Table 3
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION:  1988-2000 <1>
                                            Total IP excluding selected high-technology industries
 
 
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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|Annual <2>
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 Industrial      |                                                                                    |                            |
 Production,     |                                                                                    |                            |
 Percent         |                                                                                    |                            |
 Change          |                                                                                    |                            |
  1988           |    .1     .2     .1     .4    -.2     .1     .6     .5    -.3     .4     .6     .5 |   2.8    1.8    3.3    3.5 |      3.9 
  1989           |    .5    -.7     .9     .1    -.7    -.3    -.9     .4    -.3    -.3     .2     .3 |   3.5    -.3   -4.8    -.4 |      1.4 
  1990           |   -.4     .5     .5    -.5     .3    -.1     .0     .1     .2    -.6   -1.4    -.7 |   1.7     .6     .7   -6.4 |      -.5 
  1991           |   -.5    -.9   -1.0     .4     .8    1.2     .1     .0    1.0    -.2    -.2    -.7 |  -8.8    1.4    6.1     .4 |     -2.4 
  1992           |   -.2     .4     .8     .7     .2    -.4     .6    -.4     .3     .6     .4     .0 |   -.6    5.7    1.3    3.9 |      2.2 
  1993           |    .4     .5     .1     .3    -.6     .2     .2    -.2    1.0     .2     .4     .7 |   3.7     .8    1.2    5.0 |      2.8 
  1994           |    .1     .3     .6     .3     .7     .3     .4     .2     .0     .4     .6     .8 |   4.5    5.6    4.0    4.2 |      4.1 
  1995           |    .3    -.3    -.1    -.4     .2     .3    -.6    1.1     .3    -.7     .1    -.1 |   2.9   -1.3    2.2    -.5 |      2.4 
  1996           |   -.3     .9    -.3    1.0     .6     .6    -.3     .3     .2    -.4     .8     .2 |    .7    7.0    2.2    2.0 |      2.0 
  1997           |    .3     .8    -.1     .4     .1     .3     .4     .8     .5     .6     .4     .1 |   5.2    3.0    5.4    6.4 |      4.1 
  1998           |    .1    -.2     .3     .4     .3   -1.1    -.5    2.0    -.6     .2    -.6    -.2 |   1.0    1.8    -.1     .0 |      2.7 
  1999           |    .4     .0     .5    -.3     .5    -.1     .4     .3     .0     .6     .0     .3 |    .9    1.4    2.9    3.4 |      1.2 
  2000           |    .1     .1     .2     .3     .3     .0    -.7     .4    -.1    -.4               |   1.7    2.9   -1.4        |          
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 Industrial      |                                                                                    |                            |
 Production      |                                                                                    |                            |
  1988           |  98.2   98.4   98.5   98.9   98.7   98.9   99.5   99.9   99.6   99.9  100.6  101.0 |  98.4   98.8   99.6  100.5 |     99.4 
  1989           | 101.6  100.8  101.8  101.9  101.2  100.9   99.9  100.3  100.0   99.7  100.0  100.3 | 101.4  101.3  100.1  100.0 |    100.7 
  1990           |  99.9  100.4  100.9  100.4  100.7  100.6  100.6  100.7  100.9  100.3   98.8   98.2 | 100.4  100.6  100.7   99.1 |    100.2 
  1991           |  97.7   96.9   95.9   96.3   97.0   98.2   98.3   98.3   99.3   99.1   98.9   98.2 |  96.8   97.2   98.6   98.7 |     97.8 
  1992           |  98.0   98.4   99.2   99.9  100.1   99.8  100.4  100.0  100.4  100.9  101.4  101.4 |  98.6   99.9  100.3  101.2 |    100.0 
  1993           | 101.8  102.3  102.4  102.7  102.1  102.3  102.5  102.2  103.3  103.5  103.8  104.5 | 102.2  102.4  102.7  103.9 |    102.8 
  1994           | 104.7  105.0  105.6  105.9  106.6  107.0  107.4  107.6  107.6  108.0  108.6  109.5 | 105.1  106.5  107.6  108.7 |    107.0 
  1995           | 109.7  109.4  109.3  108.9  109.1  109.4  108.8  110.0  110.3  109.5  109.6  109.6 | 109.5  109.1  109.7  109.6 |    109.5 
  1996           | 109.2  110.2  109.9  111.0  111.7  112.3  112.0  112.3  112.5  112.1  113.0  113.3 | 109.8  111.7  112.3  112.8 |    111.6 
  1997           | 113.7  114.6  114.5  115.0  115.0  115.3  115.9  116.7  117.3  118.1  118.6  118.7 | 114.3  115.1  116.6  118.5 |    116.2 
