| Item |
Average annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Annual rate | Monthly rate 2006 Aug. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972- 79 |
1980- 88 |
1989- 94 |
1995- 2006 |
2005 Q4 |
2006 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||||
| Total industry | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | -.2 | .6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .2 |
| Manufacturing[1] | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 | -.1 | .5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .2 |
| Mining | .7 | .1 | -.9 | -.7 | -1.0 | -.6 | -.6 | -1.4 | -.2 | -.7 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -.1 |
| Utilities | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | .0 | .7 | -.4 | .2 | .7 | .9 | .1 |
| Selected high-technology industries | 18.5 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 27.0 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 24.3 | 21.0 | 11.6 | 8.5 | .6 |
| Manufacturing[1] ex. selected high-technology industries |
2.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | -.5 | .1 | .6 | 1.7 | .7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | .2 |
| Stage-of-process groups | |||||||||||||
| Crude | 1.7 | .3 | -.3 | -.5 | -2.1 | -1.1 | -.9 | -1.1 | -.6 | -.8 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -.1 |
| Primary and semifinished | 3.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | -.1 | .9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | .1 |
| Finished | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | .6 | .8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | .3 |
[1] See note on cover page. Return to table