Federal Reserve Statistical Release, G.17, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization; title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page

Release Date: December 5, 2002
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Table 8
RATES OF CHANGE IN CAPACITY, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS: 1998-2002 [1]
    Difference between
  Revised change revised and earlier changes
  (percent) (percentage points)
Item 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total industry    6.5    4.1    4.3    2.4    1.1     .1     .2     .3     .7     .1
                     
Manufacturing        [2]    7.3    4.8    5.0    2.4     .9     .2     .4     .2     .8    -.1
                     
   Durable   11.4    7.4    8.3    4.6    2.3 -- -- -- -- --
   Nondurable    2.4    2.0    1.3     .0    -.6 -- -- -- -- --
                     
Mining     .3   -2.6    -.4    2.2    -.2     .9    -.2    1.5    1.6    -.5
Utilities     .4    1.3    2.9    4.1    6.5     .3   -1.1     .0   -1.0    2.5
                     
                     
Selected high-technology industries   49.2   28.5   40.3   23.2    8.7   12.6    -.2   -2.6   10.5   -1.4
Manufacturing ex. selected 
      high-technology industries        [2]
   3.5    2.3    1.5     .4    -.1    -.9     .3     .5     .1    -.3
                     
Stage-of-process groups                    
Crude     .6   -2.2    -.4     .8    -.6 -- -- -- -- --
Primary and semifinished    8.5    5.0    5.6    3.0    1.7 -- -- -- -- --
Finished    5.1    4.5    4.0    2.0     .9 -- -- -- -- --

[1] Rates of change are calculated as the percent change in the seasonally adjusted index from the fourth quarter of the
previous year to the fourth quarter of the year specified in the column heading. Return to table
[2] See note to Table 2A. Return to table






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