Table 5B
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION FOR MANUFACTURING:  HISTORICAL DATA
 
 
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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|  Annual
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 Industrial      |                                                                                    |                            |
 Production,     |                                                                                    |                            |
 Percent         |                                                                                    |                            |
 Change <1>      |                                                                                    |                            |
  1987           |   -.8    1.6     .2     .5     .3    1.0     .7    -.2     .1    1.3     .5     .6 |   5.0    7.0    5.5    7.6 |    5.3 
  1988           |   -.2     .4    -.1    1.0    -.1     .0     .7     .3     .2     .2     .9     .6 |   2.3    4.1    3.7    5.2 |    4.7 
  1989           |    .9   -1.2     .8     .1    -.7     .0   -1.1     .3    -.3    -.6     .4     .1 |   4.3    -.7   -4.5   -1.4 |    1.9 
  1990           |   -.2     .9     .3    -.8     .4    -.1     .0     .3    -.1    -.6   -1.3    -.6 |   2.9    -.1     .8   -6.3 |    -.5 
  1991           |   -.9    -.7   -1.1     .3     .7    1.4     .2     .2    1.1    -.1    -.2    -.5 |  -9.7    1.2    7.8    1.7 |   -2.4 
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  1992           |    .3     .7     .8     .6     .4     .0     .7    -.2     .3     .5     .6    -.1 |   2.7    6.8    3.4    4.0 |    4.0 
  1993           |    .9     .2     .2     .6    -.4     .0     .2    -.5    1.2     .4     .5     .9 |   4.9    2.1     .5    6.9 |    3.7 
  1994           |    .1     .6     .9     .7     .8     .2     .5     .6     .3     .8     .9    1.1 |   6.3    8.8    5.8    9.2 |    6.0 
  1995           |    .6    -.2     .2    -.1     .1     .5    -.5     .9     .7     .1     .1     .1 |   6.7    1.1    2.9    3.8 |    5.4 
  1996           |   -.3    1.3    -.3    1.4    1.0     .8     .5     .5     .2     .0     .7     .4 |   2.1   10.6    7.0    3.9 |    4.7 
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  1997           |    .5     .9     .5     .6     .3     .7     .7     .8     .4     .6     .8     .3 |   7.2    6.6    7.7    7.5 |    6.8 
  1998           |    .1    -.1     .3     .6     .3   -1.2    -.1    1.6    -.4     .7     .2     .2 |   2.4    2.5     .4    4.9 |    4.2 
  1999           |   -.2     .3     .4     .4     .3     .0     .5     .5    -.2                      |   1.5    3.9    3.5        |        
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 Industrial      |                                                                                    |                            |
 Production <2>  |                                                                                    |                            |
  1987           |  89.6   91.0   91.2   91.6   91.9   92.8   93.4   93.3   93.4   94.6   95.1   95.6 |  90.6   92.1   93.4   95.1 |   92.8 
  1988           |  95.4   95.8   95.7   96.7   96.6   96.6   97.3   97.5   97.7   97.9   98.9   99.4 |  95.6   96.6   97.5   98.7 |   97.1 
  1989           | 100.3   99.1   99.9  100.0   99.4   99.4   98.3   98.7   98.4   97.8   98.2   98.3 |  99.8   99.6   98.5   98.1 |   99.0 
  1990           |  98.1   99.0   99.3   98.6   99.0   98.9   98.8   99.1   99.0   98.4   97.2   96.6 |  98.8   98.8   99.0   97.4 |   98.5 
  1991           |  95.8   95.1   94.1   94.4   95.0   96.3   96.6   96.8   97.8   97.8   97.6   97.1 |  95.0   95.2   97.0   97.5 |   96.2 
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  1992           |  97.4   98.1   98.9   99.5   99.9   99.9  100.6  100.4  100.7  101.2  101.8  101.7 |  98.1   99.7  100.6  101.6 |  100.0 
  1993           | 102.6  102.8  103.0  103.6  103.2  103.2  103.4  102.9  104.1  104.5  105.1  106.0 | 102.8  103.3  103.5  105.2 |  103.7 
  1994           | 106.1  106.7  107.6  108.4  109.3  109.5  110.1  110.7  111.1  112.0  113.0  114.3 | 106.8  109.1  110.7  113.1 |  109.9 
  1995           | 115.0  114.8  115.1  115.0  115.1  115.7  115.1  116.2  117.0  117.1  117.2  117.3 | 115.0  115.3  116.1  117.2 |  115.9 
  1996           | 116.9  118.4  118.1  119.7  120.9  121.8  122.4  123.0  123.3  123.3  124.2  124.7 | 117.8  120.8  122.9  124.1 |  121.4 
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  1997           | 125.3  126.4  127.0  127.7  128.1  129.0  129.8  130.8  131.4  132.2  133.3  133.7 | 126.2  128.3  130.7  133.1 |  129.7 
