FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

G.17 (419) For release at 9:15 a.m. (EDT)

August 15, 2013

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION

Industrial production was unchanged in July after having gained 0.2 percent in June. In July,

manufacturing production declined 0.1 percent. The output of mines advanced 2.1 percent, its fourth consecutive

monthly increase, and the production of utilities fell 2.1 percent, its fourth consecutive monthly decrease. At

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Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: Summary

Seasonally adjusted

2007=100 Percent change

2013 2013 July ’12 to

Industrial production Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r Mayr

JunerJulypFeb.r Mar.r Apr.r MayrJunerJulypJuly ’13

Total index 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.7 98.9 98.9 .7 .2 -.4 .0 .2 .0 1.4

Previous estimates 98.9 99.1 98.8 98.7 99.1 .7 .2 -.3 .0 .3

Major market groups

Final Products 96.7 97.2 96.7 96.6 97.1 96.8 1.0 .5 -.5 -.2 .5 -.3 1.3

Consumer goods 94.1 94.8 94.2 94.0 94.6 94.1 .8 .8 -.6 -.2 .6 -.5 1.3

Business equipment 102.3 102.3 102.2 102.0 102.5 102.5 1.9 .0 -.2 -.1 .4 .0 2.1

Nonindustrial supplies 88.3 88.2 87.6 87.6 87.6 87.3 .8 .0 -.7 -.1 .0 -.3 .9

Construction 82.8 81.8 80.8 80.3 80.8 81.2 2.3 -1.2 -1.3 -.6 .5 .5 4.4

Materials 104.5 104.5 104.3 104.6 104.6 105.0 .3 .0 -.2 .3 .0 .4 1.7

Major industry groups

Manufacturing (see note below) 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.4 .6 -.3 -.4 .3 .2 -.1 1.3

Previous estimates 95.8 95.5 95.2 95.5 95.7 .7 -.3 -.3 .2 .3

Mining 116.1 115.7 116.6 116.7 117.9 120.3 .9 -.3 .8 .1 1.0 2.1 5.7

Utilities 98.9 103.8 102.1 100.3 99.5 97.5 .9 5.0 -1.6 -1.8 -.8 -2.1 -3.7

Capacity

Percent of capacity growth

Average 1988- 1990- 1994-

1972- 89 91 95 2009 2012 2013 July ’12 to

Capacity utilization 2012 high low high low July Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r Mayr

JunerJulypJuly ’13

Total industry 80.2 85.2 78.8 85.0 66.9 77.9 78.1 78.2 77.8 77.7 77.7 77.6 1.8

Previous estimates 78.2 78.2 77.9 77.7 77.8

Manufacturing (see note below) 78.7 85.6 77.3 84.6 64.0 76.0 76.5 76.2 75.8 75.9 75.9 75.8 1.5

Previous estimates 76.6 76.3 75.9 76.0 76.1

Mining 87.3 86.3 83.9 88.6 78.3 88.2 87.9 87.3 87.6 87.4 88.0 89.5 4.1

Utilities 86.2 92.9 84.3 93.3 78.6 80.0 77.5 81.3 79.9 78.5 77.8 76.2 1.1

Stage-of-process groups

Crude 86.3 87.7 84.4 89.7 76.4 86.4 86.3 86.0 86.1 86.3 86.5 87.4 3.1

Primary and semifinished 81.0 86.5 78.0 87.9 64.4 75.8 76.4 76.8 76.2 76.0 75.7 75.5 .5

Finished 77.1 83.4 77.3 80.6 66.8 76.7 76.5 76.3 75.8 75.8 76.1 75.6 2.9

r Revised. p Preliminary.

Note. The statistics in this release cover output, capacity, and capacity utilization in the U.S. industrial sector, which is defined by the Federal Reserve to comprise

manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. Mining is defined as all industries in sector 21 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS);

electric and gas utilities are those in NAICS sectors 2211 and 2212. Manufacturing comprises NAICS manufacturing industries (sector 31-33) plus the logging industry

and the newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishing industries. Logging and publishing are classified elsewhere in NAICS (under agriculture and information,

respectively), but historically they were considered to be manufacturing and were included in the industrial sector under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

system. In December 2002 the Federal Reserve reclassified all its industrial output data from the SIC system to NAICS.

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98.9 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in July was 1.4 percent above its year-earlier level.

Capacity utilization for total industry edged down 0.1 percentage point to 77.6 percent in July, a rate

0.3 percentage point below its level of a year earlier and 2.6 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2012)

average.

Market Groups

The production of consumer goods decreased 0.5 percent in July after having increased 0.6 percent in

June; in July, the index stood 1.3 percent above its year-earlier level. The production of durable consumer goods

fell 1.5 percent; within consumer durables, automotive products posted a loss of 2.4 percent, while all other

indexes moved down between 1/2 and 1 percent. The index for consumer nondurables contracted 0.2 percent. The

output of non-energy nondurables decreased 0.4 percent, with losses in the indexes for foods and tobacco, for

chemical products, and for paper products. After having fallen in the previous three months, the output of

consumer energy products moved up 0.3 percent, as increases in petroleum refining more than offset lower sales

of electricity to residences.

