Table 3
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION <1>: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <2>
 Seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|Annual <3>
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 IP (percent     |                                                                                    |                            |
 change)         |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |   -.7     .8     .2   -1.1    1.1    -.1    -.8    -.5     .0     .3    -.6    -.3 |    .9    -.1   -3.5   -1.4 |      2.2 
  1980           |    .3     .0    -.1   -2.2   -2.7   -1.3    -.8    1.2    1.6     .6    1.6     .5 |   -.7  -16.6   -4.9   13.8 |     -4.0 
  1981           |   -.9     .4     .4    -.8     .8     .5     .9    -.5   -1.0    -.8   -1.6   -1.4 |   1.3    1.1    3.2  -11.8 |       .8 
  1982           |  -1.6    2.0    -.8    -.9    -.9    -.4   -1.0    -.4   -1.0   -1.0    -.3   -1.2 |  -7.7   -5.8   -8.2   -9.1 |     -6.5 
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  1983           |   2.5    -.4     .8    1.2    1.2     .4    1.8    1.4    1.6     .6    -.2     .5 |   6.9   10.6   16.8    8.7 |      2.8 
  1984           |   1.9    -.3    1.0     .4     .4     .3     .1    -.1    -.2    -.5     .0    -.5 |   9.7    5.3    1.0   -3.5 |      7.5 
  1985           |    .3     .9     .2     .1     .2    -.1    -.5     .6     .7    -.8     .3     .7 |   2.3    2.5     .5    1.0 |       .9 
  1986           |    .7    -.8   -1.1     .8    -.3    -.2     .0     .2    -.2    1.0     .4    1.0 |   1.7   -1.8    -.6    6.3 |       .8 
  1987           |   -.8    1.2     .3     .4     .5     .8     .5     .1    -.2    1.3     .3     .5 |   3.5    6.8    5.0    6.5 |      4.2 
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  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           |   -.3     .5     .8     .7     .2    -.3     .8    -.4     .3     .4     .5     .1 |   -.9    5.8    2.2    3.3 |      2.2 
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  1993           |    .4     .4     .1     .3    -.5     .2     .2    -.3     .9     .3     .4     .7 |   3.5     .8    1.0    5.3 |      2.7 
  1994           |    .2     .3     .6     .3     .5     .4     .2     .3     .1     .6     .5     .8 |   4.8    5.5    3.3    5.3 |      4.1 
  1995           |    .2    -.2    -.1    -.4     .1     .3    -.6    1.1     .1    -.4     .1     .0 |   2.8   -1.4    1.4     .3 |      2.4 
  1996           |   -.5    1.1    -.3     .8     .5     .5    -.1     .3     .3    -.3     .8     .4 |    .6    6.1    3.2    2.8 |      2.0 
  1997           |    .2     .9    -.2     .4     .1     .3     .2     .8     .6     .6     .3    -.2 |   4.9    2.8    5.0    6.1 |      4.1 
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  1998           |    .2    -.2     .3     .5     .2    -.9    -.6    1.8    -.5     .5    -.5    -.2 |    .7    1.9    -.4    1.3 |      2.5 
  1999           |    .4     .0     .2    -.1     .3    -.1     .2     .4    -.1     .6     .1     .3 |    .7     .8    2.1    3.7 |      1.1 
  2000           |   -.2     .3     .2     .2     .3     .3    -.7     .0    -.1    -.5    -.4    -.5 |   1.2    2.8   -2.0   -3.9 |      1.3 
  2001           |   -.7    -.2    -.3    -.4    -.1    -.8     .3    -.4    -.9   -1.2               |  -5.4   -3.9   -3.3        |          
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 IP (1992=100)   |                                                                                    |                            |
  1999           | 119.6  119.6  119.9  119.7  120.1  120.0  120.3  120.7  120.6  121.4  121.6  122.0 | 119.7  119.9  120.6  121.7 |    120.5 
  2000           | 121.7  122.0  122.3  122.5  122.9  123.2  122.3  122.3  122.2  121.6  121.1  120.5 | 122.0  122.8  122.2  121.0 |    122.0 
