Table 8
 Industrial Capacity
 Percent change
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                                           |    Average annual rate     |  Fourth quarter to fourth quarter  |        Annual rate         | Monthly rate
                                           |----------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------
                                           |  1972-  1980-  1989-  1995-|                                    |  2004                      |         2004 
 Item                                      |     79     88     94  2004 |    2001     2002     2003     2004 |    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4 |         Oct. 
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  Total industry                           |   3.0    1.9    2.3    3.9 |     2.3      1.6      1.1      1.6 |   1.2    1.7    1.8    1.7 |           .1 
                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing        1                   |   3.1    2.2    2.6    4.3 |     2.2      1.1      1.0      1.7 |   1.0    1.8    2.0    2.0 |           .2 
                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                   |    .7     .1    -.8    -.1 |     2.7       .3      -.5       .0 |   -.1     .3     .1    -.3 |           .0 
  Utilities                                |   4.2    2.1    1.6    2.6 |     3.7      6.0      4.4      1.5 |   3.4    1.7     .8     .2 |           .0 
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                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Selected high-technology industries      |  18.3   17.2   15.5   32.3 |    24.9     17.6     11.8     20.6 |  12.2   20.6   24.4   25.8 |          2.0 
  Manufacturing        1<@F> ex. selected  |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries         |   2.5    1.3    1.7    1.7 |      .4      -.1      -.2       .1 |   -.1     .2     .2     .2 |           .0 
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  Stage-of-process groups                  |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                    |   1.6     .3    -.2    -.1 |     1.2      -.3     -1.1      -.1 |   -.5     .2     .2    -.2 |           .0 
  Primary and semifinished                 |   3.0    1.5    2.6    4.9 |     2.8      1.8      1.8      2.3 |   1.9    2.5    2.6    2.5 |           .2 
  Finished                                 |   3.7    3.2    2.6    3.5 |     1.8      1.7       .8      1.0 |    .6    1.0    1.1    1.1 |           .1 
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 p  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page.