Table 8A
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <1>
 Seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|Annual <2>
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 IP (percent     |                                                                                    |                            |
 change)         |                                                                                    |                            |
  1973           |    .8    1.3     .1    -.4     .6    -.1     .4    -.3     .8     .6     .3    -.3 |  12.6    2.0    2.3    4.5 |      7.7 
  1974           |   -.6    -.4     .1     .0     .5    -.1    -.1    -.8    -.2    -.4   -3.2   -3.6 |  -3.9     .8   -2.4  -15.4 |      -.9 
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  1975           |  -1.0   -2.1   -1.1     .0    -.2     .7    1.0     .8    1.2     .1     .2    1.3 | -22.7   -5.4    9.9    7.3 |     -8.8 
  1976           |   1.4    1.2    -.1     .7     .3     .0     .4     .6     .0     .1    1.5    1.2 |  13.4    4.9    3.7    6.9 |      7.3 
  1977           |   -.5    1.2    1.3     .8     .7     .5     .3    -.1     .4     .2     .0     .2 |   8.5   11.5    3.9    1.9 |      6.9 
  1978           |  -1.2     .2    1.9    1.9     .4     .6    -.1     .2     .2     .7     .6     .5 |  -1.4   16.0    2.8    5.9 |      4.8 
  1979           |   -.6     .5     .2    -.9     .6    -.1    -.4    -.8    -.1     .4    -.2     .0 |   1.3    -.9   -3.2    -.4 |      2.1 
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  1980           |    .5     .0    -.4   -2.1   -2.5   -1.3    -.6     .1    1.7    1.0    1.7     .5 |   1.2  -16.7   -6.8   15.0 |     -3.6 
  1981           |   -.7    -.4     .5    -.6     .6     .5     .7    -.3    -.8    -.9   -1.2   -1.2 |    .4     .9    3.4  -10.0 |       .6 
  1982           |  -1.9    1.8    -.7    -.9    -.8    -.4    -.5    -.9    -.5    -.9    -.4    -.9 |  -8.1   -5.7   -6.8   -8.3 |     -5.9 
  1983           |   1.7    -.5     .7    1.3     .7     .5    1.4    1.2    1.2     .7     .2     .6 |   3.5    9.1   13.5    9.6 |      1.8 
  1984           |   1.9     .1     .6     .5     .5     .2     .2     .0    -.3    -.2     .3     .1 |  11.3    5.3    1.8    -.8 |      7.9 
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  1985           |   -.4     .6     .0     .1     .1     .0    -.5     .5     .5    -.5     .2    1.0 |    .8    1.5    -.1    2.0 |      1.0 
  1986           |    .6    -.7    -.8     .1     .1    -.1     .3    -.2     .2     .4     .4     .8 |   2.6   -2.7     .7    4.0 |       .9 
  1987           |   -.7    1.4     .2     .6     .5     .6     .5     .6     .2    1.3     .5     .3 |   3.9    7.0    6.3    8.4 |      4.2 
  1988           |    .0     .5     .2     .3    -.1     .1     .2     .5    -.4     .5     .2     .5 |   3.3    2.3    1.6    2.9 |      4.4 
  1989           |    .3    -.5     .4    -.2    -.6     .0   -1.1     .9    -.4    -.2     .2     .7 |   1.8   -1.9   -3.6     .8 |       .6 
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  1990           |   -.6     .8     .4    -.1     .1     .3    -.2     .3     .1    -.8   -1.3    -.7 |   2.3    2.4    1.0   -6.5 |       .3 
  1991           |   -.4    -.8    -.6     .2    1.0    1.0     .0     .0     .9    -.2    -.2    -.5 |  -7.9    2.0    5.1     .1 |     -2.0 
  1992           |   -.8     .9     .7     .6     .3    -.2     .7    -.4     .1     .6     .4     .0 |  -1.6    6.1    1.5    3.2 |      1.9 