The index for business equipment was unchanged in July and stood 2.1 percent above its year-earlier

level. In July, the index for transit equipment was unchanged, the production of information processing

equipment decreased 0.7 percent, and the index for industrial and other equipment edged up 0.2 percent.

The output of defense and space equipment advanced 1.0 percent in July. The increase in July was the

first gain for the index since December 2012. The cumulative decline over the first six months of the year was

2.3 percent.

In July, the output of construction supplies advanced 0.5 percent for a second consecutive month and,

despite large swings over the past year, stood 4.4 percent above its level of a year earlier. The production of

business supplies declined 0.7 percent in July and was 0.5 percent below its year-earlier level.

The production of materials to be processed further in the industrial sector moved up 0.4 percent in July

and stood 1.7 percent above its year-earlier level. The output of durable materials edged up 0.2 percent in July, as

a decline for equipment parts was outweighed by increases for consumer parts and for other durable materials.

The production of nondurable materials moved down 0.5 percent as a result of losses for textile, paper, and

chemical materials. The output of energy materials advanced 1.2 percent on the strength of gains in oil and

natural gas extraction; in July, the index for this market group was 3.5 percent above its level of a year earlier.

Industry Groups

Manufacturing output declined 0.1 percent in July after having increased 0.3 percent in May and

0.2 percent in June. The index in July was slightly above its level at the end of last year and 1.3 percent above its

level in July 2012. The factory operating rate moved down 0.1 percentage point to 75.8 percent, a rate

2.9 percentage points below its long-run average.

The output of durable goods fell 0.2 percent in July; the index has been little changed since February. In

July, primary metals posted the largest gain among the major components of durables, 2.6 percent, while motor

vehicles and parts recorded the largest loss, 1.7 percent. Capacity utilization for durable goods manufacturing

fell 0.3 percentage point to 75.6 percent, a rate 1.4 percentage points below its long-run average.

The index for nondurable manufacturing was unchanged in July for a second month in a row and was

0.9 percent above its level of a year earlier. Among the major components of nondurables, the production of

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petroleum and coal products advanced 2.0 percent, and the index for apparel and leather goods moved up

0.7 percent. Printing and support recorded the largest decrease in output, 1.2 percent, while the indexes for food,

beverage, and tobacco products and for textile and product mills both posted losses of around 1/2 percent. The

indexes for other nondurable goods industries were little changed. Capacity utilization for nondurables edged

down 0.1 percentage point to 77.3 percent, a rate 3.4 percentage points below its long-run average.

Production for non-NAICS manufacturing industries (publishing and logging) decreased 0.1 percent in

July after having increased 0.9 percent in June. The index was 4.5 percent below its year-earlier level.

Mining output moved up 2.1 percent in July following an increase of 1.0 percent in June. The gain in July

reflected a large increase in oil and gas extraction. The operating rate for mining rose 1.5 percentage points to

89.5 percent, a rate 2.2 percentage points above its long-run average. The production of electric and gas utilities

fell 2.1 percent, and their operating rate declined 1.6 percentage points to 76.2 percent, a rate 10.0 percentage

points below its long-run average.

Capacity utilization rates in July for industries grouped by stage of process were as follows: At the crude

stage, utilization increased 0.9 percentage point to 87.4 percent, a rate 1.1 percentage points above its long-run

average; at the primary and semifinished stages, utilization declined 0.2 percentage point to 75.5 percent, a rate

5.5 percentage points below its long-run average; and at the finished stage, utilization moved down

0.5 percentage point to 75.6 percent, a rate 1.5 percentage points lower than its long-run average.

Tables

1. Industrial Production: Market and Industry Group Summary; percent change

2. Industrial Production: Special Aggregates and Selected Detail; percent change

3. Motor Vehicle Assemblies

4. Industrial Production: Market and Industry Group Summary; indexes

5. Industrial Production: Special Aggregates and Selected Detail; indexes

6. Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

7. Capacity Utilization

8. Industrial Capacity

9. Gross Value of Final Products and Nonindustrial Supplies

10. Gross-Value-Weighted Industrial Production: Stage-of-Process Groups

11. Historical Statistics: Total Industry

12. Historical Statistics: Manufacturing

13. Historical Statistics: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries

14. Historical Statistics: Manufacturing Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries

Further detail is available on the Board’s website (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/).

