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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  September 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18
Total industry                          77.8   77.9   78.1   78.1
Manufacturing                           75.5   75.7   75.8   75.9
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  76.1   76.3   76.4   76.5
  Durable                               75.4   75.2   76.0   76.3
  Wood products                         78.1   77.3   77.2   78.3
   Nonmetallic minerals                 65.9   65.9   65.5   64.4
   Primary metals                       69.4   69.0   70.5   71.3
   Fabricated metals                    81.4   81.1   81.4   81.3
   Machinery                            76.3   76.6   78.1   78.9
   Computer and electronics             71.6   72.2   71.7   71.8
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     77.3   78.1   77.9   77.4
    Motor vehicles and parts            78.3   76.3   79.5   80.7
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             75.6   75.9   76.0   76.7
   Furniture and related products       75.2   75.6   74.9   75.3
   Miscellaneous                        77.1   77.0   77.1   76.7
 Nondurable                             77.1   77.6   77.1   77.0
  Food and tobacco products             76.8   77.6   76.7   76.4
  Textile mill products                 70.1   69.9   70.4   69.2
  Apparel products                      65.4   68.0   66.6   65.6
  Paper and products                    86.0   87.5   86.5   86.8
  Printing and publishing               74.0   74.1   73.0   73.7
  Petroleum products                    79.5   78.6   78.8   79.3
  Chemical                              75.7   76.2   76.1   75.8
  Rubber and plastics products          78.7   79.5   78.6   78.3
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        57.7   56.9   56.2   56.5
 Mining                                 92.1   92.3   92.2   92.1
 Utilities                              77.3   77.2   77.9   77.7
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Selected high-technology industries     73.6   73.1   72.9   73.0
 Computers and office equipment         91.2   88.4   86.2   83.2
 Communications equipment               59.8   59.9   60.0   59.9
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 76.1   75.8   76.1   76.9
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         77.9   78.1   78.2   78.2
  Manufacturing                         75.6   75.8   75.9   76.0
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  90.1   90.5   90.4   90.4
 Primary/semi-finished                  76.1   75.9   76.1   76.1
 Finished                               74.6   75.0   75.2   75.3
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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