Table 15
 Historical Statistics for Industrial Production, Capacity, and Utilization: Manufacturing <1> Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries
 Seasonally adjusted
 
 
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 Year            |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|  Annual
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 IP (percent     |                                                                                    |                            |
 change) <2>     |                                                                                    |                            |
  1982           |  -2.3    2.6    -.8    -.7    -.4    -.1    -.4    -.8    -.5   -1.3    -.7    -.6 |  -9.7   -2.6   -5.1   -9.7 |   -6.5 
  1983           |   2.5    -.2     .9    1.1    1.3     .7    1.2     .9    1.5    1.1     .2     .3 |   8.3   11.6   13.7   10.7 |    3.7 
  1984           |   1.8     .8     .6     .3     .2     .3     .4     .1    -.4     .3     .2     .3 |  11.6    5.0    2.3    1.1 |    8.5 
  1985           |   -.5    -.1     .7     .0     .2     .1    -.4     .7     .2    -.4     .5     .3 |   -.3    2.5     .7    1.6 |    1.4 
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  1986           |   1.3    -.5    -.5     .4     .1    -.1     .2     .2     .2     .3     .4     .8 |   5.0    -.2    1.3    4.3 |    2.2 
  1987           |   -.8    1.6     .2     .5     .5     .5     .6     .3     .5    1.4     .5     .4 |   4.0    6.7    5.9    9.6 |    4.6 
  1988           |   -.2     .3     .2     .6    -.2    -.1     .1     .1     .3     .5     .3     .5 |   2.2    3.0     .8    4.6 |    4.4 
  1989           |    .8   -1.1     .0     .0    -.8     .1   -1.4     .8    -.3    -.3     .0     .2 |   2.1   -3.5   -4.4    -.7 |     .4 
  1990           |   -.2    1.4     .3    -.2     .0     .2    -.2     .3    -.1    -.8   -1.3    -.8 |   3.8    2.1     .3   -7.3 |     .0 
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  1991           |   -.7    -.8    -.8     .4     .7    1.1     .3     .1    1.1    -.2    -.4    -.3 |  -9.4    1.4    6.7     .7 |   -2.6 
  1992           |   -.8    1.1     .8     .4     .5     .1     .7    -.3    -.2     .5     .4    -.2 |   -.7    6.9    2.3    1.8 |    2.5 
  1993           |    .9     .1    -.1     .4    -.1    -.3     .3    -.4     .6     .6     .3     .6 |   3.8    1.0     .2    5.4 |    2.5 
  1994           |    .3     .2     .9     .5     .5     .1     .2     .6     .0     .7     .6    1.0 |   4.9    6.4    3.7    6.9 |    4.4 
  1995           |    .2    -.3    -.2    -.3    -.2     .3    -.9     .9     .6    -.6    -.1     .3 |   3.1   -2.4     .1     .7 |    2.5 
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  1996           |  -1.1    1.1    -.5     .9     .5     .8     .0     .4     .4    -.3     .8     .6 |  -1.3    6.2    4.5    3.3 |    1.6 
  1997           |    .0    1.3     .1     .0     .1     .4     .3    1.0     .6     .6     .6     .1 |   6.2    2.8    6.1    7.2 |    4.9 
  1998           |    .5     .0     .0     .6     .3   -1.0    -.8    2.1    -.7     .9    -.3    -.1 |   3.0    2.0    -.8    3.8 |    3.5 
  1999           |    .1     .3    -.2    -.1     .6    -.5    -.1     .8    -.3     .9     .4     .3 |    .4     .6     .8    5.7 |    1.4 
  2000           |   -.5     .2     .5     .2    -.1     .0    -.6    -.6     .2    -.5    -.6    -.6 |    .5    2.4   -3.8   -4.7 |    1.0 
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  2001           |   -.8    -.4    -.4    -.1    -.3    -.6    -.2    -.4    -.6    -.5    -.4    -.3 |  -7.2   -3.5   -4.6   -5.7 |   -4.6 
  2002           |    .6     .0     .3     .2     .2     .5    -.3     .0    -.2    -.6    -.1    -.7 |   1.4    2.5     .3   -4.3 |   -1.3 
  2003           |    .7    -.1    -.3    -.7    -.2     .0     .4    -.2     .8     .0    1.1     .0 |    .1   -4.3    1.9    4.9 |    -.9 
  2004           |    .1     .9    -.1                                                                |   4.4                      |        
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 IP              |                                                                                    |                            |
 (1997 = 100)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  2002           |  99.4   99.4   99.7   99.8  100.0  100.5  100.2  100.3  100.0   99.4   99.3   98.6 |  99.5  100.1  100.2   99.1 |   99.7 
  2003           |  99.3   99.2   98.8   98.1   97.9   98.0   98.4   98.1   99.0   99.0  100.0  100.1 |  99.1   98.0   98.5   99.7 |   98.8 
