U.S. Nov industrial output rose 0.9 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | December 16, 2003

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U.S. Nov industrial output rose 0.9 pct
Tuesday December 16, 9:16 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board report
of U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization,
seasonally adjusted.     
Total Industrial:           Nov    Oct   Sept   Nov03/02
 Production, Pct Change     0.9    0.4    0.6      1.6
 Previous Estimates                0.2    0.5      
 Production Index-X       112.9  111.9  111.5      
.                           Nov    Oct   Sept     Nov'02
 Pct of Capacity Use       75.7   75.1   74.9     75.4
 Previous Estimates               75.0   74.9      
 X--1997 equals 100                                
Pct change:                 Nov    Oct   Sept   Nov03/02
 Final Products             0.7   UNCH    0.5      0.9
  Consumer Goods            0.4   UNCH    0.4      
  Business Equipment        1.7   -0.2    1.0      
  Nonindustrial Supplies    0.9    1.0   UNCH      
  Construc.Supplies         1.0    1.0    0.2      
 Materials                  1.1    0.6    0.8      2.2
 Manufacturing Industry     0.9    0.3    0.8      1.8
  Durable Goods             1.4    0.4    1.6      
Motor Vehicles/Parts       -0.3   -3.0    6.7      
  Non-Durable Goods         0.4    0.1   UNCH      
 Mining Industry            0.6   -0.5    0.7     UNCH
 Utilities Industry         1.4    2.0   -1.4      1.0
SPECIAL AGGREGATES:                             
Pct change:                Nov   Oct  Sept   Nov03/02
 High-tech output          4.1   4.0   2.3     27.5
 Industrial output                              
.   ex high-tech           0.7   0.2   0.5      0.3
 Industrial output                              
.   ex cars/parts          1.0   0.7   0.1      1.8
Motor Vehicle Assemblies (million unit annual rates):         
.                        Nov    Oct   Sept
.                      12.06  12.16  13.04
Percent of Capacity: Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities:        
 (Seasonally Adj.)       Nov    Oct   Sept    Nov'02
 Manufacturing          74.3   73.7   73.5    73.6
  Durable Goods         71.8   70.9   70.8     
Motor Vehicles/Parts    80.4   80.9   83.6     
  Non-Durable Goods     76.6   76.2   76.1     
  Mining                85.5   85.0   85.4    85.1
  Utilities             84.3   83.4   82.1    87.1
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Nov industrial production +0.5 pct
 U.S. Nov capacity use rate 75.3 pct
 HISTORICAL COMPARISONS/NOTES:
 U.S. NOV INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GAIN LARGEST SINCE OCT'99 (+1.0
PCT)
 U.S. NOV INDUSTRIAL CAP USE RATE HIGHEST SINCE MATCHING IN
SEPT'02 (75.7 PCT)
 Data for durable, nondurable and motor vehicles/parts use
the Commerce Department's definition of manufacturing under the
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), which is
narrower than the Federal Reserve's definition.
 High technology industries include computers and office
equipment, communications equipment, semiconductors and related
electronic components.

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The full Federal Reserve report is at Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - November 2003

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