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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  October 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18
Total industry                          78.0   78.5   78.5   78.4
Manufacturing                           75.7   75.9   76.1   76.2
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  76.3   76.6   76.7   76.8
  Durable                               75.2   76.1   76.4   76.6
  Wood products                         76.9   77.8   78.0   77.4
   Nonmetallic minerals                 65.7   65.3   64.2   65.2
   Primary metals                       69.2   70.6   71.3   73.5
   Fabricated metals                    81.2   81.8   81.8   81.9
   Machinery                            76.5   78.9   79.6   80.7
   Computer and electronics             72.2   71.7   71.5   71.4
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     77.7   77.3   77.1   76.7
    Motor vehicles and parts            76.3   78.9   79.9   77.6
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             76.0   76.6   77.2   78.5
   Furniture and related products       75.5   74.9   75.9   76.9
   Miscellaneous                        77.0   77.2   76.7   77.8
 Nondurable                             77.7   77.3   77.2   77.3
  Food and tobacco products             77.7   76.8   76.9   77.1
  Textile mill products                 69.7   71.0   69.6   70.3
  Apparel products                      68.3   66.4   65.3   64.2
  Paper and products                    87.5   86.5   86.4   87.2
  Printing and publishing               74.3   72.6   73.6   72.7
  Petroleum products                    78.5   79.0   79.3   78.4
  Chemical                              76.4   76.5   76.1   76.4
  Rubber and plastics products          79.5   78.6   78.7   78.4
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        57.2   57.2   57.7   56.9
 Mining                                 92.4   94.1   93.5   92.7
 Utilities                              77.3   78.0   77.8   77.3
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Selected high-technology industries     74.0   73.9   73.5   73.2
 Computers and office equipment         90.8   89.4   86.7   88.0
 Communications equipment               62.1   63.1   63.5   63.3
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 75.7   75.4   75.3   74.4
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         78.1   78.6   78.6   78.5
  Manufacturing                         75.8   76.0   76.2   76.3
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  90.6   91.9   91.5   90.9
 Primary/semi-finished                  76.0   76.3   76.3   76.1
 Finished                               75.0   75.3   75.5   75.8
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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