Table 4
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION <1>: Manufacturing 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     .7     .3   -1.7    1.4     .0    -.6   -1.1    -.1     .4    -.9    -.2 |   1.9   -1.2   -3.8   -2.9 |      2.2 
  1980           |    .0     .1    -.6   -2.4   -3.4   -1.5    -.9    1.7    1.6    1.0    1.7     .2 |  -2.3  -19.9   -5.6   16.5 |     -5.4 
  1981           |   -.6     .4     .2     .1     .7    -.3     .5    -.9   -1.1   -1.2   -1.8   -2.0 |   1.8    2.8   -1.7  -15.0 |       .5 
  1982           |  -2.1    2.7    -.8    -.9    -.5    -.1   -1.0    -.3    -.9   -1.4    -.4   -1.1 |  -9.4   -3.4   -6.7  -10.2 |     -7.4 
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  1983           |   3.1     .3    1.3    1.0    1.4     .6    1.5    1.1    2.1     .4     .1    -.1 |  12.1   13.2   16.3    9.1 |      4.7 
  1984           |   2.3     .4     .6     .3     .1     .5     .2    -.1    -.3     .0     .0    -.4 |  11.6    4.0    1.4   -1.3 |      8.1 
  1985           |    .0     .6     .6     .1     .5    -.1    -.5     .9     .4    -.8     .8    -.1 |   1.2    4.0    1.4    1.1 |      1.5 
  1986           |   1.6    -.6   -1.0    1.5    -.2    -.1    -.1     .6    -.1     .9     .3    1.3 |   4.4    1.9     .3    6.6 |      2.5 
  1987           |  -1.0    1.6     .1     .6     .4     .9     .6    -.2     .0    1.3     .5     .5 |   4.1    7.1    4.8    6.9 |      4.8 
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  1988           |   -.2     .2     .1     .8    -.4     .0     .6     .1     .3     .4     .8     .5 |   1.8    2.6    2.9    5.3 |      4.0 
  1989           |    .9   -1.1     .8     .0    -.7    -.1   -1.0     .3    -.3    -.4     .2    -.1 |   4.1   -1.7   -5.0   -1.8 |      1.4 
  1990           |   -.1     .9     .4    -.7     .4    -.2     .1     .2     .0    -.7   -1.4    -.7 |   2.7    -.1     .4   -7.1 |      -.9 
  1991           |   -.8    -.8   -1.2     .4     .7    1.5     .2     .1    1.2    -.2    -.3    -.6 | -10.3    1.0    7.8    1.0 |     -2.8 
  1992           |   -.2     .6     .9     .6     .3    -.1     .8    -.4     .2     .3     .5    -.1 |    .1    6.4    2.8    2.3 |      2.9 
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  1993           |    .8     .1     .1     .5    -.4    -.1     .2    -.4    1.0     .3     .5     .7 |   4.0    1.3     .3    5.6 |      2.8 
  1994           |    .0     .4     .8     .6     .6     .1     .4     .4     .1     .7     .6     .8 |   4.8    7.0    3.8    6.5 |      4.6 
  1995           |    .3    -.4    -.1    -.5    -.1     .4    -.9    1.0     .4    -.4    -.1    -.1 |   2.8   -2.1     .5     .4 |      2.5 
  1996           |   -.5    1.0    -.5    1.0     .5     .7     .3     .3     .3    -.4     .8     .5 |   -.4    6.7    4.9    2.6 |      1.9 
  1997           |    .2     .9    -.1     .3     .1     .5     .1    1.1     .5     .6     .4    -.1 |   5.7    3.1    5.7    6.3 |      4.6 
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  1998           |    .5    -.3     .2     .6     .1   -1.0    -.7    2.1    -.5     .7    -.4    -.1 |   1.7    1.4    -.4    2.8 |      2.9 
  1999           |    .3     .2     .0    -.1     .5    -.2     .0     .7    -.1     .6     .4     .2 |    .6     .8    1.8    4.5 |      1.4 
  2000           |   -.2     .1     .4    -.1     .2     .3    -.7    -.3     .0    -.6    -.7    -.8 |   1.0    2.2   -2.5   -5.6 |      1.1 
  2001           |   -.7    -.2    -.3    -.5     .0    -.8     .5    -.6   -1.0   -1.3               |  -6.3   -3.9   -3.2        |          
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 IP (1992=100)   |                                                                                    |                            |
  1999           | 121.5  121.8  121.8  121.7  122.2  122.0  122.0  122.8  122.7  123.5  123.9  124.2 | 121.7  121.9  122.5  123.9 |    122.5 
  2000           | 123.9  124.1  124.6  124.5  124.8  125.2  124.3  124.0  123.9  123.2  122.4  121.3 | 124.2  124.9  124.1  122.3 |    123.9 
  2001           | 120.5  120.4  120.0  119.4  119.4  118.5  119.0  118.3  117.1  115.6               | 120.3  119.1  118.1        |          
