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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  December 2018
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18
Total industry                          78.4   78.4   78.6   78.7
Manufacturing                           76.1   75.9   75.8   76.5
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  76.7   76.4   76.4   77.2
  Durable                               76.5   76.3   76.6   77.5
  Wood products                         77.8   75.8   75.3   76.4
   Nonmetallic minerals                 64.3   64.7   63.9   65.6
   Primary metals                       71.0   71.6   74.2   74.7
   Fabricated metals                    81.5   81.6   81.7   81.7
   Machinery                            79.6   80.2   81.1   80.7
   Computer and electronics             72.1   71.7   71.7   72.4
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     77.2   76.6   76.7   76.6
    Motor vehicles and parts            80.7   78.4   78.4   82.1
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             77.5   77.6   78.5   79.8
   Furniture and related products       75.9   76.6   76.3   76.3
   Miscellaneous                        76.8   77.8   76.8   76.6
 Nondurable                             77.1   76.9   76.6   77.2
  Food and tobacco products             76.8   76.2   75.3   75.8
  Textile mill products                 69.7   71.3   71.0   70.6
  Apparel products                      65.4   64.7   63.8   64.3
  Paper and products                    86.5   87.1   86.8   86.7
  Printing and publishing               73.7   72.9   72.2   72.2
  Petroleum products                    78.5   78.2   76.3   79.0
  Chemical                              75.9   75.9   76.5   76.9
  Rubber and plastics products          78.9   78.5   79.0   79.1
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        57.9   58.4   57.9   58.2
 Mining                                 93.9   93.3   93.9   94.8
 Utilities                              76.9   79.3   80.2   75.0
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Selected high-technology industries     74.6   73.7   73.7   74.2
 Computers and office equipment         83.8   83.3   84.1   83.7
 Communications equipment               64.9   64.7   64.5   64.4
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 77.1   75.9   75.7   76.7
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         78.5   78.6   78.7   78.9
  Manufacturing                         76.2   76.0   75.9   76.7
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  91.9   91.4   92.1   92.8
 Primary/semi-finished                  75.9   76.3   76.6   76.0
 Finished                               75.7   75.5   75.2   76.0
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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