[Economic Report of the President (2002)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-54.--Capacity utilization rates, 1955-2001 [Percent \1\; monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing ------------------------------------------------------------- Year or month Total Non- Mining Utilities industry Total Durable durable Primary Advanced goods goods processing processing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85.0 88.2 81.2 94.5 1968................................................... 87.3 87.1 87.2 86.6 86.4 87.4 83.5 95.1 1969................................................... 87.3 86.6 86.7 86.5 86.9 86.4 86.5 96.7 1970................................................... 81.1 79.4 77.2 82.8 79.6 79.5 88.8 96.2 1971................................................... 79.4 77.9 74.7 82.6 79.1 77.4 87.3 94.6 1972................................................... 84.4 83.4 81.4 86.4 85.4 82.0 90.3 95.2 1973................................................... 88.4 87.7 88.0 87.3 91.1 85.6 92.3 93.5 1974................................................... 84.3 83.4 83.1 83.9 84.9 82.5 92.3 87.3 1975................................................... 74.6 72.9 70.6 76.3 71.1 74.0 89.7 84.4 1976................................................... 79.3 78.2 75.7 81.8 79.2 77.5 89.8 85.2 1977................................................... 83.5 82.6 80.8 85.3 84.1 81.6 90.9 85.0 1978................................................... 85.8 85.2 84.4 86.4 86.4 84.4 90.9 85.4 1979................................................... 86.0 85.3 85.6 84.9 86.2 84.7 91.4 86.6 1980................................................... 81.5 79.5 78.4 81.0 76.9 81.3 93.4 85.9 1981................................................... 80.8 78.3 76.8 80.4 76.3 79.6 93.9 82.5 1982................................................... 74.5 71.8 68.0 77.5 68.4 74.0 86.3 79.3 1983................................................... 75.7 74.4 70.1 80.8 74.1 74.7 80.4 79.7 1984................................................... 80.8 79.8 77.6 82.9 80.7 79.3 86.0 81.9 1985................................................... 79.8 78.8 76.8 81.5 79.4 78.4 84.3 83.5 1986................................................... 78.7 78.7 75.7 82.8 79.5 78.2 77.6 80.6 1987................................................... 81.3 81.3 77.9 85.9 83.7 79.9 80.3 82.5 1988................................................... 84.0 83.8 81.7 86.4 86.2 82.4 85.2 84.9 1989................................................... 84.1 83.6 82.0 85.7 85.3 82.7 86.9 86.3 1990................................................... 82.3 81.4 79.0 84.4 82.9 80.6 89.8 85.7 1991................................................... 79.3 77.9 74.7 81.9 78.6 77.6 88.4 86.3 1992................................................... 80.2 79.4 76.6 82.8 81.7 78.2 86.3 84.6 1993................................................... 81.2 80.4 78.8 82.2 83.5 78.7 86.1 87.1 1994................................................... 83.2 82.5 81.7 83.4 86.6 80.1 87.9 87.5 1995................................................... 83.3 82.6 81.9 83.4 86.2 80.4 87.6 88.8 1996................................................... 82.7 81.6 81.1 82.3 83.9 80.3 89.2 90.4 1997................................................... 83.5 82.7 82.0 83.5 84.7 81.4 89.9 89.3 1998................................................... 82.2 81.4 81.1 81.8 82.7 80.6 87.6 90.6 1999 .................................................. 81.4 80.6 80.9 80.2 83.1 79.1 85.2 91.5 2000 .................................................. 81.8 80.7 81.0 80.2 83.9 78.7 89.5 91.7 2001 ................................................. 76.8 75.0 72.8 77.9 75.3 74.8 90.5 87.5 2000: Jan.............................................. 81.9 81.0 82.0 79.8 84.9 78.7 87.6 90.3 Feb.............................................. 82.1 81.1 82.0 80.1 85.1 78.7 88.2 91.6 Mar.............................................. 82.3 81.5 82.2 80.7 85.6 79.0 89.1 88.0 Apr.............................................. 82.5 81.4 82.2 80.4 85.5 78.9 89.2 91.0 May.............................................. 82.7 81.6 82.5 80.6 85.6 79.2 89.0 92.6 June............................................. 82.8 81.7 82.4 80.8 85.3 79.4 89.4 91.9 July............................................. 82.1 81.0 81.4 80.6 84.3 79.0 90.0 89.9 Aug.............................................. 81.9 80.7 81.0 80.3 83.6 78.8 90.4 92.1 Sept............................................. 81.7 80.5 80.6 80.3 83.2 78.7 90.0 92.0 Oct.............................................. 81.2 79.8 79.6 80.1 82.6 78.1 90.3 91.8 Nov.............................................. 80.7 79.2 78.6 80.0 81.0 78.0 90.4 93.3 Dec.............................................. 80.2 78.4 77.7 79.3 79.6 77.6 90.2 95.6 2001: Jan.............................................. 79.3 77.6 76.2 79.3 78.4 77.0 90.5 93.4 Feb.............................................. 78.9 77.2 75.5 79.3 77.9 76.7 91.3 91.7 Mar.............................................. 78.5 76.7 75.3 78.6 76.8 76.6 91.6 90.2 Apr.............................................. 77.8 76.0 74.4 78.2 76.4 75.8 92.1 89.4 May.............................................. 77.5 75.8 74.2 77.9 75.9 75.6 91.9 87.9 June............................................. 76.7 75.0 73.0 77.7 74.9 75.0 91.4 87.0 July............................................. 76.7 75.1 72.8 78.0 74.9 75.1 90.9 86.0 Aug.............................................. 76.4 74.6 72.3 77.7 74.8 74.5 90.4 87.7 Sept ............................................ 75.5 73.7 71.0 77.3 74.4 73.3 90.9 85.1 Oct ............................................ 74.9 73.1 69.9 77.4 73.7 72.7 89.1 85.2 Nov ............................................ 74.5 72.9 69.8 77.0 73.1 72.8 88.4 83.0 Dec ............................................ 74.4 72.8 69.7 76.8 73.0 72.6 87.7 82.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Output as percent of capacity. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.