Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: October 16, 2012

Table 8 Industrial Capacity

Percent change
Item Average annual rate Fourth quarter to fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate
2012
Sept.
1972-
79 		1980-
88 		1989-
94  		1995-
2012 		        2011
Q4 		2012
2009 2010 2011 2012 Q1 Q2 Q3
Total industry 3.1 1.9 2.3 2.3 -.7 -1.9 .8 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 .1
         
Manufacturing[1] 3.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 -2.8 -2.4 .1 1.4 .9 1.3 1.5 1.5 .1
         
Mining .7 .1 -.7 .3 5.0 -.2 2.7 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 .2
Utilities 4.2 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.2 4.5 3.2 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 .2
         
         
Selected high-technology industries 19.6 17.3 15.6 18.8 3.0 .3 10.4 3.1 13.7 8.3 3.7 .7 .0
Manufacturing[1] ex. selected
high-technology industries		 2.6 1.3 1.6 1.0 -3.1 -2.6 -.4 1.3 .3 1.0 1.3 1.5 .1
         
Stage-of-process groups
Crude 1.6 .4 -.5 .4 3.1 -.4 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 .2
Primary and semifinished 3.0 1.4 2.5 2.7 -1.0 -1.2 .3 .1 .5 .3 .1 .0 .0
Finished 3.9 3.3 2.7 2.3 -3.5 -2.3 .9 3.5 1.9 3.0 3.5 3.7 .3

[1] Refer to note on cover page. Return to table


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