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-|                                    |  2007                      |         2007 
 Item                                   |     79     88     94  2007 |    2004     2005     2006     2007 |    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4 |         Oct. 
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  Total industry                        |   3.1    2.0    2.3    3.3 |      .1      1.1      2.4      1.8 |   2.1    1.8    1.7    1.8 |           .1 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Manufacturing<1>                      |   3.3    2.3    2.6    3.7 |      .0      1.7      2.7      2.1 |   2.3    2.1    2.1    2.1 |           .2 
                                        |                            |                                    |                            |
  Mining                                |    .8     .1    -.9    -.5 |     -.3     -1.7       .6       .4 |    .9     .3     .2     .3 |           .0 
  Utilities                             |   4.3    2.1    1.6    2.2 |     2.6       .0      2.1      1.5 |   2.1    1.5    1.2    1.2 |           .1 
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  Selected high-technology industries   |  20.9   19.1   17.3   27.2 |     4.3     18.3     19.6     19.6 |  19.5   19.5   19.6   19.7 |          1.5 
  Manufacturing<1> ex. selected         |                            |                                    |                            |
        high-technology industries      |   2.6    1.3    1.6    1.6 |     -.2       .6      1.4      1.0 |   1.1     .9     .9    1.0 |           .1 
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  Stage-of-process groups               |                            |                                    |                            |
  Crude                                 |   1.7     .3    -.4    -.1 |     -.1     -1.1       .3       .5 |    .5     .3     .4     .6 |           .0 
  Primary and semifinished              |   3.0    1.4    2.6    3.9 |      .4      1.4      3.0      2.3 |   2.8    2.2    2.1    2.1 |           .2 
  Finished                              |   3.9    3.5    2.7    3.4 |      .5      2.0      2.3      1.9 |   2.0    1.9    1.9    2.0 |           .2 
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      <1>  See note on cover page.