[Economic Report of the President (1997)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] [DOCID: f:erp_b52._] Economic Report of the President - - - - - - - - - - - - H. Doc. 105-002 [From the online service of the U.S. Government Printing Office] [wais.access.gpo.gov] Table B-52.--Capacity utilization rates, 1948-96 [Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing ------------------------------------------------------------- Year or month Total Non- Mining Utilities industry Total Durable durable Primary Advanced goods goods processing processing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948................................................... .......... 82.5 .......... ........... 87.3 80.0 .......... .......... 1949................................................... .......... 74.2 .......... ........... 76.2 73.2 .......... .......... 1950................................................... .......... 82.8 .......... ........... 88.5 79.8 .......... .......... 1951................................................... .......... 85.8 .......... ........... 90.2 83.4 .......... .......... 1952................................................... .......... 85.4 .......... ........... 84.9 85.9 .......... .......... 1953................................................... .......... 89.3 .......... ........... 89.4 89.3 .......... .......... 1954................................................... .......... 80.1 .......... ........... 80.6 80.0 .......... .......... 1955................................................... .......... 87.0 .......... ........... 92.0 84.2 .......... .......... 1956................................................... .......... 86.1 .......... ........... 89.4 84.4 .......... .......... 1957................................................... .......... 83.6 .......... ........... 84.7 83.1 .......... .......... 1958................................................... .......... 75.0 .......... ........... 75.4 74.9 .......... .......... 1959................................................... .......... 81.6 .......... ........... 83.0 81.1 .......... .......... 1960................................................... .......... 80.1 .......... ........... 79.8 80.5 .......... .......... 1961................................................... .......... 77.3 .......... ........... 77.9 77.2 .......... .......... 1962................................................... .......... 81.4 .......... ........... 81.5 81.6 .......... .......... 1963................................................... .......... 83.5 .......... ........... 83.8 83.4 .......... .......... 1964................................................... .......... 85.6 .......... ........... 87.8 84.6 .......... .......... 1965................................................... .......... 89.5 .......... ........... 91.0 88.8 .......... .......... 1966................................................... .......... 91.1 .......... ........... 91.4 91.1 .......... .......... 1967................................................... 86.4 87.2 87.1 86.3 85.4 88.0 81.2 93.4 1968................................................... 86.8 87.2 86.8 86.6 86.3 87.4 83.5 94.1 1969................................................... 86.9 86.8 86.3 86.6 86.9 86.5 86.6 95.8 1970................................................... 80.8 79.7 76.7 82.9 80.4 79.1 88.9 95.4 1971................................................... 79.2 78.2 74.3 82.8 79.3 77.4 87.4 93.9 1972................................................... 84.3 83.7 80.9 86.6 86.4 82.5 90.4 94.6 1973................................................... 88.4 88.1 87.5 87.5 91.5 86.5 92.5 92.9 1974................................................... 84.2 83.8 82.7 84.0 86.0 82.8 92.5 86.8 1975................................................... 74.6 73.2 70.2 76.4 72.9 73.5 89.9 84.0 1976................................................... 79.3 78.5 75.4 81.8 80.1 77.8 90.0 84.8 1977................................................... 83.3 82.8 80.3 85.2 84.0 81.9 90.9 84.6 1978................................................... 85.5 85.1 83.5 86.2 86.3 84.3 91.3 84.8 1979................................................... 86.2 85.4 84.9 85.1 86.4 84.8 91.9 85.9 1980................................................... 82.1 80.2 78.6 81.4 78.0 81.3 94.0 85.5 1981................................................... 80.9 78.8 76.6 81.0 78.0 79.1 94.6 82.8 1982................................................... 75.0 72.8 69.0 78.0 69.0 74.6 86.5 79.5 1983................................................... 75.8 74.9 70.5 81.1 74.8 74.9 79.9 80.3 1984................................................... 81.1 80.4 78.3 83.1 80.4 80.3 84.4 82.5 1985................................................... 80.3 79.5 77.8 81.9 79.8 79.4 82.9 83.5 1986................................................... 79.2 79.1 76.2 83.0 80.9 78.3 78.2 80.2 1987................................................... 81.5 81.6 78.6 85.6 84.9 80.1 79.9 82.0 1988................................................... 83.7 83.6 81.9 85.9 86.9 82.2 84.1 84.2 1989................................................... 83.7 83.2 81.6 85.3 86.2 82.0 85.4 86.0 1990................................................... 82.1 81.3 79.1 84.0 84.1 80.1 88.4 85.7 1991................................................... 79.2 78.0 75.0 81.6 79.8 77.2 87.4 85.8 1992................................................... 80.3 79.5 76.9 82.5 82.4 78.2 86.9 84.7 1993................................................... 81.4 80.6 79.1 82.3 84.1 79.0 87.0 87.0 1994................................................... 83.9 83.3 82.6 84.0 87.9 81.3 89.6 87.7 1995................................................... 83.8 83.0 82.7 83.3 87.4 81.1 89.3 90.3 1996p.................................................. 83.2 82.1 82.0 82.2 86.1 80.5 90.5 92.2 1995:Jan............................................... 85.1 84.6 84.4 84.9 89.7 82.5 89.8 87.3 Feb................................................ 84.7 84.2 84.2 84.2 89.3 82.0 90.0 88.2 Mar................................................ 84.6 84.0 83.8 84.2 88.9 81.9 89.6 88.6 Apr................................................ 84.0 83.4 83.0 83.7 88.2 81.3 89.9 88.2 May................................................ 83.7 82.8 82.3 83.5 87.8 80.8 89.7 90.6 June............................................... 83.5 82.7 82.1 83.3 87.0 80.8 90.2 89.7 July............................................... 83.3 82.4 81.7 83.1 86.7 80.6 90.0 90.8 Aug................................................ 83.9 82.7 82.4 83.0 86.2 81.2 89.3 95.3 Sept............................................... 83.4 82.3 82.2 82.4 86.7 80.5 91.2 91.4 Oct................................................ 83.0 81.9 81.3 82.7 86.6 80.0 91.2 91.4 Nov................................................ 83.4 82.2 81.6 83.0 86.1 80.6 91.9 93.4 Dec................................................ 83.8 82.8 82.2 83.5 86.9 81.1 93.0 90.2 1996:Jan............................................... 82.4 81.4 81.3 81.4 85.4 79.7 86.8 92.4 Feb................................................ 83.3 82.3 82.5 81.9 84.9 81.1 87.6 93.1 Mar................................................ 82.6 81.3 80.9 81.6 85.3 79.6 90.3 94.0 Apr................................................ 83.0 81.9 82.1 81.5 85.5 80.4 89.7 92.7 May................................................ 83.3 82.1 82.1 82.0 86.1 80.5 89.8 94.1 June............................................... 83.7 82.6 82.9 82.0 86.8 80.8 91.9 92.6 July............................................... 83.4 82.5 82.6 82.3 86.6 80.8 90.3 89.6 Aug................................................ 83.5 82.4 82.6 82.0 86.6 80.6 91.9 91.6 Sept............................................... 83.4 82.3 82.2 82.4 86.7 80.5 91.2 91.4 Octp............................................... 83.0 81.9 81.3 82.7 86.6 80.0 91.3 91.4 Novp............................................... 83.4 82.2 81.6 83.0 86.1 80.6 91.9 93.4 Decp............................................... 83.8 82.8 82.2 83.5 86.9 81.1 93.0 90.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1Output as percent of capacity. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.