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Rebasing of Gross Value of Products Series

With the October 17, 2013, release of the G.17, the comparison base year for the data in Table 9,

Gross Value of Final Products and Nonindustrial Supplies, and in Table 10, Gross-Value-Weighted

Industrial Production: Stage-of-Process Groups, will be advanced to 2009 to conform with the

comparison base year of the national income and product accounts issued by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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 Note: The shaded areas are periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

 25

 50

 75

100

125

150

175

 25

 50

 75

100

125

150

175

Capacity

Production

Total

Manufacturing

1. Industrial production, capacity, and utilization

Ratio scale, 2007 output = 100

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

 60

 70

 80

 90

100

 60

 70

 80

 90

 100

Utilization

Percent of capacity 

 Note: The shaded areas are periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

2010 2012

 78

 82

 86

 90

 94

 98

 102

 106

Production

 Detail: 2009 to present

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 2. Industrial production and capacity utilization

 Note: The shaded areas are periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

2000 2005 2010

 65

 70

 75

 80

 85

 90

 95

100

105

110

 65

 70

 75

 80

 85

 90

 95

 100

 105

 110

Durable

Nondurable

 Consumer goods Ratio scale, 2007=100 

2000 2005 2010

 50

 70

 90

110

130

 50

 70

 90

 110

 130

Defense and Space

Business

 Equipment Ratio scale, 2007=100 

2000 2005 2010

 60

 70

 80

 90

100

110

 60

 70

 80

 90

 100

 110

Other business

Construction

 Nonindustrial supplies Ratio scale, 2007=100 

2000 2005 2010

 65

 70

 75

 80

 85

 90

 95

100

105

110

115

 65

 70

 75

 80

 85

 90

 95

 100

 105

 110

 115

Non-energy

Energy

 Industrial materials Ratio scale, 2007=100 

2000 2005 2010

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

Excluding utilities

 Primary and 

semifinished

processing

 Capacity utilization Percent of capacity 

2000 2005 2010

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

Crude processing

Finished processing

 Capacity utilization Percent of capacity 

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 3. Industrial production and capacity utilization, high-technology industries

 Notes: High-technology industries are defined as semiconductors and related electronic components (NAICS 334412-9),

 computers (NAICS 3341), and communications equipment (NAICS 3342).

 The shaded areas are periods of business recession as defined by the NBER.

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

 30

 50

 70

 90

110

130

 30

 50

 70

 90

 110

 130

Excluding

high-technology

industries

Total IP

 Industrial production Ratio scale, 2007 = 100 

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

 45

 55

 65

 75

 85

 95

100

 45

 55

 65

 75

 85

 95

 100

High-technology industries

industries

high-technology

Excluding

 Capacity utilization Percent of capacity 

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

-15

-10

 -5

 0

 5

 10

 15

 -15

 -10

 -5

 0

 5

 10

 15

Total IP

Excluding the

contribution

of high-technology

industries

 Industrial production Percent change from year earlier 

2000 2005 2010

 5

 10

 50

100

200

300

 5

 10

 50

 100

 200

 300

Communications eq.

Computers

Semiconductors

 Industrial production Ratio scale, 2007 = 100 

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Table 1

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: MARKET AND INDUSTRY GROUP SUMMARY

Percent change, seasonally adjusted

Fourth quarter to

fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate July ’12

Item 2012 2012 2013 2013 to

proportion12010 2011 2012 Q4 Q1r Q2r Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r MayrJunerJulypJuly ’13

Total IP 100.00 6.2 3.3 2.8 2.5 4.1 .3 .7 .2 -.4 .0 .2 .0 1.4

MARKET GROUPS

Final products and nonindustrial supplies 53.46 3.7 2.4 2.6 1.4 5.0 .3 1.0 .4 -.5 -.1 .4 -.3 1.2

Consumer goods 27.14 .3 2.0 1.4 1.2 5.7 1.0 .8 .8 -.6 -.2 .6 -.5 1.3

Durable 5.81 2.3 7.9 6.4 8.7 13.2 5.7 1.8 .8 -.4 .3 1.5 -1.5 5.0

Automotive products 2.98 .6 14.7 7.1 12.5 14.4 11.1 2.4 1.9 -.5 .7 1.9 -2.4 6.5

Home electronics .14 -20.0 5.7 -1.8 3.8 2.5 9.9 4.5 1.7 .2 -2.7 4.5 -1.0 4.3

Appliances, furniture, carpeting .78 .7 1.1 3.3 2.1 5.6 3.1 -1.1 .3 .1 1.1 .3 -.7 1.9

Miscellaneous goods 1.91 8.0 1.1 7.3 6.0 15.4 -1.5 1.8 -.8 -.5 -.5 1.2 -.6 4.0

Nondurable 21.33 -.2 .4 .1 -.7 3.7 -.3 .6 .8 -.7 -.3 .4 -.2 .3

Non-energy 16.04 -.8 1.0 -.1 -1.1 3.7 -2.6 .4 -.7 -.7 .2 .6 -.4 -.1

Foods and tobacco 9.11 .7 .7 2.3 -3.7 7.0 -4.7 1.8 -1.0 -1.6 .3 .8 -.5 .0

Clothing .20 11.4 -8.0 -2.4 -1.5 13.9 -7.5 .5 -1.8 -2.7 2.5 .4 .6 1.8

Chemical products 4.87 -3.1 3.1 -3.0 1.6 -.2 2.1 -1.9 .4 .7 .1 .2 -.2 .0

Paper products 1.36 -4.1 -1.4 -8.1 2.4 -5.7 -3.4 -.4 -2.7 .9 .1 .6 -.9 -2.8

Energy 5.29 1.4 -1.1 .7 .6 3.7 6.5 1.0 5.1 -.7 -1.8 -.4 .3 1.3

Business equipment 9.61 12.0 5.0 7.2 1.6 4.3 2.1 1.9 .0 -.2 -.1 .4 .0 2.1

Transit 2.16 11.4 6.5 13.6 5.8 -2.7 6.5 1.3 1.2 .3 .0 .2 .0 1.4

Information processing 2.09 3.5 1.4 7.8 6.8 4.5 .5 .0 -.6 .3 .9 -1.1 -.7 1.6

Industrial and other 5.36 16.4 6.0 4.5 -2.1 7.3 1.0 2.8 -.2 -.5 -.6 1.2 .2 2.6

Defense and space equipment 2.29 4.6 -.2 4.8 4.1 -3.5 -3.1 .0 .0 -.4 -.4 -.1 1.0 .5

