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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  March 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18
Total industry                          77.3   77.1   77.7   78.0
Manufacturing                           75.3   74.9   76.0   75.9
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  75.8   75.4   76.5   76.4
  Durable                               74.7   74.4   75.7   75.9
  Wood products                         78.5   78.4   80.3   80.1
   Nonmetallic minerals                 66.4   65.2   67.8   68.0
   Primary metals                       68.6   68.6   70.1   70.4
   Fabricated metals                    78.8   79.2   80.6   80.4
   Machinery                            76.1   75.0   75.2   75.0
   Computer and electronics             70.7   71.0   71.5   72.0
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     75.9   77.4   78.0   76.4
    Motor vehicles and parts            77.3   76.8   79.6   81.7
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             75.3   74.9   75.7   75.8
   Furniture and related products       75.7   75.3   75.9   76.0
   Miscellaneous                        76.9   76.0   77.4   76.5
 Nondurable                             77.0   76.5   77.3   77.0
  Food and tobacco products             76.7   76.7   78.2   77.0
  Textile mill products                 69.1   69.6   70.8   70.0
  Apparel products                      65.8   66.4   67.5   67.3
  Paper and products                    87.1   85.3   86.4   86.6
  Printing and publishing               74.3   73.9   74.3   73.5
  Petroleum products                    79.6   79.6   77.2   78.4
  Chemical                              74.5   73.7   74.6   74.8
  Rubber and plastics products          82.0   81.1   82.3   81.4
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        60.7   60.1   61.0   61.3
 Mining                                 88.3   87.3   89.6   90.1
 Utilities                              79.6   81.1   76.8   79.0
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Selected high-technology industries     74.6   74.3   74.4   75.1
 Computers and office equipment         97.5   98.4   95.9   97.2
 Communications equipment               65.3   65.3   65.2   65.2
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 73.8   73.1   73.9   74.7
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         77.4   77.1   77.8   78.1
  Manufacturing                         75.3   74.9   76.0   76.0
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  86.8   85.8   87.7   88.2
 Primary/semi-finished                  76.4   76.3   76.2   76.7
 Finished                               74.3   74.2   75.2   75.2
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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