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The Post told readers that industrial production was unchanged in October. This is true, but that is the result of a 3.4 percent plunge in the output of utilities, which is primarily a function of the weather. Manufacturing output increased by 0.5 percent in October and a reported decline of 0.2 percent in September was revised to a gain of 0.1 percent.