Table 8
 Industrial Capacity
 Percent change
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                                        |    Average annual rate     |  Fourth quarter to fourth quarter  |        Annual rate         | Monthly rate
                                        |----------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------
                                        |  1972-  1980-  1989-  1995-|                                    |  2008                      |         2008 
 Item                                   |     79     88     94  2008 |    2005     2006     2007     2008 |    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4 |         Dec. 
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  Total industry                        |   3.0    2.0    2.2    3.0 |      .8      1.3      1.8      1.5 |   1.8    1.6    1.4    1.3 |           .1 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing<1>                      |   3.2    2.2    2.5    3.4 |     1.4      1.4      2.0      1.7 |   2.0    1.8    1.6    1.5 |           .1 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                |    .8     .0    -.8    -.4 |    -1.1      1.4      1.7       .7 |    .9     .7     .6     .7 |           .1 
  Utilities                             |   4.2    2.3    1.5    2.2 |      .7       .8      1.2      2.2 |   2.3    2.4    2.2    2.0 |           .2 
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  Selected high-technology industries   |  19.7   17.4   15.6   24.7 |    13.1     10.3     21.4     17.6 |  20.8   18.0   16.1   15.5 |          1.2 
  Manufacturing<1> ex. selected         |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries      |   2.6    1.3    1.6    1.5 |      .7       .8       .8       .8 |    .9     .8     .8     .8 |           .1 
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  Stage-of-process groups               |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                 |   1.7     .3    -.4     .0 |     -.8       .9      1.4       .5 |    .7     .5     .4     .5 |           .1 
  Primary and semifinished              |   3.0    1.4    2.4    3.5 |      .8      1.2      2.1      1.9 |   2.3    2.0    1.7    1.5 |           .1 
  Finished                              |   3.8    3.4    2.6    3.2 |     2.3      1.8      1.7      1.8 |   1.9    1.8    1.8    1.7 |           .1 
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      <1>  Refer to note on cover page.