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                 2009 |         2009 
 Item                                   |     79     88     94  2009 |    2006     2007     2008     2009 |    Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1 |         Mar. 
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  Total industry                        |   3.1    1.9    2.3    2.7 |     1.5      2.0      1.1      -.9 |   1.4    1.0     .4    -.2 |          -.1 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing<1>                      |   3.3    2.2    2.5    3.1 |     1.4      2.2      1.3     -1.2 |   1.6    1.1     .4    -.4 |          -.1 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                |    .7     .0    -.8    -.3 |     2.3      1.4      1.1      -.7 |   1.2    1.3    1.0     .3 |           .0 
  Utilities                             |   4.2    2.2    1.8    2.2 |     1.3      1.3      2.3      1.8 |   2.5    2.2    1.9    1.8 |           .1 
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  Selected high-technology industries   |  19.8   17.3   15.6   22.3 |     5.7     22.9      6.3      8.4 |   6.1    3.0    3.6    5.8 |           .6 
  Manufacturing<1> ex. selected         |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries      |   2.6    1.3    1.6    1.4 |     1.1      1.0      1.0     -1.6 |   1.4    1.0     .2    -.7 |          -.1 
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  Stage-of-process groups               |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                 |   1.7     .3    -.4     .0 |     1.5      1.4      1.2     -1.2 |   1.5    1.3     .7    -.2 |          -.1 
  Primary and semifinished              |   3.0    1.4    2.5    3.2 |     1.3      2.0       .8     -1.0 |   1.1     .6     .0    -.5 |          -.1 
  Finished                              |   3.9    3.3    2.7    3.0 |     1.8      2.4      2.2      -.6 |   2.6    2.0    1.2     .2 |           .0 
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      <1>  Refer to note on cover page.