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-|                                    |  2005   2006               |         2006 
 Item                                   |     79     88     94  2006 |    2003     2004     2005     2006 |    Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3 |         Aug. 
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  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 
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  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 
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  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 
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      <1>  See note on cover page.