Construction supplies 4.16 8.1 2.7 4.2 7.2 14.4 -5.8 2.3 -1.2 -1.3 -.6 .5 .5 4.4

Business supplies 9.47 2.3 .7 1.4 .0 2.7 .1 .2 .5 -.4 .2 -.2 -.7 -.5

Materials 46.54 9.4 4.3 2.9 3.8 3.0 .4 .3 .0 -.2 .3 .0 .4 1.7

Non-energy 29.02 11.6 4.0 3.0 4.2 3.5 -2.7 .0 -.6 -.5 .4 -.2 .0 .6

Durable 17.64 18.4 7.5 3.9 3.7 4.5 -2.8 .4 -.7 -.5 .1 .1 .2 .5

Consumer parts 2.61 27.8 6.5 13.2 4.2 9.5 -5.7 -.1 -1.4 -.7 .5 -.4 .3 -.8

Equipment parts 6.49 23.8 12.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 4.9 .8 -.4 .8 .4 .3 -.7 .6

Other 8.54 11.7 4.3 2.8 4.9 5.0 -7.3 .4 -.6 -1.4 -.3 .0 1.0 .9

Nondurable 11.39 2.6 -.9 1.7 4.8 1.8 -2.5 -.7 -.4 -.5 .8 -.5 -.5 .7

Textile .44 4.9 -1.3 -1.1 -10.1 1.2 -11.4 -2.2 .6 -2.7 -1.0 2.1 -1.3 -5.7

Paper 1.98 .8 -1.3 -2.2 2.1 3.9 -.2 .3 -.5 -.6 1.5 -.5 -.8 .6

Chemical 5.65 5.0 -1.6 3.7 10.9 -.3 -1.1 -.7 -.7 -.1 1.0 -.5 -.7 2.2

Energy 17.51 5.9 4.8 2.7 3.2 2.2 5.8 .9 1.0 .3 .1 .2 1.2 3.5

INDUSTRY GROUPS

Manufacturing 75.46 6.4 3.3 2.8 2.4 4.9 -.8 .6 -.3 -.4 .3 .2 -.1 1.3

Manufacturing (NAICS) 31–33 72.70 6.9 3.4 3.3 2.7 5.4 -.6 .6 -.2 -.4 .3 .1 -.1 1.5

Durable manufacturing 38.30 12.2 6.3 5.3 3.7 6.4 .5 1.2 -.3 -.3 .2 .3 -.2 2.0

Wood products 321 .89 4.2 1.2 7.1 21.7 15.5 -7.6 2.4 -1.2 -2.8 1.5 -.2 -.6 6.3

Nonmetallic mineral products 327 1.53 9.5 -.2 1.4 6.2 9.9 -2.2 1.9 -.5 -2.7 2.5 .6 -.4 4.2

Primary metals 331 3.11 12.3 8.8 -2.6 -.9 3.5 -9.5 -.7 -2.2 -.4 .5 -2.1 2.6 -2.4

Fabricated metal products 332 5.64 12.9 6.3 5.8 1.2 10.0 -1.7 2.1 -.7 -.4 -.5 .4 .1 2.3

Machinery 333 5.78 21.2 8.4 2.9 -4.6 10.3 .0 2.8 -.2 -.7 -.9 1.5 -1.0 .7

Computer and electronic products 334 6.10 17.8 7.2 5.6 8.6 2.0 6.2 -.1 .0 1.0 1.0 -.6 -.1 3.2

Electrical equip., appliances,

and components 335 1.84 12.9 2.4 3.6 5.2 .3 -3.0 1.6 -1.8 -.8 .7 .8 -.1 1.2

Motor vehicles and parts 3361–3 4.61 15.3 11.7 13.8 9.8 7.1 7.7 1.4 1.5 -.4 .6 1.2 -1.7 2.6

Aerospace and miscellaneous

transportation equipment 3364–9 4.59 1.4 6.4 4.8 2.6 .6 -.4 .8 -.2 .1 -.1 -.6 .8 1.3

Furniture and related products 337 1.04 5.2 1.8 3.3 -4.1 11.0 4.5 .8 .1 1.0 -.1 -.4 .0 1.6

Miscellaneous 339 3.17 2.9 -.1 8.4 7.9 10.3 .5 1.0 .4 -1.1 .2 1.5 -.7 4.5

Nondurable manufacturing 34.39 1.5 .5 1.0 1.5 4.3 -1.9 .0 -.2 -.6 .3 .0 .0 .9

Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 11.08 .2 .5 2.5 -3.5 6.6 -4.8 1.1 -.8 -1.4 .2 .7 -.4 -.2

