculation of contributions using chained-dollar estimates may be misleading even just a few

years from the reference year.

     
References: "A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the NIPA's: Statistical Changes," October 1999 Survey,

pp. 6-17; "A Guide to the NIPA's," March 1998 Survey, pp. 36-40; "BEA's Chain Indexes, Time Series, and Measures of

Long-Term Economic Growth," May 1997 Survey, pp. 58-68.