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-|                                    |  2002                      |         2002 
 Item                                      |     79     88     94  2002 |    1999     2000     2001     2002 |    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4 |         Nov. 
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  Total industry                           |   2.8    1.8    2.2    4.4 |     4.1      4.3      2.4      1.1 |   1.3    1.1    1.0    1.0 |           .1 
                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing        1                   |   3.1    2.1    2.5    4.9 |     4.8      5.0      2.4       .9 |   1.2     .9     .7     .6 |           .0 
                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                   |    .7     .1    -.8    -.1 |    -2.6      -.4      2.2      -.2 |   -.1    -.5    -.3     .3 |           .0 
  Utilities                                |   3.6    1.7    1.3    2.6 |     1.3      2.9      4.1      6.5 |   5.9    6.5    6.8    6.7 |           .5 
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                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Selected high-technology industries      |  18.2   17.1   14.7   34.8 |    28.5     40.3     23.2      8.7 |  11.5    9.0    7.5    6.9 |           .6 
  Manufacturing        1<@F> ex. selected  |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries         |   2.4    1.2    1.7    2.1 |     2.3      1.5       .4      -.1 |   -.1    -.2    -.1    -.1 |           .0 
                                           |                            |                                    |                            |
  Stage-of-process groups                  |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                    |   1.6     .3    -.2     .0 |    -2.2      -.4       .8      -.6 |   -.8    -.9    -.6    -.2 |           .0 
  Primary and semifinished                 |   2.8    1.4    2.5    5.6 |     5.0      5.6      3.0      1.7 |   2.0    1.8    1.5    1.3 |           .1 
  Finished                                 |   3.5    3.0    2.4    4.0 |     4.5      4.0      2.0       .9 |   1.1    1.0     .9     .9 |           .1 
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 <1>  See note on cover page.