Capacity Utilization Rates 1959-2003

TABLE B–54.—Capacity utilization rates, 1959–2003 [Percent 1; monthly data seasonally adjusted] Manufacturing Total 2 Durable goods Nondurable goods Other (nonNAICS) 2 1959 ...... 81.6 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1960 ...... 80.1 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1961 ...... 77.3 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1962 ...... 81.4 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1963 ...... 83.5 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1964 ...... 85.6 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1965 ...... 89.5 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1966 ...... 91.1 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1967 87.0 87.2 87.5 86.3 ...... 81.2 1968 87.3 87.1 87.3 86.4 ...... 83.6 1969 87.3 86.5 87.0 86.0 ...... 86.8 1970 81.1 79.3 77.6 82.0 ...... 89.3 1971 79.4 77.7 75.2 81.6 ...... 87.9 1972 84.5 83.2 81.8 85.1 85.2 90.8 1973 88.3 87.5 88.4 86.5 84.3 91.9 1974 84.9 84.1 84.3 84.1 82.6 91.1 1975 75.5 73.4 71.4 76.0 76.8 89.2 1976 79.5 77.9 76.0 80.9 77.1 90.2 1977 83.2 82.3 81.0 84.1 83.1 90.4 1978 85.0 84.5 84.3 84.9 84.8 90.1 1979 85.1 84.3 84.7 83.7 85.1 91.1 1980 80.9 78.8 77.9 79.5 87.0 91.7 1981 79.9 77.3 75.6 78.9 87.6 91.6 1982 73.9 71.3 66.9 76.8 86.7 83.8 1983 74.8 73.6 68.7 79.9 87.1 78.4 1984 80.5 79.5 76.9 82.6 89.3 84.5 1985 79.5 78.5 75.9 81.1 91.2 83.4 1986 78.8 78.5 75.4 82.1 89.3 76.7 1987 81.3 81.2 77.8 85.1 90.1 79.5 1988 84.3 84.1 82.1 86.5 88.2 83.5 1989 83.6 83.2 81.3 85.3 86.1 84.3 1990 82.4 81.6 79.1 84.6 84.3 86.5 1991 79.6 78.3 74.8 82.6 80.0 84.8 1992 80.3 79.4 76.8 82.9 78.6 84.4 1993 81.3 80.3 78.5 82.5 80.8 85.7 1994 83.4 82.6 81.5 84.1 81.5 87.3 1995 83.6 82.7 82.0 83.9 80.8 87.1 1996 82.4 81.1 80.7 82.2 78.1 89.6 1997 83.6 82.6 82.6 83.0 79.9 90.8 1998 83.0 82.0 81.9 82.2 81.3 88.1 1999 82.4 81.4 81.5 80.9 83.1 85.7 Year or month Total industry 2 Mining2000 82.6 81.1 81.5 80.1 84.8 89.9 2001 77.4 75.4 73.2 77.8 80.4 89.0 2002 75.6 73.9 70.6 77.6 78.6 84.3 2003 p 74.9 73.4 70.2 76.4 83.0 85.0 2002: Jan 75.4 73.7 70.3 77.5 79.0 84.8 Feb 75.4 73.7 70.3 77.4 78.8 84.9 Mar 75.6 73.8 70.3 77.8 79.1 84.2 Apr 75.8 73.9 70.5 77.9 78.0 84.0 May 75.8 74.1 70.8 77.9 78.1 84.2 June 76.2 74.4 71.1 78.4 77.9 84.7 July 76.0 74.3 70.8 78.3 77.9 84.0 Aug 75.9 74.3 71.1 78.1 78.3 84.2 Sept 75.7 74.2 70.8 77.9 79.3 82.7 Oct 75.4 73.7 70.5 77.2 79.7 83.2 Nov 75.4 73.6 70.9 76.7 78.9 85.1 Dec 74.9 73.1 70.2 76.4 78.1 85.4 2003: Jan 75.2 73.6 70.7 76.5 80.7 84.8 Feb 75.4 73.5 70.4 76.5 82.7 84.7 Mar 74.8 73.3 69.7 76.6 83.5 84.6 Apr 74.2 72.7 69.1 76.2 82.8 84.9 May 74.1 72.6 69.0 76.1 83.0 84.3 June 74.0 72.7 69.3 75.8 83.8 84.8 July 74.5 73.0 69.8 76.2 82.3 85.0 Aug 74.5 73.0 69.8 76.1 82.5 84.8 Sept 74.9 73.6 70.8 76.2 82.3 85.2 Oct p 75.1 73.7 70.9 76.3 83.5 85.3 Nov p 75.8 74.4 71.6 77.0 84.4 85.9 Dec p 75.8 74.5 71.9 77.0 84.1 85.9 Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 1 Output as percent of capacity. 2 See footnote 1 and Note, Table B–51.Stage-of-process Crude Primary and semifiniishe Finished ...... ...... 83.0 81.1 ...... ...... 79.8 80.5 ...... ...... 77.9 77.2 ...... ...... 81.5 81.6 ...... ...... 83.8 83.4 ...... ...... 87.8 84.6 ...... ...... 91.0 88.8 ...... ...... 91.4 91.1 94.5 81.1 85.0 88.2 95.1 83.4 86.8 87.1 96.8 85.6 88.0 85.5 96.2 85.1 81.3 78.0 94.7 84.2 81.4 75.5 95.2 88.5 87.9 79.5 94.4 90.6 92.1 83.0 87.7 91.2 87.1 80.1 84.6 83.9 74.9 73.4 85.3 87.4 79.9 76.2 85.5 89.6 84.5 79.3 84.2 88.8 86.1 82.2 85.5 89.4 86.0 82.1 85.3 89.2 78.9 79.7 84.4 89.6 77.2 78.3 80.5 81.9 70.5 74.1 79.6 78.5 74.2 73.8 83.0 84.7 81.0 78.0 83.2 83.4 80.1 77.3 82.3 79.0 79.9 77.4 84.0 83.0 82.8 79.0 86.1 86.7 85.7 81.8 86.7 87.5 84.5 81.3 86.1 88.8 82.3 80.7 86.8 86.0 79.4 77.9 85.2 85.7 80.9 78.2 87.7 85.5 83.0 78.2 88.9 87.2 86.3 79.1 90.0 87.9 86.4 79.2 90.5 87.6 85.1 78.0 89.1 89.0 85.7 79.8 91.0 86.1 84.4 80.6 92.5 85.9 84.8 78.8 Utilities92.9 87.4 85.3 78.2 89.8 85.1 78.6 74.3 87.8 82.9 77.5 71.9 83.7 83.7 76.8 71.0 86.4 82.6 76.4 72.7 86.9 82.7 76.7 72.4 88.2 82.2 77.2 72.4 89.8 82.8 77.7 72.2 88.6 83.5 77.9 71.9 89.0 83.6 78.2 72.5 89.2 83.6 78.2 72.1 86.8 83.1 77.9 72.1 86.9 82.0 77.7 72.1 87.9 82.1 77.8 71.3 87.1 83.3 77.7 71.1 86.7 83.8 77.0 70.8 85.9 82.9 77.2 71.4 88.7 83.4 77.8 71.1 84.1 83.5 76.6 71.0 82.8 83.5 76.0 70.5 83.1 83.0 75.9 70.4 81.1 83.6 75.6 70.4 83.4 83.9 76.3 70.8 83.5 83.4 76.4 70.6 81.8 83.8 76.6 71.2 83.1 83.9 77.2 71.1 84.0 84.5 77.9 71.9 82.6 84.6 77.9 71.8