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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
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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