  1998           | 118.8  118.6  119.0  119.5  119.8  118.6  117.9  120.3  119.5  119.8  119.1  118.9 | 118.8  119.3  119.3  119.3 |    119.4 
  1999           | 119.3  119.4  119.9  119.6  120.2  120.1  120.6  120.9  120.9  121.7  121.7  122.1 | 119.5  119.9  120.8  121.8 |    120.9 
  2000           | 122.2  122.3  122.6  123.0  123.4  123.4  122.5  123.0  122.9  122.4               | 122.4  123.2  122.8        |          
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
  1988           | 117.6  117.6  117.7  117.7  117.8  117.9  118.0  118.0  118.1  118.2  118.3  118.4 | 117.6  117.8  118.0  118.3 |    117.9 
  1989           | 118.5  118.7  118.8  119.0  119.1  119.3  119.5  119.6  119.8  119.9  120.1  120.2 | 118.7  119.1  119.6  120.1 |    119.4 
  1990           | 120.4  120.5  120.6  120.8  120.9  121.0  121.2  121.3  121.5  121.6  121.8  122.0 | 120.5  120.9  121.3  121.8 |    121.1 
  1991           | 122.1  122.2  122.4  122.5  122.6  122.8  122.9  123.0  123.1  123.3  123.4  123.5 | 122.2  122.6  123.0  123.4 |    122.8 
  1992           | 123.6  123.7  123.9  124.0  124.2  124.3  124.5  124.6  124.8  124.9  125.1  125.3 | 123.7  124.2  124.6  125.1 |    124.4 
  1993           | 125.4  125.6  125.7  125.9  126.0  126.1  126.3  126.4  126.6  126.8  127.0  127.1 | 125.6  126.0  126.5  127.0 |    126.2 
  1994           | 127.3  127.5  127.8  128.0  128.2  128.5  128.7  129.0  129.3  129.5  129.8  130.1 | 127.5  128.2  129.0  129.8 |    128.6 
  1995           | 130.3  130.6  130.9  131.1  131.4  131.7  131.9  132.2  132.5  132.7  133.0  133.3 | 130.6  131.4  132.2  133.0 |    131.8 
  1996           | 133.6  133.8  134.1  134.4  134.6  134.9  135.2  135.4  135.7  136.0  136.3  136.5 | 133.8  134.6  135.4  136.3 |    135.0 
  1997           | 136.8  137.1  137.5  137.8  138.2  138.5  138.9  139.3  139.8  140.3  140.8  141.3 | 137.2  138.2  139.4  140.8 |    138.9 
  1998           | 141.8  142.3  142.8  143.3  143.9  144.4  144.8  145.3  145.7  146.1  146.4  146.8 | 142.3  143.9  145.3  146.4 |    144.5 
  1999           | 147.1  147.3  147.6  147.8  148.1  148.3  148.5  148.7  148.9  149.1  149.3  149.5 | 147.3  148.1  148.7  149.3 |    148.3 
  2000           | 149.6  149.8  150.0  150.2  150.3  150.5  150.7  150.8  150.9  151.1               | 149.8  150.3  150.8        |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
  1988           |  83.6   83.7   83.7   84.0   83.8   83.9   84.3   84.6   84.3   84.6   85.0   85.3 |  83.7   83.9   84.4   85.0 |     84.2 
  1989           |  85.7   85.0   85.6   85.6   84.9   84.6   83.6   83.9   83.5   83.2   83.3   83.4 |  85.4   85.0   83.7   83.3 |     84.4 
  1990           |  83.0   83.3   83.7   83.1   83.3   83.1   83.0   83.0   83.0   82.4   81.1   80.5 |  83.3   83.2   83.0   81.4 |     82.7 
  1991           |  80.0   79.2   78.4   78.6   79.1   80.0   80.0   79.9   80.6   80.4   80.2   79.5 |  79.2   79.2   80.2   80.0 |     79.7 
  1992           |  79.3   79.5   80.1   80.6   80.6   80.2   80.7   80.3   80.4   80.8   81.0   81.0 |  79.7   80.5   80.4   80.9 |     80.4 
  1993           |  81.2   81.5   81.5   81.6   81.0   81.1   81.2   80.9   81.6   81.6   81.8   82.2 |  81.4   81.2   81.2   81.9 |     81.4 
  1994           |  82.2   82.3   82.7   82.7   83.2   83.3   83.5   83.5   83.3   83.4   83.7   84.2 |  82.4   83.1   83.4   83.7 |     83.1 
  1995           |  84.2   83.8   83.5   83.0   83.0   83.1   82.5   83.2   83.3   82.5   82.4   82.2 |  83.8   83.0   83.0   82.4 |     83.1 
  1996           |  81.8   82.4   81.9   82.6   82.9   83.3   82.8   82.9   82.9   82.5   83.0   83.0 |  82.0   82.9   82.9   82.8 |     82.7 
  1997           |  83.1   83.6   83.3   83.4   83.3   83.3   83.4   83.8   83.9   84.2   84.2   84.0 |  83.3   83.3   83.7   84.2 |     83.6 
  1998           |  83.8   83.3   83.3   83.3   83.3   82.1   81.4   82.8   82.1   82.0   81.3   81.0 |  83.5   82.9   82.1   81.4 |     82.5 
  1999           |  81.1   81.0   81.2   80.9   81.2   81.0   81.2   81.3   81.2   81.7   81.5   81.7 |  81.1   81.0   81.3   81.6 |     81.3 
  2000           |  81.6   81.6   81.7   81.9   82.1   82.0   81.3   81.6   81.4   81.0               |  81.7   82.0   81.4        |          
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 <1> Estimates from August 2000 through October 2000 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
 <2> Computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.
 <3> Annual averages of industrial production are calculated from not seasonally adjusted indexes.