INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION: SUMMARY Seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1992=100 | Percent change | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | 2002 | 2002 | Sept. '01 to Industrial production | June July Aug. Sept. | June July Aug. Sept. | Sept. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 140.3 141.1 140.6 140.5 | .6 .5 -.3 -.1 | 1.5 Previous estimates | 140.3 140.9 140.5 | .6 .4 -.3 | | | | Major market groups: | | | Products, total | 128.0 128.5 127.9 127.6 | .6 .4 -.5 -.2 | .0 Consumer goods | 122.3 123.2 121.8 121.7 | .8 .7 -1.1 -.1 | 1.5 Business equipment | 163.8 163.9 164.0 161.2 | .4 .1 .0 -1.7 | -4.3 Construction supplies | 140.5 138.3 139.6 140.0 | .7 -1.5 .9 .3 | 1.4 Materials | 161.3 162.6 162.6 162.8 | .7 .8 .0 .1 | 4.0 | | | Major industry groups: | | | Manufacturing | 145.0 145.7 145.4 145.1 | .6 .4 -.2 -.3 | 1.5 Durable | 179.7 180.4 180.8 180.0 | .7 .4 .3 -.5 | 2.2 Nondurable | 111.4 112.0 111.3 111.3 | .4 .5 -.6 .0 | .8 Mining | 96.0 95.7 96.3 95.3 | 1.0 -.3 .6 -1.1 | -6.6 Utilities | 124.9 127.8 124.6 127.6 | 1.3 2.3 -2.5 2.4 | 8.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Capacity | Percent of capacity | growth | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | Average 1982 1988-89 2001 | 2002 | Sept. '01 to Capacity utilization | 1967-2001 Low High Sept. | June July Aug. Sept. | Sept. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total industry | 81.9 71.1 85.4 75.5 | 76.0 76.3 76.0 75.9 | 1.0 Previous estimates | | 76.0 76.2 76.0 | | | | Manufacturing | 80.9 69.0 85.7 73.7 | 74.3 74.6 74.4 74.2 | .9 Advanced processing | 80.3 71.0 84.2 73.3 | 72.8 73.1 72.7 72.3 | .6 Primary processing | 82.0 65.7 88.3 74.4 | 76.7 77.0 77.0 77.1 | 1.6 Mining | 87.6 80.3 88.0 90.9 | 85.1 84.8 85.3 84.4 | .6 Utilities | 87.6 75.9 92.6 85.1 | 87.1 88.8 86.4 88.2 | 4.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for September are preliminary. Estimates from June to August are revised.