Textile and product mills 313,4 .71 4.0 .2 -.5 -3.8 -1.2 -9.1 -1.7 .4 -2.0 -.7 1.4 -.6 -3.6

Apparel and leather 315,6 .26 6.5 -5.3 -2.6 -.5 14.2 -6.4 .7 -2.1 -2.6 2.9 .7 .7 2.6

Paper 322 2.41 .9 -.5 -2.3 3.8 3.1 -.2 .4 -1.3 -.1 1.8 -1.4 -.2 1.2

Printing and support 323 1.41 2.2 -3.3 -1.7 -7.2 4.5 1.1 -.8 1.1 -.6 .7 -.3 -1.2 -2.5

Petroleum and coal products 324 3.95 .7 3.3 -1.3 5.9 10.8 -7.9 .4 -.4 -1.7 .5 -1.5 2.0 3.0

Chemicals 325 11.67 1.2 .3 .7 5.6 -.1 1.1 -1.0 .1 .6 .0 -.1 -.2 1.3

Plastics and rubber products 326 2.90 7.7 .7 4.6 3.7 5.9 5.1 -.5 1.6 -.1 .5 .4 .1 3.4

Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 2.76 -5.6 -.3 -7.7 -4.9 -8.0 -4.9 -1.0 -1.9 .0 .1 .9 -.1 -4.5

Mining 21 14.62 8.7 7.6 4.3 7.7 -.8 5.1 .9 -.3 .8 .1 1.0 2.1 5.7

Utilities 2211,2 9.92 2.7 -2.3 .1 -3.9 5.2 1.9 .9 5.0 -1.6 -1.8 -.8 -2.1 -3.7

Electric 2211 8.80 2.6 -1.8 -.3 -4.6 5.5 1.8 .6 4.0 -1.2 -1.2 -.9 -2.5 -4.4

Natural gas 2212 1.13 3.8 -5.7 3.7 1.2 3.0 2.3 3.3 12.1 -4.3 -5.5 .6 1.0 1.8

r Revised. p Preliminary.

NOTE. Under the industry groups, the figures to the right of the series descriptions are 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The abbreviation pt denotes part of

a NAICS code. Additional industry detail is available on the Board’s web site (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17). Under market groups, in the products category, miscellaneous consumer

nondurables, oil and gas drilling, and manufactured homes are not shown separately; in the nondurable materials category, containers and miscellaneous nondurable materials are not shown

separately.

1. The proportion data are the relative weights for the rates of change for each series in the computation of the change in total industrial production in the following year.

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Table 2

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: SPECIAL AGGREGATES AND SELECTED DETAIL

Percent change, seasonally adjusted

Fourth quarter to

fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate July ’12

Item 2012 2012 2013 2013 to

proportion 2010 2011 2012 Q4 Q1r Q2r Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r MayrJunerJulypJuly ’13

Total industry 100.00 6.2 3.3 2.8 2.5 4.1 .3 .7 .2 -.4 .0 .2 .0 1.4

Energy 26.50 5.1 3.3 1.9 1.6 2.3 5.1 .8 1.9 .0 -.3 -.2 .7 2.0

Consumer products 5.29 1.4 -1.1 .7 .6 3.7 6.5 1.0 5.1 -.7 -1.8 -.4 .3 1.3

Commercial products 2.95 1.7 -.2 1.4 -.8 2.9 .2 .5 1.3 -.3 -.1 -1.9 -1.7 -3.1

Oil and gas well drilling 213111 .75 45.2 21.3 -7.6 -17.9 -7.8 -.8 .8 .0 -.7 .1 .5 .6 -7.5

Converted fuel 3.98 3.0 -1.3 .1 -4.8 4.4 -5.5 2.9 5.2 -5.0 -.8 -.3 -1.1 -4.9

Primary energy 13.53 7.0 6.6 3.5 5.7 1.6 9.1 .3 -.2 1.9 .3 .3 1.8 6.0

Non-energy 73.50 6.6 3.3 3.1 2.8 4.7 -1.3 .6 -.4 -.5 .2 .3 -.2 1.2

Selected high-technology industries 3.22 27.2 9.7 2.3 10.0 -1.6 12.3 -.8 .5 2.1 1.3 -.2 1.0 5.0

Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 .33 -15.2 -18.4 3.6 5.6 3.7 6.9 .5 .3 .7 .7 .5 .6 5.4

Communications equipment 3342 .57 3.3 11.6 -.4 7.2 .1 2.0 -.1 .1 .3 .2 .1 .2 2.9

Semiconductors and related

electronic components 334412–9 2.32 49.3 14.7 2.8 11.4 -2.7 15.6 -1.1 .6 2.7 1.6 -.3 1.3 5.4

Excluding selected high-technology

industries 70.28 5.6 3.0 3.1 2.5 5.0 -1.9 .7 -.4 -.6 .1 .4 -.3 1.0

Motor vehicles and parts 3361–3 4.61 15.3 11.7 13.8 9.8 7.1 7.7 1.4 1.5 -.4 .6 1.2 -1.7 2.6

