INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION:  SUMMARY
 Seasonally adjusted
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                               |                    1992=100                     |                  Percent change
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                               |       2001                                      |   2001                          |   Sept. '00 to 
 Industrial production         |       June        July        Aug.       Sept.  |   June    July    Aug.   Sept.  |     Sept. '01 
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                               |                                                 |                                 |
  Total index                  |      142.8       142.7       141.8       140.3  |   -1.0     -.1     -.7    -1.0  |           -5.8 
     Previous estimates        |      142.7       142.6       141.5              |   -1.0     -.1     -.8          |                
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 Major market groups:          |                                                 |                                 |
  Products, total              |      132.4       132.5       131.3       129.9  |    -.9      .0     -.8    -1.1  |           -5.0 
     Consumer goods            |      121.6       121.9       120.9       120.1  |    -.5      .2     -.8     -.7  |           -3.0 
     Business equipment        |      187.1       186.7       184.8       180.5  |   -2.5     -.2    -1.0    -2.3  |           -9.5 
     Construction supplies     |      139.0       139.0       138.5       137.6  |    -.2      .0     -.4     -.6  |           -3.9 
  Materials                    |      161.4       161.1       160.5       159.2  |   -1.1     -.2     -.4     -.9  |           -7.1 
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 Major industry groups:        |                                                 |                                 |
  Manufacturing                |      147.5       147.6       146.3       144.7  |   -1.2      .1     -.9    -1.1  |           -6.7 
     Durable                   |      186.9       187.6       185.7       182.5  |   -1.7      .3    -1.0    -1.8  |           -8.0 
     Nondurable                |      111.5       111.3       110.5       110.1  |    -.6     -.2     -.7     -.3  |           -5.0 
  Mining                       |      103.4       102.3       102.0       102.3  |    -.4    -1.0     -.3      .3  |            1.8 
  Utilities                    |      119.9       119.0       121.3       119.1  |     .3     -.7     1.9    -1.8  |           -2.1 
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                               |                                                                                   |    Capacity
                               |                                Percent of capacity                                |     growth
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                               |     Average        1982     1988-89       2000  |   2001                          |   Sept. '00 to 
 Capacity utilization          |  1967-2000          Low        High      Sept.  |   June    July    Aug.   Sept.  |     Sept. '01 
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                               |                                                 |                                 |
  Total industry               |       82.1        71.1        85.4        82.4  |   77.1    77.0    76.4    75.5  |            2.9 
     Previous estimates        |                                                 |   77.1    76.9    76.2          |                
                               |                                                 |                                 |
     Manufacturing             |       81.1        69.0        85.7        81.7  |   75.6    75.5    74.8    73.8  |            3.2 
        Advanced processing    |       80.6        71.0        84.2        80.2  |   76.1    76.0    75.3    74.3  |            2.0 
        Primary processing     |       82.2        65.7        88.3        85.2  |   75.8    75.6    74.8    74.0  |            5.4 
     Mining                    |       87.4        80.3        88.0        86.4  |   90.0    89.2    89.0    89.3  |           -1.4 
     Utilities                 |       87.6        75.9        92.6        91.0  |   87.2    86.3    87.6    85.7  |            3.9 
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 Note:  Estimates for September are preliminary.  Estimates from June to August are revised.