INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION: SUMMARY Seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1992=100 | Percent change | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | 2002 | 2002 | Aug. '01 to Industrial production | May June July Aug. | May June July Aug. | Aug. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 139.4 140.3 140.9 140.5 | .5 .6 .4 -.3 | .4 Previous estimates | 139.5 140.4 140.7 | .5 .7 .2 | | | | Major market groups: | | | Products, total | 127.3 128.0 128.3 128.0 | .2 .6 .2 -.3 | -1.1 Consumer goods | 121.4 122.3 123.0 122.4 | .0 .7 .6 -.5 | .9 Business equipment | 163.2 164.2 163.7 163.1 | .2 .6 -.3 -.4 | -5.9 Construction supplies | 139.6 140.2 138.3 139.2 | .9 .5 -1.4 .6 | .3 Materials | 160.2 161.3 162.5 162.2 | .9 .6 .8 -.2 | 3.0 | | | Major industry groups: | | | Manufacturing | 144.2 145.0 145.5 145.3 | .6 .6 .3 -.1 | .6 Durable | 178.4 179.7 180.3 180.3 | .7 .7 .3 .0 | .8 Nondurable | 111.0 111.4 111.7 111.5 | .4 .4 .3 -.2 | .4 Mining | 95.1 96.2 95.7 96.5 | -.2 1.1 -.5 .8 | -4.9 Utilities | 123.3 124.6 127.7 124.5 | -.5 1.0 2.4 -2.5 | 2.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Capacity | Percent of capacity | growth | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | Average 1982 1988-89 2001 | 2002 | Aug. '01 to Capacity utilization | 1967-2001 Low High Aug. | May June July Aug. | Aug. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total industry | 81.9 71.1 85.4 76.4 | 75.6 76.0 76.2 76.0 | 1.0 Previous estimates | | 75.6 76.0 76.1 | | | | Manufacturing | 80.9 69.0 85.7 74.6 | 74.0 74.3 74.5 74.4 | .9 Advanced processing | 80.3 71.0 84.2 74.5 | 72.4 72.9 72.9 72.7 | .6 Primary processing | 82.0 65.7 88.3 74.8 | 76.4 76.6 77.0 77.0 | 1.5 Mining | 87.6 80.3 88.0 90.4 | 84.2 85.2 84.8 85.4 | .6 Utilities | 87.6 75.9 92.6 87.7 | 86.3 86.9 88.8 86.3 | 4.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for August are preliminary. Estimates from May to July are revised.