Motor vehicles 3361 2.20 9.8 17.2 13.3 12.8 8.1 16.2 2.9 2.8 -.3 .7 2.4 -3.3 3.3

Motor vehicle parts 3363 2.11 23.0 6.5 14.3 3.7 7.2 .3 .1 .5 -.6 .5 -.2 .1 1.3

Excluding motor vehicles and parts 65.67 4.9 2.4 2.4 2.0 4.8 -2.6 .6 -.5 -.7 .1 .3 -.1 .9

Consumer goods 19.28 .0 1.3 .8 -.4 5.1 -2.0 .6 -.6 -.7 .2 .7 -.4 .5

Business equipment 8.26 11.9 5.9 6.6 1.4 7.0 1.7 2.0 -.1 -.2 -.1 .3 .0 3.1

Construction supplies 4.14 8.2 2.7 4.2 7.2 14.5 -5.9 2.3 -1.2 -1.3 -.6 .5 .5 4.4

Business supplies 6.23 .9 .4 1.3 -.2 2.8 -.6 .1 .1 -.6 .2 .6 -.3 .4

Materials 25.44 7.5 2.9 2.1 3.5 3.7 -4.2 .1 -.7 -.7 .2 -.1 -.2 .2

Measures excluding selected

high-technology industries

Total industry 96.78 5.5 3.1 2.8 2.2 4.3 .0 .7 .2 -.5 .0 .2 .0 1.3

Manufacturing1

72.24 5.3 3.0 2.9 2.1 5.2 -1.3 .6 -.3 -.5 .2 .2 -.1 1.1

Durable 35.23 10.6 5.9 5.6 3.1 7.1 -.4 1.4 -.3 -.6 .2 .3 -.2 1.8

Measures excluding motor vehicles

and parts

Total industry 95.39 5.8 3.0 2.3 2.2 3.9 .0 .6 .2 -.4 .0 .1 .1 1.4

Manufacturing1

70.85 5.8 2.8 2.2 2.0 4.7 -1.3 .5 -.4 -.4 .2 .1 .0 1.2

Durable 33.84 11.7 5.6 4.2 2.9 6.2 -.4 1.2 -.5 -.3 .2 .2 .1 2.0

Measures excluding selected

high-technology industries

and motor vehicles and parts

Total industry 92.17 4.9 2.7 2.2 1.9 4.1 -.4 .7 .1 -.5 .0 .2 .1 1.2

Manufacturing1

67.63 4.6 2.4 2.2 1.6 5.1 -1.9 .6 -.4 -.6 .2 .1 .0 1.0

Stage-of-process components

of non-energy materials,

measures of the input to

Finished processors 11.52 18.8 7.8 3.4 2.0 4.0 .8 .4 -.6 .1 .6 .1 -.6 .1

Primary and semifinished processors 17.51 6.9 1.6 2.8 5.6 3.1 -4.9 -.3 -.5 -.9 .2 -.3 .3 .9

r Revised. p Preliminary.

1. Refer to note on cover page.

Table 3

MOTOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLIES

Millions of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate

2012 2012 2013 2013

Item average Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

Total 10.33 10.31 10.46 10.71 11.10 10.72 10.96 10.99 11.05 11.25 10.65

Autos 4.11 4.26 4.13 4.37 4.44 4.32 4.48 4.37 4.40 4.56 4.11

Trucks 6.23 6.05 6.32 6.34 6.65 6.41 6.48 6.62 6.65 6.69 6.54

Light 5.96 5.79 6.08 6.11 6.39 6.18 6.24 6.37 6.40 6.42 6.22

Medium and heavy .27 .26 .24 .23 .26 .23 .24 .26 .26 .27 .32

Memo

Autos and light trucks 10.06 10.05 10.21 10.48 10.84 10.49 10.72 10.74 10.79 10.98 10.33

NOTE. Seasonal factors and underlying data for auto, light truck, and medium and heavy truck production are available on the Board’s web site, www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/mvsf.htm

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Table 4

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEXES: MARKET AND INDUSTRY GROUP SUMMARY

2007 = 100, seasonally adjusted

2012 2012 2013

Item proportion Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r Mayr

JunerJulyp

Total IP 100.00 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.7 98.9 98.9

MARKET GROUPS

Final products and nonindustrial supplies 53.46 93.5 93.5 93.5 94.4 94.7 94.2 94.1 94.5 94.2

Consumer goods 27.14 93.2 93.1 93.3 94.1 94.8 94.2 94.0 94.6 94.1

Durable 5.81 91.8 93.9 93.3 94.9 95.7 95.3 95.6 97.0 95.5

Automotive products 2.98 102.4 106.2 103.9 106.4 108.4 107.9 108.7 110.7 108.1

Home electronics .14 61.4 61.5 58.7 61.3 62.4 62.5 60.8 63.5 62.9

Appliances, furniture, carpeting .78 68.7 67.8 69.4 68.7 68.9 69.0 69.7 69.9 69.4

