Table 3
 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
                                               |             |                                 Percent change                                  |                           Capacity indexes
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                                               |             |         Annual rate          |         Fourth quarter to fourth quarter         |                        Percent of 2002 output
                                               |             |     1972-     1972-     1975-|                                                  |          |
                                               |             |     2008       1975     2008 |                                                  |     2007 |     2008                                                   
 Item                                          |    NAICS    |      Ave.     Ave.      Ave. |     2004      2005      2006      2007   2008[p] |     Dec. |     July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec. 
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  Total industry                               |             |      2.6       3.1       2.6 |       .2        .8       1.3       1.8       1.5 |    138.7 |    140.0     140.2     140.3     140.5     140.6     140.8 
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  Stage-of-process groups                      |             |                              |                                                  |          |
  Crude                                        |             |       .4       1.3        .3 |      -.7       -.8        .9       1.4        .5 |    118.8 |    119.2     119.2     119.3     119.3     119.4     119.5 
  Primary and semifinished                     |             |      2.7       3.7       2.6 |       .7        .8       1.2       2.1       1.9 |    135.2 |    136.7     136.9     137.1     137.3     137.4     137.6 
  Finished                                     |             |      3.3       3.4       3.3 |       .4       2.3       1.8       1.7       1.8 |    151.8 |    153.4     153.6     153.9     154.1     154.3     154.5 
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 Industry Groups                               |             |                              |                                                  |          |
  Manufacturing                                |             |      2.9       3.3       2.9 |       .2       1.4       1.4       2.0       1.7 |    143.7 |    145.2     145.3     145.5     145.7     145.9     146.1 
     Manufacturing (NAICS)                     |       31-33 |      3.0       3.3       3.0 |       .2       1.5       1.4       2.0       1.8 |    145.3 |    146.9     147.1     147.3     147.5     147.7     147.9 
        Durable manufacturing                  |             |      4.0       3.4       4.1 |       .5       2.6       2.4       3.3       2.9 |    158.1 |    160.9     161.2     161.6     161.9     162.3     162.6 
           Wood products                       |         321 |      1.5       2.2       1.4 |       .4       1.1       2.6        .9       -.6 |    135.4 |    135.0     134.9     134.8     134.7     134.6     134.5 
           Nonmetallic mineral products        |         327 |      1.1        .9       1.2 |      1.4       1.5       2.0       1.8       1.4 |    138.8 |    140.0     140.1     140.3     140.4     140.6     140.8 
           Primary metal                       |         331 |      -.2        .8       -.4 |     -2.0       2.2       -.6        .4       1.1 |    132.9 |    133.8     133.9     134.0     134.1     134.3     134.4 
              Iron and steel products          |      3311,2 |      -.5       -.1       -.6 |      4.0       3.4       3.2        .1        .7 |    132.2 |    132.7     132.8     132.9     133.0     133.1     133.2 
           Fabricated metal products           |         332 |      1.5       3.3       1.3 |      -.4        .4        .8       1.6        .7 |    139.5 |    140.1     140.2     140.2     140.3     140.4     140.4 
           Machinery                           |         333 |      1.7       3.9       1.5 |       .2       1.0       1.3       2.1       1.6 |    149.8 |    151.3     151.5     151.7     151.8     152.0     152.2 
           Computer and electronic products    |         334 |     14.9      12.4      15.3 |      4.1       9.6       7.5      14.1      11.6 |    254.3 |    271.7     274.0     276.2     278.4     280.7     283.0 
           Computer and peripheral equip.      |        3341 |     24.3      33.0      23.3 |       .2      35.7      13.2      15.1      11.7 |    255.1 |    272.7     274.9     277.1     279.4     281.6     284.0 