  2001           | 119.6  119.4  119.1  118.6  118.5  117.6  117.9  117.4  116.3  115.0               | 119.4  118.2  117.2        |          
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |
 1992 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  1999           | 147.1  147.3  147.6  147.8  148.0  148.2  148.4  148.6  148.7  148.8  149.0  149.1 | 147.3  148.0  148.6  148.9 |    148.2 
  2000           | 149.2  149.3  149.4  149.5  149.6  149.7  149.7  149.8  149.9  150.0  150.1  150.2 | 149.3  149.6  149.8  150.1 |    149.7 
  2001           | 150.2  150.3  150.4  150.5  150.5  150.6  150.7  150.7  150.8  150.8               | 150.3  150.5  150.7        |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  86.6   87.1   87.1   86.1   86.8   86.6   85.8   85.2   85.1   85.3   84.7   84.3 |  86.9   86.5   85.4   84.7 |     85.9 
  1980           |  84.4   84.3   84.1   82.1   79.8   78.7   78.0   78.8   80.0   80.4   81.6   81.8 |  84.3   80.2   78.9   81.3 |     81.2 
  1981           |  81.0   81.2   81.5   80.7   81.3   81.6   82.2   81.6   80.7   79.9   78.5   77.3 |  81.2   81.2   81.5   78.6 |     80.6 
  1982           |  76.0   77.4   76.7   75.9   75.1   74.7   73.9   73.5   72.6   71.8   71.5   70.5 |  76.7   75.2   73.3   71.3 |     74.1 
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  1983           |  72.3   72.0   72.6   73.4   74.2   74.5   75.8   76.8   78.0   78.4   78.2   78.6 |  72.3   74.0   76.9   78.4 |     75.4 
  1984           |  80.0   79.7   80.4   80.6   80.8   81.0   80.9   80.7   80.5   80.0   79.9   79.3 |  80.1   80.8   80.7   79.7 |     80.3 
  1985           |  79.5   80.0   80.1   80.0   80.0   79.8   79.3   79.6   80.0   79.1   79.2   79.6 |  79.9   79.9   79.6   79.3 |     79.7 
  1986           |  80.1   79.4   78.5   79.0   78.7   78.5   78.4   78.5   78.3   79.0   79.3   80.0 |  79.3   78.7   78.4   79.4 |     79.0 
  1987           |  79.4   80.2   80.5   80.8   81.1   81.7   82.1   82.2   81.9   83.0   83.2   83.5 |  80.0   81.2   82.1   83.2 |     81.6 
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  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           |  79.2   79.5   80.1   80.5   80.6   80.3   80.9   80.4   80.5   80.8   81.0   81.0 |  79.6   80.5   80.6   80.9 |     80.4 
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  1993           |  81.2   81.4   81.4   81.5   81.0   81.0   81.1   80.8   81.4   81.5   81.8   82.2 |  81.3   81.2   81.1   81.8 |     81.3 
  1994           |  82.2   82.3   82.7   82.8   83.1   83.3   83.3   83.3   83.2   83.5   83.7   84.2 |  82.4   83.1   83.3   83.8 |     83.1 
  1995           |  84.2   83.9   83.6   83.1   83.1   83.1   82.4   83.2   83.1   82.6   82.5   82.3 |  83.9   83.1   82.9   82.5 |     83.1 
  1996           |  81.7   82.4   82.0   82.5   82.8   83.0   82.8   82.9   83.0   82.6   83.1   83.2 |  82.1   82.8   82.9   83.0 |     82.7 
  1997           |  83.2   83.7   83.3   83.5   83.3   83.3   83.3   83.7   84.0   84.2   84.2   83.8 |  83.4   83.4   83.7   84.1 |     83.6 
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  1998           |  83.7   83.2   83.2   83.3   83.2   82.2   81.4   82.6   82.0   82.2   81.5   81.1 |  83.4   82.9   82.0   81.6 |     82.5 
  1999           |  81.3   81.2   81.2   81.0   81.1   80.9   81.1   81.3   81.1   81.6   81.6   81.8 |  81.2   81.0   81.2   81.7 |     81.3 
  2000           |  81.6   81.8   81.8   81.9   82.2   82.3   81.7   81.6   81.5   81.1   80.7   80.2 |  81.7   82.1   81.6   80.7 |     81.5 
  2001           |  79.6   79.5   79.2   78.8   78.7   78.1   78.3   77.9   77.2   76.2               |  79.4   78.5   77.8        |          
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 <1> Estimates from August 2001 through October 2001 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.