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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  February 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Total industry                          77.5   77.8   77.4   78.1
Manufacturing                           76.3   76.3   76.0   76.9
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  76.8   76.7   76.5   77.4
  Durable                               75.8   76.0   75.6   76.8
  Wood products                         79.7   79.7   78.7   80.6
   Nonmetallic minerals                 66.6   67.5   66.5   68.9
   Primary metals                       69.9   69.3   70.3   70.7
   Fabricated metals                    82.0   82.2   82.4   83.7
   Machinery                            75.0   75.7   74.1   74.5
   Computer and electronics             69.0   68.7   69.0   69.9
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     83.4   82.8   83.6   82.7
    Motor vehicles and parts            81.4   82.1   81.6   84.6
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             77.5   77.4   76.7   77.6
   Furniture and related products       78.1   78.2   77.9   79.3
   Miscellaneous                        74.1   73.3   72.3   74.0
 Nondurable                             77.8   77.6   77.5   78.0
  Food and tobacco products             78.6   78.5   78.7   79.9
  Textile mill products                 69.8   70.8   71.2   71.6
  Apparel products                      64.2   65.8   66.5   67.4
  Paper and products                    86.7   87.6   85.4   85.7
  Printing and publishing               66.9   67.6   67.1   67.5
  Petroleum products                    82.0   81.7   81.6   79.1
  Chemical                              75.7   75.2   75.4   75.8
  Rubber and plastics products          81.9   81.2   80.5   81.5
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        63.2   63.6   62.9   63.4
 Mining                                 86.1   86.2   84.3   87.6
 Utilities                              77.2   80.0   80.8   76.9
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Selected high-technology industries     71.3   72.0   71.7   72.2
 Computers and office equipment         90.6   94.8   96.5   95.3
 Communications equipment               69.0   68.8   68.7   68.5
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 68.3   68.8   68.0   69.2
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         77.7   78.0   77.6   78.3
  Manufacturing                         76.5   76.5   76.2   77.1
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  84.8   84.8   83.2   85.8
 Primary/semi-finished                  76.7   77.5   77.3   77.0
 Finished                               75.6   75.5   75.5   76.5
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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