| Item |
Average annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Annual rate | Monthly rate 2008 Oct. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972- 79 |
1980- 88 |
1989- 94 |
1995- 2008 |
2008 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||||||
| Total industry | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | .8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .1 |
| Manufacturing[1] | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | .1 |
| Mining | .8 | .0 | -.8 | -.4 | -1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .7 | .9 | .7 | .6 | .7 | .1 |
| Utilities | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .7 | .8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | .2 |
| Selected high-technology industries | 19.7 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 24.7 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 21.4 | 17.6 | 20.8 | 18.0 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 1.2 |
| Manufacturing[1] ex. selected high-technology industries |
2.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | .7 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .9 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .1 |
| Stage-of-process groups | |||||||||||||
| Crude | 1.7 | .3 | -.4 | .0 | -.8 | .9 | 1.4 | .5 | .7 | .5 | .4 | .5 | .0 |
| Primary and semifinished | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .1 |
| Finished | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | .1 |
[1] Refer to note on cover page. Return to table