Table 6
REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Difference between
Revised rate revised and earlier rat
(percentage points)
| 1967- 1988- 1990- |
Item | 1998 1989 1991 1997 1998 1999 | 1997 1998 1999
| Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3
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Total index | 82.1 85.4 78.1 83.7 81.0 80.6 | .2 .0 .0
| |
Manufacturing | 81.1 85.7 76.6 82.7 80.2 79.6 | .3 .1 .2
| |
Primary processing | 82.4 88.9 77.7 86.3 82.8 82.9 | 1.0 .2 .1
Advanced processing | 80.5 84.2 76.1 81.5 79.4 78.5 | .1 .1 .2
| |
Durable | 79.5 84.6 73.1 82.7 80.5 80.1 | .7 .3 .2
Lumber and products 24 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 82.9 83.7 81.8 | 1.6 1.4 1.4
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 81.2 86.6 72.5 78.5 78.7 79.4 | .6 -.4 .0
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 78.5 83.5 69.7 83.7 85.5 83.2 | 3.0 1.3 1.1
| |
Primary metals 33 | 81.2 92.7 73.7 92.0 83.2 86.3 | .0 .6 -1.0
Iron and steel 331,2 | 81.2 95.2 71.8 93.1 78.3 83.7 | 1.3 1.2 -.8
Raw steel | 80.9 92.7 71.5 90.3 74.2 79.1 | .3 .8 .1
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 81.5 89.3 74.2 90.7 89.3 89.5 | -1.6 -.2 -1.4
Primary copper 3331 | 75.5 86.3 73.5 94.6 86.8 74.2 | -.9 .8 7.2
Primary aluminum 3334 | 88.4 100.4 97.3 86.4 88.6 90.3 | .1 .1 -.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 79.9 75.5 75.1 | 1.1 -.5 -1.1
Industrial machinery | |
and equipment 35 | 81.4 85.4 72.3 83.8 84.1 80.9 | -1.6 .0 -.7
Computer and office equip. 357 | 81.2 86.9 66.9 76.0 85.7 81.3 | -7.6 5.5 2.9
Electrical machinery 36 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 83.7 77.9 80.7 | 2.0 1.0 1.1
Semiconductors and related | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 79.9 81.1 75.6 85.1 78.5 82.5 | 1.3 -.4 1.9
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Transportation equipment 37 | 75.9 85.8 68.5 81.1 80.6 79.2 | 1.0 -.1 .5
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 76.7 89.1 55.9 82.0 80.6 82.9 | .7 .7 1.2
Autos and light trucks | 92.3 53.3 85.9 87.0 89.9 | -1.8 -.5 .0
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 75.3 87.3 79.2 79.8 80.9 74.4 | 1.4 -1.5 -.9
Instruments 38 | 81.6 81.4 77.2 80.6 80.5 80.7 | -.2 .0 -.5
Miscellaneous 39 | 75.7 79.0 71.7 80.8 79.1 81.7 | 1.1 3.5 4.8
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Nondurable | 83.4 87.3 80.7 83.2 80.3 79.5 | -.1 -.2 .2
Foods 20 | 82.9 85.4 82.7 80.5 80.2 78.2 | -1.6 -1.1 -.6
Textile mill products 22 | 85.6 90.4 77.7 87.0 81.2 84.4 | 2.3 -.3 1.8
Apparel products 23 | 80.9 85.1 75.5 77.1 71.0 67.6 | .9 -1.0 -.6
Paper and products 26 | 89.2 93.5 85.0 89.8 86.1 85.7 | .4 .4 .2
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 92.4 98.0 89.9 94.6 90.7 92.4 | -.4 -.1 -.1
Printing and publishing 27 | 85.7 91.7 79.6 83.8 81.1 79.9 | -1.3 .1 .6
| |
Chemicals and products 28 | 79.5 86.2 79.3 79.8 77.0 77.2 | .0 .9 1.1
Plastics materials 2821 | 86.7 97.0 74.8 92.4 91.7 89.2 | -.4 -.3 -.4
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 84.8 99.7 77.6 80.0 77.0 80.1 | -5.9 -2.2 -2.7
Petroleum products 29 | 86.8 88.5 85.1 94.8 94.1 93.7 | -.4 -1.4 -2.3
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 84.6 89.6 77.4 86.7 85.0 84.0 | 1.2 .6 .5
Leather and products 31 | 81.1 83.3 76.1 74.9 70.7 68.8 | 8.0 8.5 7.0
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Mining | 87.5 88.0 87.0 88.6 83.3 81.6 | -.1 -.2 .0
Metal mining 10 | 79.5 89.4 79.9 90.6 87.7 77.9 | -1.5 -2.6 2.4
Coal mining 12 | 86.7 91.5 83.4 85.7 87.7 86.8 | 1.2 2.1 3.5
Oil and gas extraction 13 | 88.5 88.2 88.7 89.5 81.5 80.8 | -.1 -.1 -1.0
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | 74.2 69.3 60.0 86.3 63.3 60.9 | .6 .4 .4
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 84.8 89.0 79.4 85.0 85.8 81.5 | -.5 .8 1.7
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Utilities | 87.4 92.6 83.4 91.3 89.3 92.4 | .5 .2 -1.6
Electric 491,3pt | 89.3 95.0 87.1 93.6 93.7 95.8 | .4 -.2 -1.9
Gas 492,3pt | 82.1 85.0 67.1 81.7 70.9 78.2 | .6 1.7 .2
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | |
semiconductors 2 | 80.3 81.9 72.4 81.9 79.5 80.5 | -.1 2.4 1.4
| |
communications eq., and | |
semiconductors 2 | 81.2 86.1 76.8 83.0 80.5 79.8 | .4 -.1 .0
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<1> Series begins in 1977.
Note - The "high" columns refer to periods in which utilization generally peaked; the "low" columns refer to recession years
in which utilization generally bottomed out. The monthly highs and lows are specific to each series, and all did not occur
in the same month.