              Communications equipment         |        3342 |     10.9      11.0      10.8 |     -4.3      -3.7       1.6       9.3      10.5 |    235.7 |    249.9     252.0     254.0     256.1     258.2     260.4 
              Semiconductor and related        |             |                              |                                                  |          |
                    electronic components      |    334412-9 |     22.7      17.5      23.3 |     15.7      14.0      14.2      32.0      24.1 |    391.8 |    446.4     453.5     460.6     467.8     475.1     482.6 
           Electrical equipment, appliances,   |             |                              |                                                  |          |
                 and components                |         335 |      1.3       3.8       1.0 |     -2.6      -2.3        .9       2.1       2.3 |    126.3 |    127.9     128.2     128.4     128.7     128.9     129.1 
           Transportation equipment            |         336 |      1.9       1.7       2.0 |       .1        .6       1.3      -1.2        .8 |    141.1 |    141.7     141.8     142.0     142.1     142.3     142.4 
              Motor vehicles and parts         |      3361-3 |      2.6       3.1       2.5 |      -.2        .8       1.9      -2.3        .1 |    131.9 |    131.9     131.9     132.0     132.1     132.2     132.2 
                 Autos and light trucks        |       33611 |      2.9       3.7       2.8 |       .4       2.5       5.2      -5.1        .4 |    136.5 |    136.6     136.8     137.1     137.3     137.5     137.7 
              Aerospace and miscellaneous      |             |                              |                                                  |          |
                    transportation equipment   |      3364-9 |       .9       -.1       1.1 |     -1.0        .3        .4        .5       1.7 |    157.2 |    158.7     159.0     159.2     159.5     159.7     160.0 
           Furniture and related products      |         337 |      2.2       3.9       2.0 |     -2.2       -.9        .2       -.6       -.7 |    131.8 |    131.2     131.1     131.0     131.0     130.9     130.8 
           Miscellaneous                       |         339 |      3.1       3.6       3.0 |      2.4       4.0       3.2       3.9       2.0 |    156.3 |    158.3     158.5     158.7     158.9     159.1     159.3 
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        Nondurable manufacturing               |             |      1.7       3.0       1.6 |      -.1        .5        .3        .7        .6 |    131.8 |    132.4     132.4     132.5     132.5     132.6     132.7 
           Food                                |         311 |      2.0       2.8       1.8 |       .5        .9       1.2       1.4       1.2 |    132.2 |    133.1     133.2     133.3     133.4     133.6     133.7 
           Beverage and tobacco products       |         312 |       .6       1.1        .5 |       .8       1.7        .2        .5        .4 |    148.5 |    148.9     148.9     149.0     149.0     149.1     149.1 
           Textile mills                       |         313 |      -.4       2.6       -.8 |     -6.4      -5.8      -5.7      -6.0      -5.8 |     99.1 |     95.7      95.2      94.7      94.3      93.8      93.3 
           Textile product mills               |         314 |      1.6       2.4       1.5 |      -.7       -.2        .3       -.1       -.1 |    130.3 |    130.2     130.2     130.2     130.2     130.2     130.2 
           Apparel                             |         315 |     -2.0       1.3      -2.4 |    -12.3      -3.7      -4.2      -3.7      -3.4 |    100.8 |     98.8      98.5      98.2      97.9      97.6      97.3 
           Leather and allied products         |         316 |     -3.2      -1.8      -3.3 |     -4.7      -2.6      -2.7      -2.1      -2.5 |    143.2 |    141.1     140.8     140.5     140.1     139.8     139.5 
           Paper                               |         322 |      1.3       3.1       1.1 |      -.5      -1.0       -.1       -.2       -.5 |    115.7 |    115.3     115.3     115.3     115.2     115.2     115.1 
           Printing and support                |         323 |      2.4       3.4       2.3 |     -2.8      -1.0        .9       1.4       1.3 |    129.8 |    130.8     131.0     131.1     131.2     131.4     131.5 
           Petroleum and coal products         |         324 |      1.2       5.7        .7 |      6.4       1.5        .3       -.3       -.2 |    122.1 |    122.0     122.0     121.9     121.9     121.9     121.9 
           Chemical                            |         325 |      2.5       3.8       2.4 |      1.8       2.2        .3       1.6       1.3 |    145.4 |    146.5     146.7     146.8     147.0     147.1     147.3 
