For immediate release

The Federal Reserve Board announced Tuesday that it will publish the annual revision to the G.17 statistical release, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, on Thursday, December 5 at 2 p.m. EST. The revision was previously scheduled for release on November 26. The revised estimates will be classified according to the 2002 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Previously, the estimates from 1987 forward were classified according to the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System. The revision will be made available on the Board's web site at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17