U.S. August Industrial Production: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Alex Tanzi

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization report for Aug. released by the Federal Reserve.

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                             Aug.   July   June   May   April  March   Aug.
                     Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   YOY%
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Industrial production 100.0%  -1.1%   0.1%   0.2%  -0.1%  -0.5%  -0.2%  -1.5%
  Prev. estimates      n/a    n/a    0.2%   0.4%  -0.2%  -0.6%  -0.2%   n/a
Ex high-tech         95.69%  -1.2%   0.0%   0.2%  -0.2%  -0.7%  -0.4%  -2.4%
Ex vehicles          94.88%  -0.6%  -0.1%   0.0%  -0.2%  -0.2%   0.0%  -0.4%
Ex tech & vehicles   90.57%  -0.7%  -0.1%   0.0%  -0.2%  -0.3%  -0.1%  -1.4%
                             -----------------Industry Groups-----------------
Manufacturing         78.70%  -1.0%   0.1%   0.0%   0.1%  -0.9%   0.1%  -1.9%
Motor vehicle, parts  5.12% -11.9%   2.5%   4.8%   0.5%  -6.6%  -4.8% -20.7%
ex. motor veh/parts  73.58%  -0.3%  -0.1%  -0.3%   0.1%  -0.5%   0.4%  -0.6%
Machinery             4.89%   0.3%   0.0%   0.3%  -0.1%  -3.2%   1.7%  -3.0%
Computer, electronics 6.85%   0.0%   0.4%   0.5%   0.4%   1.5%   2.0%  13.8%
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                             Aug.   July   June   May   April  March   Aug.
                     Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   YOY%
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Utilities              9.68%  -3.2%  -1.6%   1.8%  -2.2%   1.6%  -3.4%  -4.2%
Electric              7.98%  -4.0%  -2.3%   3.2%  -2.7%   1.3%  -2.8%  -5.1%
Natural Gas           1.70%   0.0%   1.5%  -4.3%   0.0%   2.9%  -6.3%  -0.1%
Mining                11.62%  -0.4%   1.1%   0.2%   0.0%   0.0%   0.3%   3.5%
                             -----------------Market Groups-------------------
Products              56.13%  -1.5%   0.1%   0.6%  -0.1%  -0.7%  -0.5%  -1.8%
Consumer goods       29.33%  -2.0%   0.2%   0.7%  -0.2%  -0.6%  -1.1%  -3.0%
 Home electronics     0.31%  -0.3%  -0.5%  -2.0%   2.5%   4.7%   1.0%  16.0%
Business equipment    9.38%  -0.6%   0.2%   0.3%   0.3%  -1.7%   0.9%   0.7%
 Info processing      2.72%   0.2%  -0.3%   0.6%   0.6%   1.3%   1.4%  10.3%
Defense and space     1.73%  -0.7%  -1.0%   1.1%  -0.5%  -0.1%   0.0%   0.4%
Construction supply   4.21%  -1.0%   0.4%  -0.3%   0.5%  -1.0%   0.1%  -5.8%
Business supplies    10.64%  -0.6%  -0.6%  -0.2%  -0.6%   0.1%  -0.6%  -2.0%
Materials             43.87%  -0.9%   0.1%   0.0%  -0.2%  -0.4%   0.2%  -0.6%
Energy               14.58%  -1.1%   0.5%  -0.2%  -0.3%  -0.1%  -0.1%   0.8%
                             ----------------------Indexes------------Yr. Ago-
Total production      100.0%  110.3  111.6  111.5  111.3  111.4  112.0  112.0
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                             Aug.   July   June   May   April  March   Year
                     Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   Ago
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Manufacturing        78.70%  111.4  112.5  112.4  112.4  112.3  113.3  113.6
Mining               11.62%  104.8  105.2  104.1  103.9  103.9  103.9  101.2
Utilities             9.68%  104.7  108.2  110.0  108.0  110.5  108.7  109.3
                             -------------Capacity Utilization----------------
Total industry        100.0%  78.7%  79.7%  79.7%  79.7%  79.9%  80.4%  81.2%
  Prev. estimates    100.0%   n/a   79.9%  79.8%  79.6%  79.8%  80.5%   n/a
Ex high-tech         95.07%  78.6%  79.6%  79.7%  79.6%  79.8%  80.4%  81.3%
 Computers            1.13%  80.6%  80.6%  81.0%  81.5%  81.6%  81.2%  77.9%
 Semiconductors       2.35%  78.0%  79.5%  78.8%  79.5%  81.2%  81.3%  80.9%
Manufacturing        80.83%  76.6%  77.5%  77.5%  77.6%  77.7%  78.5%  79.6%
Mining                9.90%  91.3%  91.7%  90.7%  90.6%  90.6%  90.7%  88.9%
Utilities             9.27%  81.5%  84.4%  85.9%  84.5%  86.6%  85.4%  87.0%
                             -----------Motor Vehicle Assemblies--------------
Total                 10.75%   8.19   9.76   9.25   8.68   8.44   9.39  10.96
Autos & light trucks 10.47%   7.96   9.56   9.04   8.42   8.17   9.13  10.71
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NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted. Motor vehicle assemblies
are in millions of units at an annual rate.



To contact the reporter on this story:
Alex Tanzi in Washington  atanzi@bloomberg.net