              Plastics material and resin      |      325211 |      3.1       5.6       2.8 |     10.6       6.9      -2.5        .9        .2 |    125.8 |    126.0     126.0     126.0     125.9     125.9     125.9 
              Synthetic rubber                 |      325212 |      1.5       3.1       1.4 |     -1.2      -2.9        .0        .6        .6 |    147.5 |    148.0     148.1     148.2     148.3     148.3     148.4 
              Artificial and synthetic fibers  |             |                              |                                                  |          |
                    and filaments              |       32522 |       .2      14.2      -1.3 |    -14.6      -4.5       -.2      -6.4       -.9 |    103.0 |    102.3     102.4     102.4     102.5     102.5     102.6 
           Plastics and rubber products        |         326 |      3.3       5.4       3.1 |     -2.9        .1        .7       1.5       1.9 |    124.1 |    125.5     125.7     125.9     126.1     126.3     126.5 
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     Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)           |   1133,5111 |      1.1       3.1        .8 |      -.6       -.2       1.1        .6        .3 |    116.2 |    116.4     116.5     116.5     116.5     116.5     116.5 
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  Mining                                       |          21 |      -.1       -.4        .0 |     -1.3      -1.1       1.4       1.7        .7 |    114.3 |    114.8     114.9     114.9     115.0     115.1     115.1 
     Oil and gas extraction                    |         211 |      -.9      -2.6       -.7 |     -2.5      -2.4       -.4        .6        .8 |    102.4 |    102.8     102.9     103.0     103.0     103.1     103.2 
     Mining (except oil and gas)               |         212 |      1.5       1.7       1.4 |      1.4       2.1       1.0       -.1        .7 |    128.3 |    128.9     129.0     129.1     129.1     129.2     129.3 
        Coal mining                            |        2121 |      1.5       2.5       1.4 |      -.7       4.1       1.2        .6        .6 |    122.2 |    122.7     122.7     122.8     122.8     122.9     122.9 
        Metal mining                           |        2122 |      1.5       1.6       1.5 |      -.2       -.5       2.0       -.2       3.9 |    138.0 |    141.2     141.7     142.2     142.7     143.1     143.5 
        Stone and earth minerals               |        2123 |       .8        .4        .8 |      2.1        .6       -.3      -1.1      -2.2 |    124.9 |    123.3     123.1     122.8     122.6     122.3     122.1 
     Support activities for mining             |         213 |      1.0       6.0        .4 |       .0       2.7       7.6       8.2       2.1 |    174.2 |    176.5     176.6     176.8     176.9     177.1     177.2 
  Utilities                                    |      2211,2 |      2.5       6.1       2.1 |      2.9        .7        .8       1.2       2.2 |    126.6 |    128.3     128.5     128.7     128.9     129.1     129.3 
     Electric                                  |        2211 |      3.2       8.3       2.6 |      3.4        .6        .8       2.4       2.4 |    127.7 |    129.5     129.7     130.0     130.2     130.4     130.7 
     Natural gas                               |        2212 |       .1      -1.0        .2 |       .1       -.2       -.4       -.3        .3 |    123.1 |    123.3     123.3     123.4     123.4     123.4     123.5 
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 Special Aggregates                            |             |                              |                                                  |          |
  Selected high-technology industries          |             |     20.3      19.2      20.4 |      5.5      13.1      10.3      21.4      17.6 |    311.8 |    343.6     347.8     352.0     356.2     360.5     364.9 
  Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech         |             |                              |                                                  |          |
        industries                             |             |      1.7       2.7       1.6 |      -.2        .7        .8        .8        .8 |    136.0 |    136.7     136.7     136.8     136.9     137.0     137.1 
  Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech         |             |                              |                                                  |          |
        and motor vehicles and pts.            |             |      1.6       2.7       1.5 |      -.2        .7        .7       1.0        .9 |    136.3 |    137.0     137.1     137.2     137.3     137.4     137.5 
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