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Chicago Business Barometer™ - Tempered to 46.0 in January
US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>
Release for: November 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18
Total industry 78.5 78.4 78.1 78.5
Manufacturing 76.0 76.0 75.8 75.7
Manufacturing (NAICS) 76.6 76.6 76.4 76.3
Durable 76.2 76.5 76.3 76.4
Wood products 77.7 77.8 76.9 76.4
Nonmetallic minerals 65.5 64.3 64.9 64.0
Primary metals 70.3 71.0 71.7 73.4
Fabricated metals 81.5 81.5 81.6 81.4
Machinery 79.1 79.6 80.2 80.7
Computer and electronics 72.4 72.1 71.8 71.6
Electrical equiptment
and appliances 77.3 77.2 76.6 76.7
Motor vehicles and parts 79.0 80.7 78.2 78.3
Aircraft and other miscellaneous
transportation equipment 76.5 77.0 77.7 77.6
Furniture and related products 74.9 75.9 76.5 76.4
Miscellaneous 77.1 76.8 77.6 76.9
Nondurable 77.3 77.0 76.8 76.6
Food and tobacco products 76.8 76.8 76.3 75.7
Textile mill products 71.0 69.7 71.1 70.3
Apparel products 66.4 65.4 64.8 64.1
Paper and products 86.6 86.5 87.2 87.1
Printing and publishing 72.5 73.7 72.9 72.2
Petroleum products 79.0 78.5 77.7 76.3
Chemical 76.4 75.7 75.8 76.3
Rubber and plastics products 78.7 78.9 78.4 78.4
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 57.0 57.9 58.3 57.8
Mining 94.1 94.2 93.1 94.1
Utilities 78.0 76.9 77.0 79.4
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Selected high-technology industries 75.5 74.6 74.0 74.8
Computers and office equipment 87.6 83.8 83.4 84.3
Communications equipment 64.4 64.9 64.7 64.5
Semiconductors and related
electronic components 78.0 77.1 76.3 77.6
Measures ex. selected high-technology
industries
Total industry 78.6 78.5 78.3 78.6
Manufacturing 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.8
Stage-of-processing
Crude 92.0 92.0 91.2 92.3
Primary/semi-finished 76.3 75.9 75.7 76.3
Finished 75.3 75.6 75.5 75.2
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