Miscellaneous goods 1.91 89.9 91.5 92.2 93.9 93.2 92.7 92.2 93.3 92.7

Nondurable 21.33 94.0 93.3 93.7 94.2 94.9 94.2 94.0 94.3 94.1

Non-energy 16.04 91.2 92.0 91.9 92.2 91.6 91.0 91.2 91.8 91.4

Foods and tobacco 9.11 99.0 99.5 99.5 101.2 100.2 98.6 98.9 99.7 99.3

Clothing .20 57.6 57.9 59.3 59.5 58.5 56.9 58.3 58.6 59.0

Chemical products 4.87 83.9 85.4 85.1 83.5 83.8 84.5 84.5 84.7 84.5

Paper products 1.36 75.4 75.2 74.9 74.5 72.5 73.2 73.2 73.7 73.0

Energy 5.29 103.5 97.7 99.9 100.9 106.1 105.3 103.4 103.0 103.3

Business equipment 9.61 101.3 101.7 100.5 102.3 102.3 102.2 102.0 102.5 102.5

Transit 2.16 105.1 103.9 101.2 102.5 103.8 104.0 104.1 104.2 104.2

Information processing 2.09 99.8 101.3 100.9 100.8 100.3 100.5 101.5 100.4 99.6

Industrial and other 5.36 99.5 100.1 99.2 102.0 101.8 101.2 100.7 101.8 102.1

Defense and space equipment 2.29 114.0 114.1 112.7 112.7 112.6 112.1 111.7 111.5 112.6

Construction supplies 4.16 79.6 80.1 80.9 82.8 81.8 80.8 80.3 80.8 81.2

Business supplies 9.47 90.7 90.4 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.0 91.1 90.9 90.3

Materials 46.54 103.9 104.1 104.2 104.5 104.5 104.3 104.6 104.6 105.0

Non-energy 29.02 98.4 99.2 99.3 99.3 98.7 98.2 98.6 98.4 98.4

Durable 17.64 105.1 105.5 105.7 106.2 105.5 105.0 105.1 105.2 105.4

Consumer parts 2.61 95.4 98.4 98.1 98.0 96.7 96.0 96.5 96.1 96.3

Equipment parts 6.49 130.0 129.8 129.9 130.9 130.4 131.5 132.0 132.5 131.5

Other 8.54 91.8 91.8 92.1 92.5 91.9 90.6 90.3 90.4 91.3

Nondurable 11.39 89.3 90.4 90.4 89.7 89.4 88.9 89.6 89.2 88.7

Textile .44 77.7 76.0 79.3 77.5 77.9 75.9 75.1 76.7 75.7

Paper 1.98 82.3 83.5 83.4 83.6 83.2 82.7 83.9 83.5 82.8

Chemical 5.65 89.4 91.3 90.2 89.6 88.9 88.9 89.8 89.3 88.7

Energy 17.51 112.7 111.6 111.7 112.7 113.9 114.2 114.3 114.5 115.9

INDUSTRY GROUPS

Manufacturing 75.46 94.5 95.3 95.2 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.4

Manufacturing (NAICS) 31–33 72.70 95.8 96.6 96.5 97.1 96.9 96.5 96.7 96.9 96.8

Durable manufacturing 38.30 101.3 102.0 101.7 102.9 102.7 102.3 102.6 102.9 102.7

Wood products 321 .89 73.9 75.5 75.7 77.5 76.6 74.4 75.5 75.4 74.9

Nonmetallic mineral products 327 1.53 71.2 72.3 72.1 73.5 73.1 71.2 72.9 73.3 73.1

Primary metals 331 3.11 98.9 99.1 100.2 99.4 97.2 96.9 97.3 95.3 97.8

Fabricated metal products 332 5.64 92.6 92.9 93.6 95.5 94.8 94.4 93.9 94.3 94.4

Machinery 333 5.78 100.9 101.5 101.4 104.3 104.1 103.4 102.4 104.0 103.0

Computer and electronic products 334 6.10 132.9 133.5 133.2 133.0 133.1 134.5 135.9 135.1 135.0

Electrical equip., appliances,

and components 335 1.84 88.2 87.9 86.9 88.3 86.7 86.0 86.6 87.3 87.2

Motor vehicles and parts 3361–3 4.61 103.2 105.3 102.6 104.0 105.5 105.1 105.7 107.0 105.2

Aerospace and miscellaneous

transportation equipment 3364–9 4.59 103.6 103.3 103.2 104.0 103.8 103.9 103.8 103.1 104.0

Furniture and related products 337 1.04 69.3 69.4 70.6 71.2 71.3 72.0 71.9 71.6 71.6

Miscellaneous 339 3.17 107.4 109.2 108.5 109.6 110.0 108.8 109.0 110.7 110.0

Nondurable manufacturing 34.39 90.1 91.1 91.2 91.2 91.0 90.5 90.8 90.8 90.7

Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 11.08 100.1 100.7 101.0 102.1 101.3 99.9 100.0 100.7 100.4

