Table 8
 Industrial Capacity
 Percent change
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                                        |    Average annual rate     |  Fourth quarter to fourth quarter  |        Annual rate         | Monthly rate
                                        |----------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------
                                        |  1972-  1980-  1989-  1995-|                                    |  2008                 2009 |         2009 
 Item                                   |     79     88     94  2009 |    2006     2007     2008     2009 |    Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1 |         Feb. 
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  Total industry                        |   3.0    2.0    2.2    2.8 |     1.3      1.8      1.5      -.3 |   1.6    1.4    1.3     .2 |           .0 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing<1>                      |   3.2    2.2    2.5    3.1 |     1.4      2.0      1.7      -.6 |   1.8    1.6    1.5     .1 |           .0 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                |    .8     .0    -.8    -.3 |     1.4      1.7       .7       .8 |    .7     .6     .7     .8 |           .1 
  Utilities                             |   4.2    2.3    1.5    2.2 |      .8      1.2      2.2      1.7 |   2.4    2.2    2.0    1.7 |           .1 
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  Selected high-technology industries   |  19.7   17.4   15.6   23.5 |    10.3     21.4     17.6      7.2 |  18.0   16.1   15.5    9.6 |           .7 
  Manufacturing<1> ex. selected         |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries      |   2.6    1.3    1.6    1.4 |      .8       .8       .8     -1.0 |    .8     .8     .8    -.4 |           .0 
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  Stage-of-process groups               |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                 |   1.7     .3    -.4     .0 |      .9      1.4       .5       .2 |    .5     .4     .5     .3 |           .0 
  Primary and semifinished              |   3.0    1.4    2.4    3.2 |     1.2      2.1      1.9      -.5 |   2.0    1.7    1.5     .1 |           .0 
  Finished                              |   3.8    3.4    2.6    3.0 |     1.8      1.7      1.8      -.1 |   1.8    1.8    1.7     .5 |           .0 
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      <1>  Refer to note on cover page.