  1993           |    .4     .3     .1     .2    -.4     .2     .3    -.2     .5     .5     .3     .6 |   3.0     .6    1.2    4.9 |      2.5 
  1994           |    .5     .1     .7     .2     .4     .6     .0     .4     .0     .6     .5     .9 |   5.1    4.8    3.2    5.6 |      4.0 
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  1995           |    .2    -.2    -.2    -.2     .0     .2    -.6    1.1     .1    -.6     .2     .3 |   3.1   -1.4    1.3     .4 |      2.4 
  1996           |   -.9    1.2    -.4     .7     .5     .7    -.4     .5     .3    -.2     .8     .3 |    .1    5.6    2.5    3.4 |      1.7 
  1997           |    .1    1.1    -.1     .2     .0     .3     .5     .8     .7     .7     .4     .0 |   5.3    2.2    5.6    7.0 |      4.2 
  1998           |    .1     .1     .2     .5     .4    -.8    -.7    1.8    -.5     .7    -.5    -.2 |   1.6    2.6    -.3    2.1 |      3.1 
  1999           |    .3     .1     .1    -.2     .5    -.3     .1     .6    -.3     .8     .3     .5 |    .5     .6    1.5    4.5 |      1.2 
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  2000           |   -.5     .3     .2     .4     .3     .0    -.8    -.3     .2    -.5    -.2    -.3 |    .7    3.0   -3.2   -2.8 |      1.2 
  2001           |   -.8    -.4    -.4    -.1    -.4    -.5    -.3    -.1    -.7    -.4    -.6    -.4 |  -6.0   -3.8   -4.3   -5.5 |     -3.9 
  2002           |    .6     .1     .4     .3     .1     .6    -.2    -.2    -.2    -.3     .0    -.6 |   1.3    3.6     .0   -3.0 |     -1.1 
  2003           |    .5     .3    -.8    -.7    -.1    -.1     .6    -.1     .4                      |    .1   -5.0    2.0        |          
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 IP (1997=100)   |                                                                                    |                            |
  1973           |  68.4   69.3   69.4   69.1   69.6   69.5   69.8   69.5   70.1   70.5   70.7   70.5 |  69.1   69.4   69.8   70.6 |     69.7 
  1974           |  70.1   69.7   69.8   69.8   70.1   70.1   70.0   69.4   69.3   69.0   66.8   64.4 |  69.9   70.0   69.6   66.7 |     69.0 
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  1975           |  63.7   62.3   61.7   61.7   61.5   62.0   62.6   63.1   63.8   63.9   64.1   64.9 |  62.6   61.7   63.2   64.3 |     62.9 
  1976           |  65.8   66.6   66.6   67.0   67.2   67.2   67.5   67.9   67.9   68.0   69.0   69.8 |  66.4   67.2   67.8   68.9 |     67.6 
  1977           |  69.4   70.3   71.2   71.8   72.3   72.7   72.9   72.8   73.1   73.3   73.2   73.4 |  70.3   72.3   73.0   73.3 |     72.2 
  1978           |  72.5   72.6   74.0   75.4   75.7   76.2   76.2   76.3   76.5   77.0   77.4   77.8 |  73.0   75.8   76.3   77.4 |     75.6 
  1979           |  77.4   77.7   77.9   77.2   77.7   77.6   77.3   76.7   76.6   76.9   76.7   76.7 |  77.7   77.5   76.9   76.8 |     77.2 
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  1980           |  77.1   77.1   76.8   75.2   73.3   72.3   71.8   71.9   73.1   73.9   75.2   75.6 |  77.0   73.6   72.3   74.9 |     74.4 
  1981           |  75.0   74.7   75.1   74.6   75.1   75.5   76.0   75.8   75.3   74.6   73.7   72.9 |  74.9   75.1   75.7   73.7 |     74.9 
  1982           |  71.5   72.8   72.3   71.6   71.1   70.8   70.4   69.8   69.5   68.8   68.5   67.9 |  72.2   71.2   69.9   68.4 |     70.4 
