Table 15 Historical Statistics for Industrial Production, Capacity, and Utilization: Manufacturing <1> Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries Seasonally adjusted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Year | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | IP (percent | | | change) <2> | | | 1981 | -.6 -.5 .3 .3 .5 -.6 .2 -.2 -.6 -1.2 -1.2 -1.9 | -.4 2.2 -1.1 -11.9 | .0 1982 | -2.3 2.5 -.8 -.7 -.4 -.2 -.3 -.8 -.3 -1.5 -.7 -.6 | -10.1 -3.1 -4.7 -9.9 | -6.7 1983 | 2.5 -.3 .9 1.2 1.3 .7 1.3 .9 1.5 1.0 .2 .2 | 8.1 11.6 13.9 10.7 | 3.6 1984 | 1.8 .7 .7 .3 .2 .3 .4 .0 -.4 .3 .2 .3 | 11.5 4.8 2.1 1.3 | 8.4 | | | 1985 | -.5 -.2 .7 .0 .1 .0 -.3 .5 .2 -.4 .6 .4 | -.5 2.1 .7 1.7 | 1.3 1986 | 1.3 -.5 -.4 .4 .1 -.2 -.2 .5 .2 .4 .4 .8 | 4.9 -.3 .5 5.0 | 2.1 1987 | -.8 1.5 .2 .4 .5 .5 .6 .4 .5 1.4 .5 .4 | 3.6 6.3 6.1 9.3 | 4.4 1988 | -.2 .3 .2 .6 -.2 -.1 .1 .1 .3 .5 .3 .4 | 2.2 3.1 .8 4.2 | 4.3 1989 | .8 -1.1 .0 .0 -.8 .1 -1.3 .8 -.3 -.3 .0 .2 | 2.1 -3.4 -4.2 -.9 | .3 | | | 1990 | -.3 1.4 .3 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 .2 -.1 -.8 -1.3 -.7 | 3.7 2.3 .1 -7.4 | -.1 1991 | -.7 -.8 -.8 .4 .7 1.0 .4 -.1 1.1 -.1 -.4 -.3 | -9.3 1.3 6.7 .8 | -2.6 1992 | -.8 1.0 .9 .4 .5 .0 .7 -.4 -.1 .4 .4 -.2 | -.9 6.7 2.5 1.6 | 2.5 1993 | .9 .1 .0 .4 -.2 -.3 .3 -.4 .8 .5 .4 .6 | 3.8 .9 .4 5.3 | 2.5 1994 | .3 .1 .9 .5 .5 .2 .2 .6 .0 .7 .6 .9 | 4.9 6.5 3.7 6.7 | 4.4 | | | 1995 | .2 -.3 -.2 -.4 -.2 .3 -.9 .9 .5 -.6 -.1 .3 | 3.1 -2.4 .3 .4 | 2.5 1996 | -1.1 1.1 -.5 1.0 .4 .9 .1 .3 .4 -.3 .7 .6 | -1.2 6.4 4.5 3.3 | 1.6 1997 | .0 1.2 .2 .0 .1 .4 .0 1.2 .7 .6 .5 .0 | 6.3 2.9 5.5 7.2 | 4.8 1998 | .5 -.1 .1 .7 .2 -1.0 -.6 1.9 -.6 .8 -.3 -.1 | 2.6 1.9 -.4 3.1 | 3.4 1999 | .1 .3 -.1 .0 .5 -.4 .0 .7 -.2 .7 .5 .3 | .4 1.1 1.2 5.1 | 1.4 | | | 2000 | -.3 .3 .5 .3 -.1 .2 -.4 -.7 .2 -.7 -.6 -.7 | 1.5 2.7 -3.0 -5.5 | 1.3 2001 | -.7 -.5 -.5 -.3 -.5 -.6 .1 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.4 -.5 | -7.1 -4.9 -3.8 -6.5 | -4.9 2002 | .6 .1 .2 .2 .3 .4 .4 .0 -.2 -.7 .1 -1.0 | 1.1 2.8 2.6 -4.4 | -1.2 2003 | .5 -.1 -.3 -.8 .1 .1 .3 -.3 | -1.2 -3.8 | | | | IP | | | (1997 = 100) | | | 2001 | 103.4 102.9 102.4 102.1 101.7 101.1 101.2 100.6 100.1 99.4 99.0 98.5 | 102.9 101.6 100.6 98.9 | 101.0 2002 | 99.1 99.2 99.4 99.5 99.9 100.2 100.6 100.6 100.4 99.7 99.8 98.8 | 99.2 99.9 100.5 99.4 | 99.8 2003 | 99.3 99.2 98.9 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.6 98.3 | 99.1 98.2 | | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 1997 output) | | | 2001 | 132.4 132.5 132.5 132.6 132.6 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 | 132.5 132.6 132.7 132.7 | 132.6 2002 | 132.7 132.7 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.6 | 132.7 132.6 132.6 132.6 | 132.6 2003 | 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.8 | 132.6 132.7 | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1981 | 78.0 77.5 77.6 77.7 78.0 77.5 77.5 77.3 76.7 75.6 74.6 73.1 | 77.7 77.7 77.1 74.4 | 76.8 1982 | 71.3 73.0 72.3 71.8 71.4 71.2 70.9 70.3 70.1 69.0 68.6 68.1 | 72.2 71.4 70.4 68.6 | 70.7 1983 | 69.8 69.7 70.3 71.2 72.1 72.6 73.6 74.2 75.4 76.2 76.3 76.5 | 69.9 72.0 74.4 76.3 | 73.2 1984 | 77.8 78.3 78.8 79.0 79.0 79.2 79.4 79.3 78.8 79.0 79.0 79.1 | 78.3 79.0 79.1 79.0 | 78.9 | | | 1985 | 78.6 78.3 78.8 78.6 78.6 78.5 78.2 78.4 78.5 78.1 78.5 78.7 | 78.5 78.6 78.4 78.4 | 78.5 1986 | 79.6 79.1 78.7 78.9 78.9 78.7 78.5 78.8 78.9 79.1 79.3 79.9 | 79.1 78.9 78.7 79.4 | 79.0 1987 | 79.1 80.2 80.2 80.5 80.8 81.1 81.5 81.7 82.0 83.1 83.5 83.8 | 79.9 80.8 81.8 83.5 | 81.5 1988 | 83.6 83.8 84.0 84.6 84.4 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.7 85.0 85.2 85.5 | 83.8 84.4 84.5 85.2 | 84.5 1989 | 86.1 85.0 84.9 84.8 83.9 83.9 82.6 83.2 82.7 82.3 82.1 82.1 | 85.3 84.2 82.8 82.2 | 83.6 | | | 1990 | 81.8 82.8 83.0 82.7 82.6 82.6 82.3 82.3 82.1 81.3 80.2 79.5 | 82.6 82.6 82.3 80.3 | 81.9 1991 | 78.8 78.1 77.3 77.5 77.9 78.6 78.8 78.6 79.4 79.2 78.8 78.5 | 78.1 78.0 79.0 78.9 | 78.5 1992 | 77.7 78.4 79.0 79.2 79.5 79.5 80.0 79.6 79.4 79.6 79.8 79.5 | 78.4 79.4 79.6 79.6 | 79.3 1993 | 80.2 80.1 80.0 80.2 80.0 79.7 79.8 79.5 80.0 80.3 80.5 80.8 | 80.1 80.0 79.8 80.5 | 80.1 1994 | 81.0 81.0 81.7 82.0 82.3 82.3 82.4 82.8 82.7 83.1 83.4 84.0 | 81.2 82.2 82.6 83.5 | 82.4 | | | 1995 | 84.0 83.6 83.2 82.7 82.4 82.4 81.5 82.0 82.2 81.5 81.3 81.3 | 83.6 82.5 81.9 81.4 | 82.3 1996 | 80.3 81.0 80.4 81.0 81.1 81.7 81.5 81.6 81.8 81.4 81.8 82.1 | 80.5 81.2 81.6 81.7 | 81.3 1997 | 81.8 82.6 82.6 82.3 82.1 82.2 81.9 82.6 82.9 83.1 83.2 82.9 | 82.3 82.2 82.5 83.1 | 82.5 1998 | 83.1 82.7 82.5 82.8 82.8 81.7 81.0 82.4 81.7 82.1 81.7 81.4 | 82.8 82.4 81.7 81.7 | 82.2 1999 | 81.3 81.4 81.2 81.0 81.3 80.8 80.6 81.1 80.8 81.2 81.5 81.6 | 81.3 81.0 80.8 81.4 | 81.1 | | | 2000 | 81.2 81.3 81.5 81.7 81.5 81.5 81.1 80.4 80.5 79.9 79.3 78.7 | 81.3 81.6 80.7 79.3 | 80.7 2001 | 78.1 77.7 77.3 77.0 76.6 76.2 76.3 75.8 75.4 74.9 74.6 74.2 | 77.7 76.6 75.8 74.6 | 76.2 2002 | 74.7 74.8 74.9 75.1 75.3 75.6 75.9 75.9 75.7 75.2 75.3 74.5 | 74.8 75.3 75.8 75.0 | 75.2 2003 | 74.9 74.8 74.5 73.9 74.0 74.1 74.3 74.1 | 74.7 74.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> See note on cover page. <2> Quarterly percent changes are at annual rates. Annual percentage changes are calculated from annual averages. Note. Selected high-technology industries are computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.