Industrial production increased 0.3&nbsp ; percent in November; the change in production over the previous three months was revised down, on net, an average of 0.1 percentage point per month.
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At 113.9 percent of its 2002 average, total industrial production in November was 2.1 percent above its year-earlier level.
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Output in the manufacturing sector increased 0.4&nbsp ; percent in November. The output of utilities dropped 1.3&nbsp ; percent because of a decline in electric utilities; the output at mines increased 1.1&nbsp ; percent.
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Capacity utilization for total industry edged up, to 81.5 percent, a rate slightly above its year-earlier level and 0.5 percentage point above its average.
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