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

By Alex Tanzi

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization report for Sept. released by the Federal Reserve.

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                             Sept.   Aug.   July   June   May   April  Sept.
                      Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   YOY%
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Industrial production 100.0%  -2.8%  -1.0%   0.0%   0.1%  -0.1%  -0.5%  -4.5%
   Prev. estimates      n/a    n/a   -1.1%   0.1%   0.2%  -0.1%  -0.5%   n/a
 Ex high-tech         95.69%  -3.0%  -1.0%  -0.1%   0.1%  -0.1%  -0.6%  -5.4%
 Ex vehicles          94.88%  -3.0%  -0.5%  -0.1%  -0.1%  -0.2%  -0.2%  -3.8%
 Ex tech & vehicles   90.57%  -3.2%  -0.5%  -0.2%  -0.1%  -0.2%  -0.4%  -4.8%
                              -----------------Industry Groups-----------------
Manufacturing         78.70%  -2.6%  -0.9%   0.0%  -0.1%   0.1%  -0.9%  -4.8%
 Motor vehicle, parts  5.12%   1.9% -11.3%   2.6%   4.3%   0.5%  -6.2% -16.4%
 ex. motor veh/parts  73.58%  -2.8%  -0.2%  -0.2%  -0.3%   0.0%  -0.5%  -4.1%
 Machinery             4.89%  -3.3%   1.6%  -0.8%  -0.2%  -0.1%  -3.1%  -7.4%
 Computer, electronics 6.85%   0.0%   0.0%   0.4%   0.5%   0.3%   1.3%  12.2%
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                             Sept.   Aug.   July   June   May   April  Sept.
                      Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   YOY%
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Utilities              9.68%   2.2%  -3.1%  -2.0%   1.8%  -2.2%   1.5%  -2.1%
 Electric              7.98%   2.6%  -3.9%  -2.4%   2.9%  -2.4%   1.3%  -3.1%
 Natural Gas           1.70%   0.0%   1.1%   0.3%  -2.9%  -1.4%   2.3%   3.2%
Mining                11.62%  -7.8%   0.0%   1.6%   0.1%   0.2%   0.1%  -3.6%
                              -----------------Market Groups-------------------
Products              56.13%  -2.5%  -1.3%  -0.2%   0.6%  -0.2%  -0.7%  -4.9%
 Consumer goods       29.33%  -1.4%  -1.7%  -0.2%   0.6%  -0.4%  -0.5%  -5.0%
  Home electronics     0.31%  -0.1%  -0.6%   3.9%  -2.0%   2.0%   4.5%  17.0%
 Business equipment    9.38%  -7.0%  -0.2%   0.0%   0.3%   0.3%  -1.7%  -7.0%
  Info processing      2.72%  -0.1%   0.2%  -0.3%   0.6%   0.5%   1.2%   9.0%
 Defense and space     1.73%  -0.9%  -0.1%  -1.0%   1.1%  -0.5%  -0.1%  -0.3%
 Construction supply   4.21%  -1.5%  -1.0%   0.8%  -0.4%   0.4%  -0.9%  -6.5%
 Business supplies    10.64%  -1.8%  -0.5%  -0.6%  -0.3%  -0.6%   0.1%  -4.2%
Materials             43.87%  -3.4%  -0.8%   0.2%  -0.1%   0.0%  -0.5%  -3.9%
 Energy               14.58%  -6.1%  -0.9%   0.8%  -0.3%   0.1%  -0.2%  -4.1%
                              ----------------------Indexes------------Yr. Ago-
Total production      100.0%  107.3  110.4  111.4  111.5  111.3  111.4  112.3
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                             Sept.   Aug.   July   June   May   April   Year
                      Weight  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   Ago
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 Manufacturing        78.70%  108.5  111.3  112.3  112.3  112.4  112.3  114.0
 Mining               11.62%   97.7  106.0  106.0  104.3  104.2  104.0  101.3
 Utilities             9.68%  106.7  104.5  107.8  109.9  108.0  110.4  109.0
                              -------------Capacity Utilization----------------
Total industry        100.0%  76.4%  78.7%  79.6%  79.7%  79.7%  79.9%  81.3%
   Prev. estimates    100.0%   n/a   78.7%  79.7%  79.7%  79.7%  79.9%   n/a
 Ex high-tech         95.07%  76.3%  78.7%  79.6%  79.7%  79.6%  79.8%  81.4%
  Computers            1.13%  79.8%  79.7%  79.9%  80.5%  81.1%  81.3%  77.9%
  Semiconductors       2.35%  75.7%  76.8%  78.3%  78.4%  79.1%  80.8%  79.6%
 Manufacturing        80.83%  74.5%  76.6%  77.3%  77.5%  77.6%  77.7%  79.8%
 Mining                9.90%  85.0%  92.2%  92.3%  90.9%  90.9%  90.7%  88.9%
 Utilities             9.27%  82.9%  81.3%  84.0%  85.9%  84.5%  86.5%  86.6%
                              -----------Motor Vehicle Assemblies--------------
Total                 10.75%   8.38   8.15   9.76   9.25   8.68   8.44  10.49
 Autos & light trucks 10.47%   8.15   7.94   9.56   9.04   8.42   8.17  10.24
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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