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |
 1992 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  1999           | 151.1  151.4  151.7  152.0  152.2  152.5  152.7  152.9  153.1  153.3  153.4  153.6 | 151.4  152.2  152.9  153.4 |    152.5 
  2000           | 153.8  153.9  154.1  154.2  154.3  154.5  154.6  154.7  154.8  154.9  155.0  155.0 | 153.9  154.3  154.7  155.0 |    154.5 
  2001           | 155.1  155.2  155.2  155.2  155.3  155.3  155.3  155.3  155.3  155.4               | 155.1  155.3  155.3        |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  86.3   86.7   86.8   85.2   86.2   86.0   85.4   84.2   84.0   84.2   83.3   83.0 |  86.6   85.8   84.5   83.5 |     85.1 
  1980           |  82.8   82.8   82.2   80.1   77.2   75.9   75.1   76.3   77.4   78.0   79.2   79.2 |  82.6   77.8   76.3   78.8 |     78.8 
  1981           |  78.6   78.8   78.9   78.8   79.3   78.9   79.2   78.4   77.5   76.5   75.0   73.4 |  78.8   79.0   78.4   75.0 |     77.8 
  1982           |  71.9   73.8   73.2   72.5   72.0   71.9   71.1   70.9   70.2   69.2   68.8   68.0 |  72.9   72.1   70.7   68.7 |     71.1 
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  1983           |  70.1   70.3   71.2   71.9   72.9   73.3   74.4   75.2   76.8   77.0   77.1   77.0 |  70.5   72.7   75.5   77.1 |     73.9 
  1984           |  78.7   79.0   79.3   79.4   79.3   79.6   79.6   79.4   79.0   78.9   78.8   78.4 |  79.0   79.4   79.3   78.7 |     79.1 
  1985           |  78.2   78.5   78.8   78.7   78.9   78.7   78.1   78.7   78.8   78.0   78.5   78.2 |  78.5   78.8   78.5   78.2 |     78.5 
  1986           |  79.4   78.8   78.0   79.0   78.8   78.6   78.4   78.8   78.6   79.2   79.3   80.2 |  78.7   78.8   78.6   79.6 |     78.9 
  1987           |  79.3   80.5   80.5   80.9   81.1   81.8   82.2   82.0   81.9   82.9   83.2   83.6 |  80.1   81.3   82.0   83.2 |     81.7 
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  1988           |  83.3   83.5   83.4   84.0   83.6   83.6   84.1   84.1   84.3   84.5   85.1   85.4 |  83.4   83.8   84.2   85.0 |     84.1 
  1989           |  86.1   85.0   85.5   85.3   84.5   84.3   83.2   83.4   82.9   82.5   82.5   82.3 |  85.5   84.7   83.2   82.4 |     83.9 
  1990           |  82.1   82.8   83.0   82.3   82.4   82.1   82.1   82.1   81.9   81.3   80.0   79.3 |  82.6   82.3   82.0   80.2 |     81.8 
  1991           |  78.5   77.8   76.8   77.0   77.5   78.5   78.6   78.6   79.5   79.3   78.9   78.4 |  77.7   77.7   78.9   78.9 |     78.3 
  1992           |  78.2   78.6   79.2   79.6   79.7   79.6   80.1   79.7   79.8   79.9   80.1   80.0 |  78.7   79.6   79.9   80.0 |     79.5 
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  1993           |  80.5   80.4   80.4   80.7   80.3   80.1   80.2   79.7   80.5   80.5   80.8   81.3 |  80.5   80.4   80.1   80.9 |     80.5 
  1994           |  81.1   81.3   81.8   82.1   82.5   82.4   82.5   82.7   82.6   83.0   83.3   83.8 |  81.4   82.3   82.6   83.3 |     82.4 
  1995           |  83.8   83.3   83.0   82.5   82.3   82.4   81.5   82.1   82.2   81.7   81.4   81.2 |  83.4   82.4   81.9   81.4 |     82.3 
  1996           |  80.6   81.2   80.6   81.3   81.5   81.8   81.9   82.0   82.0   81.5   82.0   82.2 |  80.8   81.5   82.0   81.9 |     81.6 
  1997           |  82.2   82.8   82.5   82.5   82.3   82.5   82.4   83.0   83.1   83.3   83.4   82.9 |  82.5   82.5   82.8   83.2 |     82.7 
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  1998           |  83.0   82.5   82.3   82.5   82.2   81.1   80.3   81.7   81.0   81.3   80.7   80.4 |  82.6   81.9   81.0   80.8 |     81.6 
  1999           |  80.4   80.4   80.2   80.0   80.3   80.0   79.9   80.3   80.2   80.6   80.8   80.8 |  80.4   80.1   80.1   80.7 |     80.3 
  2000           |  80.6   80.6   80.9   80.8   80.9   81.1   80.4   80.1   80.1   79.5   79.0   78.3 |  80.7   80.9   80.2   78.9 |     80.2 
  2001           |  77.7   77.6   77.4   76.9   76.9   76.3   76.6   76.2   75.4   74.4               |  77.5   76.7   76.1        |          
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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.