  1998           | 133.8  133.7  134.1  134.9  135.4  133.7  133.6  135.7  135.2  136.1  136.4  136.7 | 133.8  134.7  134.8  136.4 |  135.1 
  1999           | 136.4  136.9  137.5  138.0  138.4  138.4  139.1  139.7  139.5                      | 136.9  138.3  139.4        |        
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
  1987           | 113.2  113.4  113.6  113.8  113.9  114.1  114.2  114.4  114.6  114.7  114.9  115.0 | 113.4  113.9  114.4  114.9 |  114.1 
  1988           | 115.2  115.3  115.4  115.6  115.7  115.8  116.0  116.1  116.3  116.5  116.6  116.8 | 115.3  115.7  116.1  116.6 |  115.9 
  1989           | 117.0  117.3  117.5  117.8  118.0  118.3  118.5  118.7  119.0  119.2  119.5  119.7 | 117.3  118.0  118.7  119.5 |  118.4 
  1990           | 119.9  120.1  120.3  120.5  120.7  120.9  121.1  121.3  121.5  121.7  122.0  122.2 | 120.1  120.7  121.3  122.0 |  121.0 
  1991           | 122.4  122.6  122.8  123.0  123.1  123.3  123.5  123.7  123.8  124.0  124.2  124.3 | 122.6  123.1  123.7  124.2 |  123.4 
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  1992           | 124.5  124.8  125.0  125.2  125.5  125.7  125.9  126.2  126.4  126.6  126.9  127.1 | 124.8  125.5  126.2  126.9 |  125.8 
  1993           | 127.4  127.6  127.9  128.2  128.4  128.7  129.0  129.3  129.5  129.8  130.1  130.3 | 127.6  128.4  129.3  130.1 |  128.8 
  1994           | 130.7  131.1  131.6  132.0  132.5  132.9  133.4  133.8  134.3  134.8  135.2  135.7 | 131.1  132.5  133.8  135.2 |  133.2 
  1995           | 136.3  137.0  137.7  138.4  139.1  139.8  140.5  141.2  141.9  142.6  143.4  144.2 | 137.0  139.1  141.2  143.4 |  140.2 
  1996           | 144.9  145.7  146.4  147.2  148.0  148.8  149.5  150.3  151.0  151.8  152.5  153.3 | 145.7  148.0  150.3  152.5 |  149.1 
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  1997           | 154.1  154.8  155.5  156.2  157.0  157.8  158.4  159.1  159.9  160.6  161.3  162.1 | 154.8  157.0  159.1  161.3 |  158.1 
  1998           | 162.8  163.5  164.3  165.1  165.8  166.6  167.3  168.1  168.8  169.6  170.3  171.0 | 163.5  165.8  168.1  170.3 |  166.9 
  1999           | 171.7  172.3  172.9  173.4  174.0  174.5  174.9  175.4  175.8                      | 172.3  174.0  175.4        |        
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
  1987           |  79.1   80.2   80.3   80.6   80.7   81.4   81.8   81.5   81.5   82.5   82.8   83.1 |  79.9   80.9   81.6   82.8 |   81.3 
  1988           |  82.9   83.1   82.9   83.7   83.5   83.4   83.8   84.0   84.0   84.1   84.8   85.1 |  83.0   83.5   83.9   84.7 |   83.8 
  1989           |  85.7   84.5   85.0   85.0   84.2   84.1   83.0   83.1   82.7   82.1   82.2   82.1 |  85.1   84.4   82.9   82.1 |   83.6 
  1990           |  81.8   82.5   82.6   81.8   82.0   81.8   81.6   81.7   81.5   80.9   79.7   79.0 |  82.3   81.9   81.6   79.9 |   81.4 
  1991           |  78.2   77.5   76.6   76.8   77.1   78.1   78.2   78.2   79.0   78.9   78.6   78.1 |  77.5   77.3   78.5   78.5 |   77.9 
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  1992           |  78.2   78.6   79.1   79.4   79.6   79.5   79.9   79.6   79.7   79.9   80.2   80.0 |  78.6   79.5   79.7   80.1 |   79.5 
  1993           |  80.5   80.6   80.5   80.8   80.4   80.1   80.1   79.6   80.4   80.5   80.8   81.4 |  80.5   80.4   80.0   80.9 |   80.5 
  1994           |  81.2   81.4   81.8   82.2   82.5   82.4   82.6   82.8   82.7   83.1   83.6   84.2 |  81.5   82.4   82.7   83.6 |   82.5 
  1995           |  84.4   83.8   83.6   83.1   82.8   82.7   81.9   82.3   82.4   82.1   81.7   81.3 |  83.9   82.9   82.2   81.7 |   82.7 
  1996           |  80.7   81.3   80.6   81.3   81.7   81.9   81.9   81.8   81.6   81.2   81.4   81.3 |  80.9   81.6   81.8   81.3 |   81.4 
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  1997           |  81.3   81.7   81.7   81.7   81.6   81.7   81.9   82.2   82.2   82.3   82.6   82.5 |  81.6   81.7   82.1   82.5 |   82.0 
  1998           |  82.2   81.8   81.6   81.7   81.6   80.2   79.8   80.7   80.1   80.3   80.1   80.0 |  81.8   81.2   80.2   80.1 |   80.8 
  1999           |  79.5   79.5   79.5   79.6   79.5   79.3   79.5   79.7   79.3                      |  79.5   79.5   79.5        |        
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 <1> Quarterly percent changes are at annual rates.  Annual percentage changes are calculated from annual averages.
 <2> Annual averages of industrial production are calculated from not seasonally adjusted indexes.