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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  October 2017
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17
Total industry                          76.5   76.1   76.4   77.0
Manufacturing                           75.4   75.2   75.5   76.4
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  75.8   75.7   75.9   76.8
  Durable                               74.3   74.5   75.5   75.7
  Wood products                         76.4   76.5   77.8   77.8
   Nonmetallic minerals                 65.4   64.3   66.1   65.8
   Primary metals                       67.5   68.3   69.4   70.0
   Fabricated metals                    79.9   80.6   81.1   81.4
   Machinery                            72.7   71.5   73.8   73.9
   Computer and electronics             68.7   68.7   68.8   69.0
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     82.7   81.0   83.9   84.2
    Motor vehicles and parts            76.8   79.4   80.7   81.5
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             77.2   77.6   77.9   77.8
   Furniture and related products       77.9   77.7   77.4   77.9
   Miscellaneous                        75.7   75.6   75.7   75.6
 Nondurable                             77.6   77.0   76.4   78.1
  Food and tobacco products             78.9   79.1   79.6   79.4
  Textile mill products                 69.8   70.5   70.1   71.2
  Apparel products                      64.4   64.4   63.5   64.5
  Paper and products                    85.3   87.1   86.4   87.1
  Printing and publishing               67.3   67.8   66.9   67.0
  Petroleum products                    81.0   80.4   78.8   81.8
  Chemical                              75.7   73.7   72.0   76.2
  Rubber and plastics products          81.3   80.5   81.2   80.4
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        63.1   62.5   62.7   63.0
 Mining                                 83.9   82.6   83.7   82.4
 Utilities                              77.5   76.5   75.7   77.2
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Selected high-technology industries     70.2   70.5   71.1   71.6
 Computers and office equipment         84.7   85.8   90.2   93.9
 Communications equipment               72.2   74.0   74.7   74.3
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 66.3   65.8   65.5   65.8
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         76.7   76.3   76.5   77.2
  Manufacturing                         75.6   75.4   75.7   76.6
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  83.5   81.7   81.2   82.4
 Primary/semi-finished                  75.7   75.3   75.4   76.2
 Finished                               74.9   75.1   75.9   76.1
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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