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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  July 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18
Total industry                          78.3   77.5   78.1   78.1
Manufacturing                           76.0   75.2   75.7   75.9
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  76.5   75.7   76.2   76.4
  Durable                               75.8   74.6   75.7   75.9
  Wood products                         78.6   78.3   78.7   78.5
   Nonmetallic minerals                 67.0   66.7   66.0   65.8
   Primary metals                       69.9   69.7   69.2   69.7
   Fabricated metals                    80.7   80.4   81.2   81.1
   Machinery                            76.3   75.4   76.0   76.5
   Computer and electronics             72.2   71.9   72.5   73.3
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     77.2   77.1   77.9   78.0
    Motor vehicles and parts            80.0   73.1   78.6   79.3
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             75.9   75.7   76.9   76.7
   Furniture and related products       75.1   75.5   75.4   74.6
   Miscellaneous                        77.2   77.9   77.1   76.9
 Nondurable                             77.3   77.0   76.9   77.0
  Food and tobacco products             77.8   76.9   76.8   76.5
  Textile mill products                 70.0   69.3   69.9   69.3
  Apparel products                      68.2   67.5   65.3   67.8
  Paper and products                    87.3   86.1   86.0   85.4
  Printing and publishing               73.7   73.9   74.0   73.5
  Petroleum products                    78.5   78.9   78.5   79.0
  Chemical                              75.0   75.4   75.5   75.8
  Rubber and plastics products          80.5   79.1   78.9   79.8
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        61.3   61.0   60.5   60.3
 Mining                                 90.4   90.7   92.8   92.0
 Utilities                              80.9   78.7   78.0   77.5
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Selected high-technology industries     74.9   75.0   76.1   76.3
 Computers and office equipment         95.5   92.5   94.0   92.4
 Communications equipment               63.9   65.5   66.1   64.8
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 75.4   75.5   76.7   78.1
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         78.4   77.6   78.2   78.1
  Manufacturing                         76.0   75.2   75.7   75.9
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  88.3   88.9   90.6   90.1
 Primary/semi-finished                  77.3   76.3   76.3   76.3
 Finished                               75.3   74.0   74.9   75.0
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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