Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: March 17, 2017

Table 8 Industrial Capacity

Percent change
Item Average annual rate Fourth quarter to fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate
2017
Feb.
1972-
79
1980-
88
1989-
94 
1995-
2017
        2016 2017
Q1
2014 2015 2016 2017 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total industry 3.0 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.8 2.0 .4 1.3 .1 .3 .7 1.3 .1
         
Manufacturing[1] 3.2 2.2 2.6 2.1 .2 .8 .7 1.1 .7 .8 .8 1.1 .1
         
Mining .7 .1 -.6 1.2 8.3 5.6 -3.4 .9 -3.9 -4.2 -3.3 -.2 .0
Utilities 4.4 2.2 1.8 1.6 .9 .7 .8 .8 .7 .8 .8 .9 .1
         
         
Selected high-technology industries 18.6 16.8 15.7 17.7 .2 -.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 .3
Manufacturing[1] ex. selected
high-technology industries
2.6 1.3 1.6 .8 .2 .9 .6 1.0 .5 .6 .7 .9 .1
         
Stage-of-process groups
Crude 1.5 .4 -.5 1.2 6.5 4.8 -2.5 1.0 -3.0 -3.0 -2.1 .2 .0
Primary and semifinished 3.0 1.3 2.5 2.3 .1 .6 1.0 1.0 .9 1.1 1.1 1.1 .1
Finished 3.9 3.3 2.8 1.9 .5 1.2 .7 1.3 .6 .6 .6 1.1 .1

[1] Refer to note on cover page. Return to table


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Last update: March 17, 2017