  2004           | 100.2  101.1  101.0                                                                | 100.8                      |        
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |
 1997 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  2002           | 133.0  133.0  133.0  133.0  133.0  132.9  132.9  132.9  132.9  132.9  132.8  132.8 | 133.0  133.0  132.9  132.8 |  132.9 
  2003           | 132.8  132.8  132.7  132.7  132.7  132.7  132.7  132.6  132.6  132.6  132.6  132.6 | 132.8  132.7  132.6  132.6 |  132.7 
  2004           | 132.6  132.6  132.6                                                                | 132.6                      |        
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1982           |  71.4   73.1   72.5   71.9   71.6   71.4   71.1   70.4   70.0   69.1   68.6   68.2 |  72.3   71.6   70.5   68.7 |   70.8 
  1983           |  69.9   69.8   70.4   71.2   72.2   72.7   73.6   74.3   75.4   76.2   76.3   76.5 |  70.0   72.0   74.4   76.3 |   73.2 
  1984           |  77.8   78.4   78.8   79.0   79.1   79.2   79.4   79.3   78.9   79.0   79.0   79.1 |  78.3   79.1   79.2   79.0 |   78.9 
  1985           |  78.6   78.3   78.8   78.7   78.7   78.6   78.1   78.5   78.6   78.1   78.4   78.6 |  78.6   78.6   78.4   78.4 |   78.5 
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  1986           |  79.6   79.1   78.6   78.9   78.9   78.7   78.7   78.8   78.9   79.0   79.3   79.8 |  79.1   78.8   78.8   79.4 |   79.0 
  1987           |  79.1   80.3   80.3   80.6   80.9   81.2   81.6   81.8   82.1   83.2   83.6   83.9 |  79.9   80.9   81.8   83.5 |   81.5 
  1988           |  83.7   83.9   84.1   84.6   84.4   84.4   84.4   84.5   84.7   85.0   85.2   85.5 |  83.9   84.5   84.5   85.3 |   84.5 
  1989           |  86.1   85.1   84.9   84.8   84.0   83.9   82.6   83.1   82.7   82.3   82.2   82.1 |  85.4   84.2   82.8   82.2 |   83.7 
  1990           |  81.9   82.9   82.9   82.6   82.5   82.6   82.2   82.4   82.1   81.3   80.2   79.5 |  82.6   82.6   82.3   80.3 |   81.9 
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  1991           |  78.8   78.1   77.3   77.5   77.9   78.7   78.8   78.7   79.5   79.2   78.9   78.5 |  78.1   78.0   79.0   78.9 |   78.5 
  1992           |  77.8   78.5   79.1   79.3   79.6   79.6   80.0   79.7   79.4   79.7   79.9   79.7 |  78.5   79.5   79.7   79.8 |   79.4 
  1993           |  80.3   80.3   80.1   80.4   80.1   79.8   80.0   79.6   80.0   80.4   80.6   81.0 |  80.2   80.1   79.9   80.6 |   80.2 
  1994           |  81.1   81.1   81.8   82.1   82.4   82.4   82.4   82.8   82.7   83.2   83.5   84.1 |  81.3   82.3   82.7   83.6 |   82.5 
  1995           |  84.1   83.6   83.2   82.8   82.4   82.4   81.4   82.0   82.2   81.5   81.2   81.3 |  83.6   82.5   81.9   81.4 |   82.3 
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  1996           |  80.2   80.9   80.3   80.9   81.1   81.6   81.4   81.5   81.7   81.3   81.7   81.9 |  80.5   81.2   81.5   81.6 |   81.2 
  1997           |  81.7   82.5   82.4   82.1   82.0   82.0   82.0   82.5   82.8   83.0   83.2   82.9 |  82.2   82.1   82.5   83.0 |   82.4 
  1998           |  83.1   82.8   82.6   82.8   82.8   81.7   80.9   82.4   81.6   82.1   81.7   81.4 |  82.8   82.5   81.6   81.8 |   82.2 
  1999           |  81.3   81.4   81.0   80.8   81.1   80.5   80.3   80.8   80.4   81.0   81.2   81.3 |  81.2   80.8   80.5   81.2 |   80.9 
  2000           |  80.8   80.8   81.1   81.2   81.1   81.1   80.5   79.9   80.0   79.5   79.0   78.5 |  80.9   81.1   80.1   79.0 |   80.3 
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  2001           |  77.8   77.4   77.1   77.0   76.7   76.2   76.1   75.7   75.2   74.8   74.5   74.3 |  77.4   76.6   75.7   74.5 |   76.1 
  2002           |  74.7   74.7   74.9   75.1   75.2   75.6   75.4   75.4   75.3   74.8   74.7   74.2 |  74.8   75.3   75.4   74.6 |   75.0 
  2003           |  74.8   74.7   74.5   73.9   73.8   73.9   74.2   74.0   74.6   74.6   75.4   75.5 |  74.7   73.9   74.3   75.2 |   74.5 
  2004           |  75.6   76.3   76.2                                                                |  76.0                      |        
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      <1>  See note on cover page.
      <2>  Quarterly percent changes are at annual rates.  Annual percentage changes are calculated from annual averages.
      Note.  Selected high-technology industries are computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.