[Economic Report of the President (2006)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-54.--Capacity utilization rates, 1959-2005 [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\----------------------------------------------------------- 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 87.1 87.3 86.5 ......... 83.6 95.1 83.4 86.8 87.0 1969................................... 87.4 86.6 86.9 86.2 ......... 86.8 96.8 85.7 88.1 85.4 1970................................... 81.2 79.4 77.5 82.2 ......... 89.3 96.3 85.2 81.5 77.9 1971................................... 79.6 77.9 75.1 81.9 ......... 88.0 94.7 84.4 81.6 75.3 1972................................... 84.6 83.3 81.8 85.3 85.7 90.9 95.2 88.6 88.1 79.4 1973................................... 88.4 87.6 88.5 86.6 84.7 92.0 94.3 90.6 92.2 83.0 1974................................... 85.2 84.4 84.7 84.2 82.7 91.1 87.4 91.3 87.4 80.2 1975................................... 75.6 73.5 71.6 76.0 77.2 89.2 84.5 83.9 75.1 73.5 1976................................... 79.6 78.1 76.2 80.9 77.4 89.7 85.2 87.1 80.0 76.4 1977................................... 83.1 82.2 80.9 84.1 83.4 89.7 85.3 89.0 84.3 79.5 1978................................... 84.8 84.3 83.9 84.9 85.1 89.8 84.2 88.3 85.9 82.1 1979................................... 85.0 84.2 84.5 83.6 85.3 91.1 85.5 89.3 85.8 82.0 1980................................... 80.7 78.7 77.6 79.4 87.3 91.5 85.1 89.1 78.6 79.6 1980................................... 79.7 77.1 75.3 78.8 87.7 91.4 84.3 89.5 77.1 78.0 1982................................... 73.7 71.0 66.6 76.7 86.8 83.7 80.4 82.0 70.4 73.6 1983................................... 74.7 73.4 68.4 79.8 87.4 78.5 79.7 78.7 74.2 73.4 1984................................... 80.4 79.4 76.7 82.4 89.6 84.7 82.9 84.9 81.1 77.6 1985................................... 79.4 78.3 75.8 80.8 90.5 83.3 83.1 83.1 79.9 77.1 1986................................... 78.6 78.3 75.3 81.8 88.8 76.5 82.3 78.4 79.9 77.1 1987................................... 81.2 81.0 77.6 84.8 90.7 79.6 83.9 82.7 83.0 78.5 1988................................... 84.2 84.0 82.0 86.3 88.5 83.6 86.1 86.5 86.0 81.3 1989................................... 83.6 83.1 81.4 85.2 85.4 84.9 86.6 87.2 84.9 81.0 1990................................... 82.4 81.6 79.1 84.4 83.9 86.9 86.0 88.2 82.6 80.3 1991................................... 79.6 78.3 75.0 82.3 81.6 84.9 86.8 85.3 79.7 77.9 1992................................... 80.4 79.6 77.1 82.5 80.8 84.4 85.2 85.2 81.3 78.1 1993................................... 81.4 80.4 78.8 82.2 82.5 85.8 87.7 85.3 83.6 78.0 1994................................... 83.6 82.8 82.1 83.8 82.2 87.6 88.8 87.4 86.7 79.1 1995................................... 83.9 83.0 82.4 83.9 82.1 87.9 89.9 88.5 86.7 79.4 1996................................... 83.0 81.8 81.4 82.4 80.9 90.3 90.4 88.2 85.6 78.7 1997................................... 83.9 83.0 82.5 83.3 85.1 91.3 89.1 89.7 85.8 80.2 1998................................... 82.7 81.7 80.9 82.1 86.8 89.1 91.1 87.0 83.9 80.4 1999................................... 81.9 80.8 80.5 80.5 86.9 86.3 92.4 86.6 84.1 78.5 2000................................... 81.8 80.3 80.3 79.4 87.5 90.9 92.2 88.4 84.4 77.3 2001................................... 76.3 74.1 71.7 76.2 82.7 90.9 88.7 85.6 77.5 72.8 2002................................... 75.1 73.3 70.0 76.9 81.9 86.7 87.5 84.0 77.1 71.2 2003................................... 75.7 73.7 70.7 76.7 82.1 88.0 86.2 84.9 77.4 71.7 2004................................... 78.6 77.1 75.0 79.1 84.4 88.1 84.7 86.8 80.6 74.3 2005 p................................. 80.0 78.8 77.4 79.9 86.1 86.8 85.9 85.5 81.7 76.9 2004: Jan.............................. 77.2 75.3 73.0 77.5 81.7 89.2 86.7 85.9 79.3 72.9 Feb.............................. 77.8 76.0 73.8 78.0 83.6 88.2 87.4 85.6 80.0 73.5 Mar.............................. 77.6 76.1 73.9 78.1 83.5 88.3 83.6 86.1 79.5 73.4 Apr.............................. 78.1 76.7 74.4 78.8 84.4 88.1 84.1 86.5 80.0 74.1 May.............................. 78.8 77.3 74.9 79.7 84.9 88.2 85.9 86.9 81.0 74.5 June............................. 78.4 76.9 74.7 78.9 84.0 87.9 85.3 86.9 80.8 73.6 July............................. 78.8 77.4 75.4 79.4 84.6 88.8 83.7 87.7 80.9 74.2 Aug.............................. 79.0 77.9 75.9 79.6 86.3 88.0 82.1 87.1 81.0 74.7 Sept............................. 78.7 77.5 75.6 79.2 84.7 86.2 84.2 86.0 81.0 74.3 Oct.............................. 79.2 78.1 76.3 79.8 84.3 86.9 83.8 86.6 81.2 75.2 Nov.............................. 79.3 78.0 76.1 79.8 84.4 88.7 83.9 88.2 81.0 75.2 Dec.............................. 79.7 78.3 76.4 80.0 86.0 89.3 85.6 88.5 81.7 75.5 2005: Jan.............................. 79.8 78.6 76.8 80.2 87.2 88.9 83.7 88.2 81.7 75.6 Feb.............................. 80.0 78.9 77.3 80.2 86.2 89.9 82.7 88.8 81.4 76.4 Mar.............................. 79.9 78.5 76.7 80.0 87.0 89.5 85.2 88.5 81.4 76.1 Apr.............................. 79.7 78.4 76.5 80.0 87.0 89.7 83.8 88.2 81.2 76.0 May.............................. 79.8 78.6 76.7 80.0 87.6 89.1 83.7 87.6 81.0 76.5 June............................. 80.3 78.7 76.8 80.2 86.6 90.0 88.0 88.4 81.7 76.8 July............................. 80.2 78.6 76.8 80.2 85.7 89.1 88.0 87.5 81.6 76.8 Aug.............................. 80.3 78.8 77.4 79.7 85.6 88.6 88.2 86.8 81.8 77.1 Sept............................. 79.1 78.2 77.2 78.7 85.1 80.7 88.0 78.2 81.9 76.6 Oct p............................ 79.8 79.5 79.1 79.2 86.1 78.9 85.4 78.0 82.0 78.2 Nov p............................ 80.3 79.6 78.8 80.2 84.9 82.6 85.8 81.9 82.3 78.0 Dec p............................ 80.7 79.6 78.4 80.6 84.7 84.7 88.1 84.1 82.4 78.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Output as percent of capacity. 2 See footnote 1 and Note, Table B-51. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.