INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION: SUMMARY Seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1992=100 | Percent change | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | 2001 | 2001 | Nov. '00 to Industrial production | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. | Nov. '01 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 140.0 138.8 137.6 137.1 | -.3 -.8 -.9 -.3 | -5.9 Previous estimates | 139.8 138.5 136.9 | -.4 -.9 -1.2 | | | | Major market groups: | | | Products, total | 129.4 128.1 126.7 126.5 | -.7 -1.0 -1.0 -.1 | -5.4 Consumer goods | 121.4 120.6 119.6 120.1 | -.7 -.7 -.8 .4 | -1.6 Business equipment | 173.3 168.6 166.0 164.9 | -1.6 -2.7 -1.6 -.6 | -13.5 Construction supplies | 138.8 138.9 135.3 135.2 | 1.1 .1 -2.6 .0 | -3.6 Materials | 157.6 156.8 155.7 154.8 | .2 -.5 -.7 -.5 | -6.7 | | | Major industry groups: | | | Manufacturing | 144.5 143.2 142.0 141.7 | -.5 -.9 -.9 -.2 | -6.3 Durable | 178.9 176.4 173.7 173.6 | -.6 -1.4 -1.5 -.1 | -8.5 Nondurable | 111.1 110.8 110.6 110.3 | -.4 -.3 -.1 -.3 | -3.7 Mining | 101.4 102.1 100.0 100.2 | -.5 .7 -2.1 .2 | -.9 Utilities | 121.1 119.1 118.7 116.4 | 2.4 -1.6 -.4 -2.0 | -6.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Capacity | Percent of capacity | growth | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | Average 1982 1988-89 2000 | 2001 | Nov. '00 to Capacity utilization | 1967-2000 Low High Nov. | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. | Nov. '01 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total industry | 82.1 71.1 85.4 80.7 | 76.4 75.7 75.0 74.7 | 1.7 Previous estimates | | 76.3 75.5 74.6 | | | | Manufacturing | 81.1 69.0 85.7 79.2 | 74.6 73.9 73.2 73.0 | 1.6 Advanced processing | 80.5 71.0 84.2 78.0 | 74.5 73.5 72.8 72.8 | .9 Primary processing | 82.2 65.7 88.3 81.0 | 74.8 74.5 73.8 73.3 | 2.7 Mining | 87.6 80.3 88.0 90.4 | 90.4 90.9 89.0 89.2 | .4 Utilities | 87.7 75.9 92.6 93.3 | 87.7 85.9 85.2 83.1 | 5.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for November are preliminary. Estimates from August to October are revised.