[Economic Report of the President (1998)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-54.--Capacity utilization rates, 1948-97 [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................................................... 87.0 87.2 87.5 86.3 85.3 88.0 81.2 94.5 1968................................................... 87.3 87.1 87.2 86.6 86.1 87.3 83.5 95.1 1969................................................... 87.3 86.6 86.7 86.5 86.5 86.4 86.5 96.7 1970................................................... 81.1 79.4 77.2 82.8 79.9 78.9 88.8 96.2 1971................................................... 79.4 77.9 74.7 82.6 78.7 77.1 87.3 94.6 1972................................................... 84.4 83.4 81.4 86.4 85.5 82.2 90.3 95.2 1973................................................... 88.4 87.7 88.0 87.3 90.5 86.2 92.3 93.5 1974................................................... 84.3 83.4 83.1 83.9 85.1 82.5 92.3 87.3 1975................................................... 74.6 72.9 70.6 76.3 72.1 73.3 89.7 84.4 1976................................................... 79.3 78.2 75.7 81.8 79.2 77.6 89.8 85.2 1977................................................... 83.5 82.6 80.8 85.3 83.8 81.9 90.9 85.0 1978................................................... 85.8 85.2 84.4 86.4 85.9 84.8 90.9 85.4 1979................................................... 86.0 85.3 85.6 84.9 86.0 84.9 91.4 86.6 1980................................................... 81.5 79.5 78.4 81.0 77.2 80.8 93.4 85.9 1981................................................... 80.8 78.3 76.8 80.4 77.2 78.8 93.9 82.5 1982................................................... 74.5 71.8 68.0 77.5 68.6 73.5 86.3 79.3 1983................................................... 75.7 74.4 70.1 80.8 74.5 74.4 80.4 79.7 1984................................................... 80.8 79.8 77.6 82.9 80.0 79.7 86.0 81.9 1985................................................... 79.8 78.8 76.8 81.5 79.1 78.6 84.3 83.5 1986................................................... 78.7 78.7 75.7 82.8 79.9 78.1 77.6 80.6 1987................................................... 81.3 81.3 77.9 85.9 84.5 79.9 80.3 82.5 1988................................................... 84.0 83.8 81.7 86.4 86.8 82.3 85.2 84.9 1989................................................... 84.1 83.6 82.0 85.7 86.1 82.5 86.9 86.3 1990................................................... 82.3 81.4 79.0 84.4 83.9 80.3 89.8 85.7 1991................................................... 79.3 77.9 74.7 81.9 79.6 77.2 88.4 86.3 1992................................................... 80.2 79.4 76.6 82.7 82.3 78.2 86.5 84.6 1993................................................... 81.3 80.5 78.8 82.4 84.1 78.9 86.2 87.2 1994................................................... 83.1 82.5 81.5 83.6 87.4 80.4 87.6 87.3 1995................................................... 83.4 82.8 82.1 83.5 87.1 80.8 87.1 89.0 1996................................................... 82.4 81.4 80.8 82.0 85.6 79.5 88.8 90.2 1997 p................................................. 82.7 81.7 81.0 82.6 86.0 79.8 89.8 89.3 1996: Jan.............................................. 81.8 80.8 80.4 81.4 84.8 79.1 86.1 90.6 Feb.............................................. 82.5 81.5 81.3 81.8 84.8 80.0 87.4 91.6 Mar.............................................. 81.9 80.6 79.6 81.9 85.2 78.6 88.8 92.2 Apr.............................................. 82.5 81.4 81.2 81.6 85.1 79.8 89.3 90.5 May.............................................. 82.7 81.6 81.3 81.8 85.4 79.9 89.3 91.4 June............................................. 82.8 81.7 81.5 81.9 86.0 79.8 90.2 90.7 July............................................. 82.6 81.7 81.3 82.1 85.8 79.9 89.9 87.7 Aug.............................................. 82.5 81.5 81.3 81.8 85.9 79.6 89.6 89.2 Sept............................................. 82.4 81.4 80.7 82.3 86.0 79.4 89.6 89.1 Oct.............................................. 82.2 81.1 80.2 82.3 86.0 79.0 89.0 89.5 Nov.............................................. 82.5 81.5 80.7 82.5 86.0 79.5 88.3 90.6 Dec.............................................. 82.5 81.5 80.4 82.9 85.7 79.7 87.6 89.8 1997: Jan.............................................. 82.4 81.4 80.4 82.6 85.5 79.6 88.2 89.5 Feb.............................................. 82.6 81.7 80.9 82.6 86.1 79.7 90.1 87.7 Mar.............................................. 82.5 81.6 80.9 82.6 86.1 79.7 90.6 87.0 Apr.............................................. 82.6 81.6 80.8 82.7 86.2 79.6 89.5 89.2 May.............................................. 82.4 81.4 80.6 82.5 86.0 79.4 90.5 88.5 June............................................. 82.3 81.3 80.7 82.1 85.8 79.4 89.6 87.7 July............................................. 82.6 81.5 80.8 82.3 86.0 79.6 90.3 89.9 Aug.............................................. 82.8 81.8 81.4 82.2 85.8 80.0 90.0 89.2 Sept............................................. 82.7 81.6 81.0 82.3 85.7 79.7 90.1 90.8 Oct p............................................ 83.0 81.8 81.0 82.7 85.7 80.0 89.8 92.0 Nov p............................................ 83.3 82.4 81.9 83.0 86.3 80.6 89.5 90.1 Dec p............................................ 83.4 82.5 81.8 83.2 86.7 80.6 89.7 90.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Output as percent of capacity. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.