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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  April 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18
Total industry                          76.9   77.1   77.6   78.0
Manufacturing                           74.6   75.6   75.5   75.8
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  75.2   76.1   76.0   76.3
  Durable                               74.1   75.2   75.3   75.5
  Wood products                         78.4   79.8   79.3   78.2
   Nonmetallic minerals                 64.7   67.6   66.7   67.0
   Primary metals                       68.3   69.5   69.9   69.6
   Fabricated metals                    79.2   80.7   80.7   80.2
   Machinery                            75.0   74.8   74.0   75.8
   Computer and electronics             70.9   71.3   71.5   72.1
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     76.1   76.5   75.1   76.1
    Motor vehicles and parts            76.7   79.6   81.7   80.5
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             73.9   73.9   73.8   74.9
   Furniture and related products       75.0   75.3   74.7   74.8
   Miscellaneous                        75.8   77.2   76.8   76.9
 Nondurable                             76.2   77.1   76.9   77.2
  Food and tobacco products             76.5   78.1   77.1   77.5
  Textile mill products                 69.6   70.9   69.7   70.1
  Apparel products                      66.4   67.4   67.3   68.5
  Paper and products                    85.3   86.4   85.5   85.8
  Printing and publishing               74.0   74.5   73.2   73.5
  Petroleum products                    79.5   77.8   77.8   78.6
  Chemical                              73.1   73.8   74.7   75.0
  Rubber and plastics products          81.2   82.4   81.5   80.8
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        58.6   59.6   60.1   60.8
 Mining                                 87.4   89.6   90.0   90.6
 Utilities                              81.5   73.5   77.9   79.2
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Selected high-technology industries     73.9   73.8   73.9   74.2
 Computers and office equipment         95.5   92.7   92.9   94.2
 Communications equipment               65.2   65.2   65.2   65.0
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 73.0   73.6   73.8   74.0
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         77.0   77.2   77.7   78.1
  Manufacturing                         74.6   75.6   75.6   75.9
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  85.4   87.1   87.7   88.2
 Primary/semi-finished                  76.2   75.3   76.2   76.6
 Finished                               74.1   75.0   74.8   75.3
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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