  1983           |  69.1   68.7   69.2   70.1   70.6   70.9   71.9   72.8   73.7   74.2   74.4   74.9 |  69.0   70.5   72.8   74.5 |     71.7 
  1984           |  76.3   76.4   76.8   77.2   77.6   77.8   77.9   77.9   77.7   77.5   77.7   77.8 |  76.5   77.5   77.8   77.7 |     77.4 
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  1985           |  77.5   78.0   78.0   78.1   78.2   78.2   77.7   78.1   78.5   78.1   78.3   79.1 |  77.8   78.1   78.1   78.5 |     78.2 
  1986           |  79.6   79.0   78.4   78.4   78.5   78.4   78.7   78.5   78.6   78.9   79.3   79.9 |  79.0   78.5   78.6   79.4 |     78.9 
  1987           |  79.4   80.4   80.6   81.1   81.5   82.0   82.4   82.9   83.0   84.1   84.5   84.8 |  80.1   81.5   82.8   84.5 |     82.2 
  1988           |  84.8   85.2   85.4   85.7   85.6   85.6   85.8   86.2   85.9   86.3   86.5   86.9 |  85.1   85.6   86.0   86.6 |     85.8 
  1989           |  87.2   86.7   87.0   86.9   86.4   86.4   85.4   86.1   85.8   85.7   85.8   86.4 |  87.0   86.6   85.8   85.9 |     86.3 
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  1990           |  85.9   86.6   86.9   86.8   86.9   87.1   87.0   87.2   87.3   86.7   85.6   84.9 |  86.4   87.0   87.2   85.7 |     86.6 
  1991           |  84.6   83.9   83.4   83.6   84.4   85.2   85.2   85.2   86.0   85.8   85.6   85.1 |  84.0   84.4   85.5   85.5 |     84.8 
  1992           |  84.5   85.2   85.8   86.3   86.5   86.4   87.0   86.6   86.6   87.2   87.6   87.6 |  85.1   86.4   86.7   87.4 |     86.4 
  1993           |  87.9   88.1   88.2   88.4   88.0   88.2   88.5   88.3   88.7   89.2   89.5   90.0 |  88.1   88.2   88.5   89.5 |     88.6 
  1994           |  90.4   90.5   91.1   91.3   91.7   92.2   92.2   92.6   92.5   93.1   93.6   94.4 |  90.7   91.7   92.4   93.7 |     92.1 
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  1995           |  94.6   94.5   94.2   94.0   94.1   94.2   93.7   94.7   94.8   94.3   94.5   94.7 |  94.4   94.1   94.4   94.5 |     94.4 
  1996           |  93.9   95.0   94.6   95.3   95.8   96.4   96.0   96.4   96.8   96.6   97.4   97.7 |  94.5   95.8   96.4   97.2 |     96.0 
  1997           |  97.8   98.9   98.8   98.9   98.9   99.2   99.6  100.4  101.1  101.8  102.2  102.3 |  98.5   99.0  100.4  102.1 |    100.0 
  1998           | 102.4  102.5  102.7  103.2  103.6  102.8  102.1  103.9  103.3  104.1  103.5  103.3 | 102.5  103.2  103.1  103.6 |    103.1 
  1999           | 103.7  103.8  103.9  103.7  104.2  103.9  104.1  104.6  104.3  105.1  105.4  105.9 | 103.8  103.9  104.3  105.5 |    104.4 
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  2000           | 105.4  105.7  105.9  106.3  106.6  106.5  105.7  105.4  105.7  105.1  104.9  104.6 | 105.7  106.5  105.6  104.9 |    105.7 
  2001           | 103.7  103.2  102.9  102.7  102.3  101.8  101.5  101.3  100.6  100.2   99.6   99.2 | 103.3  102.3  101.1   99.7 |    101.6 
  2002           |  99.8   99.9  100.3  100.7  100.7  101.3  101.1  100.9  100.7  100.3  100.3   99.8 | 100.0  100.9  100.9  100.1 |    100.5 
  2003           | 100.3  100.5   99.7   99.0   98.9   98.7   99.3   99.2   99.6                      | 100.2   98.9   99.4        |          
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 Note: Estimates from July 2003 through September 2003 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
 <1> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.
 <2> Annual averages of industrial production are calculated from not seasonally adjusted indexes.