[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-54.--Capacity utilization rates, 1955-2002 [Percent \1\; monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing Stage-of-process -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Year or month Total Non- Other Mining Utilities Primary industry Total \2\ Durable durable (non- Crude and semi- Finished \2\ goods goods NAICS) finished ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\2\----------------------------------------------------------- 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 ......... 81.2 94.5 81.1 85.0 88.2 1968................................... 87.3 87.0 87.3 86.4 ......... 83.6 95.1 83.4 86.8 87.0 1969................................... 87.3 86.5 86.9 86.0 ......... 86.8 96.6 85.6 87.9 85.4 1970................................... 81.0 79.2 77.4 82.0 ......... 89.3 96.0 85.1 81.2 77.9 1971................................... 79.3 77.6 75.0 81.6 ......... 87.9 94.4 84.3 81.3 75.4 1972................................... 84.4 83.2 81.7 85.1 85.4 90.8 95.2 88.7 87.8 79.4 1973................................... 88.3 87.5 88.4 86.6 84.6 91.9 94.1 90.8 92.0 83.1 1974................................... 84.9 84.1 84.2 84.1 82.7 91.1 87.8 91.3 87.1 80.1 1975................................... 75.5 73.4 71.4 76.0 77.2 89.2 84.3 84.1 74.8 73.5 1976................................... 79.5 77.9 75.9 80.9 77.4 90.1 85.1 87.5 79.8 76.2 1977................................... 83.2 82.3 81.0 84.0 83.3 90.4 84.8 89.7 84.4 79.3 1978................................... 85.0 84.5 84.2 84.9 85.1 90.1 84.0 88.9 86.0 82.3 1979................................... 85.0 84.2 84.6 83.6 85.5 91.1 85.5 89.5 85.9 82.0 1980................................... 80.9 78.8 77.8 79.5 87.0 91.7 85.3 89.2 78.8 79.7 1981................................... 79.9 77.2 75.6 78.8 87.3 91.6 84.1 89.5 77.1 78.3 1982................................... 73.8 71.1 66.7 76.7 86.5 83.8 80.5 81.8 70.4 74.0 1983................................... 74.8 73.5 68.7 79.8 86.9 78.4 79.5 78.5 74.2 73.7 1984................................... 80.5 79.5 76.9 82.6 89.0 84.6 82.8 84.7 81.0 77.9 1985................................... 79.4 78.4 75.9 81.1 90.8 83.4 82.4 83.3 79.9 77.3 1986................................... 78.8 78.6 75.4 82.1 88.8 76.7 82.0 79.0 79.8 77.4 1987................................... 81.2 81.1 77.7 85.1 89.4 79.5 83.5 83.0 82.7 78.9 1988................................... 84.2 84.1 82.1 86.4 87.8 83.5 85.3 86.7 85.5 81.7 1989................................... 83.6 83.2 81.4 85.3 85.8 84.3 86.8 87.5 84.6 81.3 1990................................... 82.5 81.6 79.2 84.6 84.0 86.5 86.4 88.9 82.3 80.7 1991................................... 79.6 78.3 74.8 82.6 80.1 84.8 87.1 86.1 79.4 77.9 1992................................... 80.1 79.3 76.6 82.8 78.7 84.2 84.9 85.6 80.8 78.0 1993................................... 81.1 80.0 78.1 82.4 80.9 85.7 87.5 85.4 82.8 78.0 1994................................... 83.3 82.4 81.3 84.0 81.5 87.3 88.4 87.3 86.0 79.0 1995................................... 83.6 82.8 82.0 83.9 80.8 87.2 89.8 88.3 86.3 79.3 1996................................... 82.5 81.2 80.8 82.3 77.3 89.4 91.0 87.8 85.0 78.3 1997................................... 83.7 82.7 82.6 83.4 78.5 90.5 89.8 89.1 85.6 80.1 1998................................... 82.9 81.9 81.8 82.4 79.6 88.1 90.6 86.0 84.0 80.9 1999 .................................. 82.4 81.4 81.5 81.3 81.4 85.7 92.0 86.3 84.4 79.2 2000 .................................. 82.7 81.4 81.8 80.7 83.8 89.3 92.0 88.0 84.8 78.9 2001 .................................. 77.3 75.6 73.2 77.8 82.3 88.1 88.2 84.0 78.6 74.3 2002 ................................. 75.6 73.8 70.1 78.0 81.3 84.9 86.8 83.2 77.7 71.5 2001: Jan.............................. 80.2 78.5 77.5 78.9 84.5 88.8 93.3 85.8 82.1 76.7 Feb.............................. 79.6 77.8 76.5 79.0 82.3 89.4 92.0 85.9 81.2 76.3 Mar.............................. 79.0 77.3 76.2 78.2 81.7 89.4 90.7 85.1 80.4 76.0 Apr.............................. 78.5 76.8 75.2 78.1 82.2 89.5 89.5 84.8 79.7 75.7 May.............................. 77.9 76.1 74.2 78.0 81.7 89.0 88.3 83.9 78.9 75.3 June............................. 77.2 75.5 73.2 77.8 81.8 88.2 87.9 83.1 78.3 74.7 July............................. 77.0 75.3 72.9 77.7 82.3 87.7 87.0 83.0 78.0 74.5 Aug.............................. 76.7 74.8 72.0 77.7 82.3 87.5 88.3 83.3 78.0 73.7 Sept............................. 76.0 74.3 71.0 77.6 82.8 87.5 86.1 84.0 77.3 72.8 Oct.............................. 75.6 73.8 70.2 77.4 82.6 86.9 87.2 83.5 77.0 72.2 Nov.............................. 75.1 73.4 70.0 77.0 81.7 86.8 84.3 83.2 76.2 72.0 Dec.............................. 74.6 73.0 69.6 76.5 81.4 86.1 83.5 82.1 75.6 71.9 2002: Jan.............................. 75.0 73.3 69.9 77.2 80.6 85.5 84.4 82.5 76.2 71.9 Feb.............................. 75.1 73.4 69.8 77.4 80.0 85.4 85.2 82.5 76.4 71.8 Mar.............................. 75.3 73.5 69.7 77.8 80.2 84.8 86.9 82.2 76.9 71.9 Apr.............................. 75.6 73.6 70.0 77.8 79.7 84.7 88.6 82.7 77.5 71.7 May.............................. 75.7 73.9 70.3 78.1 80.0 84.8 87.7 83.5 77.8 71.5 June............................. 75.9 74.1 70.5 78.3 81.2 84.9 87.2 83.3 77.9 71.9 July............................. 76.4 74.3 70.6 78.7 80.9 85.7 89.6 84.4 78.6 71.9 Aug.............................. 76.1 74.3 70.8 78.4 81.7 85.3 86.5 83.9 78.4 71.7 Sept ............................ 76.0 74.1 70.2 78.4 82.8 83.8 88.4 83.1 78.6 71.3 Oct ............................ 75.6 73.8 69.9 78.0 82.7 83.9 86.3 82.8 78.1 70.9 Nov ............................ 75.6 73.8 70.2 77.8 82.3 84.4 85.9 82.9 78.1 71.0 Dec ............................ 75.4 73.6 69.7 77.9 83.2 85.8 84.4 84.2 77.8 70.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Output as percent of capacity. See footnote 1 and Note, Table B-51. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.