AutosTrucksAutosTrucksAutosTrucksAutosTrucksAutosTrucksAutosTrucksPersonal
consumption expendituresProducers'
durable equipmentGross
government investment| Billions of chained (1992) dollars | Percent change from preceding quarter | ||||||||
| Level | Change from preceding quarter | 1997 | 1998 | ||||||
| 1998 | 1997 | 1998 | IV | I | II | III | |||
| III | IV | I | II | III | |||||
| Output | 256.7 | 9.6 | -6.2 | -7.8 | -4.0 | 15.2 | -8.6 | -11.2 | -6.0 |
| Autos |
115.3 | -.7 | -5.7 | -9.7 | 8.4 | -2.2 | -17.5 | -29.2 | 35.2 |
| Trucks |
140.9 | 10.2 | -.4 | 1.8 | -12.4 | 31.9 | -1.0 | 4.8 | -28.5 |
| Less: Exports | 21.0 | .8 | -.1 | -.9 | -5.1 | 13.1 | -2.3 | -12.2 | -58.3 |
| Autos |
12.8 | 0 | .1 | -.8 | -2.1 | -.3 | .6 | -17.0 | -45.9 |
| Trucks |
8.2 | .8 | -.2 | -.1 | -3.0 | 35.2 | -6.2 | -5.2 | -71.3 |
| Plus: Imports | 79.4 | -3.3 | 6.4 | -1.1 | -3.6 | -15.5 | 37.5 | -4.9 | -16.4 |
| Autos |
66.7 | -2.2 | 6.1 | .8 | -4.0 | -12.8 | 44.7 | 4.8 | -20.7 |
| Trucks |
12.6 | -1.1 | .3 | -1.9 | .3 | -26.5 | 7.5 | -43.3 | 12.0 |
| Equals: Gross domestic purchases | 315.0 | 5.5 | .5 | -8.1 | -2.7 | 7.0 | .6 | -9.5 | -3.3 |
| Autos |
169.1 | -2.8 | .4 | -8.1 | 6.4 | -6.5 | 1.0 | -17.7 | 16.7 |
| Trucks |
145.6 | 8.2 | .1 | 0 | -9.0 | 24.6 | .1 | .1 | -21.5 |
| Less: Change in business inventories | -3.7 | 9.5 | -7.7 | -25.2 | 18.9 | ||||
| Autos |
2.6 | 3.7 | -4.3 | -12.2 | 14.9 | ||||
| Trucks |
-6.0 | 5.5 | -3.4 | -12.7 | 4.2 | ||||
| Equals: Final sales to domestic purchasers | 318.7 | -4.2 | 8.2 | 17.1 | -21.5 | -5.1 | 10.8 | 22.9 | -23.0 |
| Autos |
166.6 | -6.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | -8.1 | -14.2 | 11.5 | 9.2 | -17.3 |
| Trucks |
151.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 13.3 | -13.4 | 6.4 | 10.0 | 39.7 | -28.7 |
| Addenda: | |||||||||
| Personal
consumption expenditures |
189.8 | -1.7 | 3.6 | 9.1 | -9.2 | -3.5 | 7.9 | 20.5 | -17.2 |
| Producers'
durable equipment |
122.4 | -.6 | 5.4 | 6.3 | -9.8 | -1.9 | 19.1 | 21.3 | -26.4 |
| Gross
government investment |
7.6 | -1.9 | -.7 | 1.9 | -2.9 | -53.5 | -24.4 | 121.8 | -72.4 |
NOTE.—See note to table 1 for an explanation of chained (1992) dollars. Truck output includes new trucks only; auto output includes new cars and used cars. Chained (1992) dollar levels for motor vehicle output, auto and truck output, and residuals, which measure the extent of nonadditivity in each table, are in NIPA tables 1.4, 8.5, and 8.7.