Textile and product mills 313,4 .71 74.2 73.5 74.9 73.6 73.9 72.4 71.9 72.9 72.4

Apparel and leather 315,6 .26 56.7 57.1 58.3 58.7 57.5 56.0 57.6 58.0 58.4

Paper 322 2.41 84.7 85.4 85.7 86.0 84.9 84.8 86.4 85.1 85.0

Printing and support 323 1.41 74.8 76.4 76.4 75.8 76.6 76.2 76.7 76.5 75.6

Petroleum and coal products 324 3.95 94.8 95.8 97.8 98.3 97.8 96.2 96.6 95.2 97.1

Chemicals 325 11.67 86.7 88.3 87.5 86.6 86.7 87.2 87.2 87.1 86.9

Plastics and rubber products 326 2.90 88.1 89.3 89.1 88.7 90.1 90.0 90.4 90.8 91.0

Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 2.76 69.7 69.3 68.9 68.2 66.9 66.9 67.0 67.6 67.5

Mining 21 14.62 116.5 115.9 115.0 116.1 115.7 116.6 116.7 117.9 120.3

Utilities 2211,2 9.92 101.0 95.6 97.9 98.9 103.8 102.1 100.3 99.5 97.5

Electric 2211 8.80 100.0 95.7 97.9 98.5 102.5 101.2 100.0 99.0 96.6

Natural gas 2212 1.13 107.7 93.3 97.2 100.3 112.4 107.6 101.7 102.3 103.4

r Revised. p Preliminary.

NOTE. Refer to notes on table 1.

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Table 5

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEXES: SPECIAL AGGREGATES

2007 = 100, seasonally adjusted

2012 2012 2013

Item proportion Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r Mayr

JunerJulyp

Total industry 100.00 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.7 98.9 98.9

Energy 26.50 109.2 106.8 107.5 108.5 110.5 110.5 110.1 109.9 110.7

Consumer products 5.29 103.5 97.7 99.9 100.9 106.1 105.3 103.4 103.0 103.3

Commercial products 2.95 102.4 99.2 101.2 101.7 103.1 102.8 102.7 100.7 99.0

Oil and gas well drilling 213111 .75 98.8 97.3 96.1 96.9 96.9 96.3 96.3 96.8 97.4

Converted fuel 3.98 99.0 94.6 94.9 97.7 102.8 97.6 96.9 96.6 95.6

Primary energy 13.53 117.2 117.3 117.3 117.7 117.5 119.7 120.1 120.5 122.6

Non-energy 73.50 94.4 95.2 95.0 95.6 95.2 94.7 94.9 95.2 95.0

Selected high-technology industries 3.22 155.2 153.5 154.5 153.3 154.1 157.3 159.3 159.0 160.6

Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 .33 66.5 66.4 66.7 67.0 67.2 67.6 68.1 68.5 68.9

Communications equipment 3342 .57 92.2 91.7 91.5 91.4 91.5 91.8 91.9 92.0 92.2

Semiconductors and related

electronic components 334412–9 2.32 230.9 227.7 229.8 227.3 228.7 234.9 238.6 237.8 240.9

Excluding selected high-technology

industries 70.28 91.7 92.5 92.3 92.9 92.5 91.9 92.1 92.4 92.2

Motor vehicles and parts 3361–3 4.61 103.2 105.3 102.6 104.0 105.5 105.1 105.7 107.0 105.2

Motor vehicles 3361 2.20 105.2 108.9 103.0 106.1 109.0 108.7 109.5 112.1 108.4

Motor vehicle parts 3363 2.11 104.0 105.0 105.0 105.1 105.7 105.1 105.6 105.4 105.5

Excluding motor vehicles and parts 65.67 90.9 91.7 91.6 92.2 91.7 91.1 91.2 91.4 91.3

Consumer goods 19.28 89.5 90.2 90.2 90.8 90.3 89.6 89.8 90.4 90.1

Business equipment 8.26 102.4 103.2 102.5 104.6 104.5 104.3 104.2 104.5 104.5

Construction supplies 4.14 79.4 80.0 80.8 82.7 81.7 80.7 80.2 80.7 81.1

Business supplies 6.23 83.2 84.1 83.7 83.7 83.8 83.3 83.5 84.0 83.7

Materials 25.44 91.5 92.3 92.3 92.4 91.7 91.1 91.3 91.1 91.0

Measures excluding selected high-technology

industries

Total industry 96.78 96.2 96.3 96.3 96.9 97.1 96.7 96.7 96.9 96.9

Manufacturing1

72.24 91.8 92.7 92.5 93.1 92.8 92.3 92.5 92.7 92.6

Durable 35.23 96.0 96.8 96.4 97.8 97.5 96.9 97.1 97.4 97.2

Measures excluding motor vehicles and parts

Total industry 95.39 97.8 97.8 97.9 98.5 98.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 98.6

Manufacturing1

70.85 93.9 94.7 94.7 95.2 94.8 94.4 94.6 94.7 94.7

Durable 33.84 100.8 101.3 101.4 102.6 102.1 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.2

Measures excluding selected high-technology

industries and motor vehicles and parts

Total industry 92.17 95.8 95.8 95.9 96.6 96.7 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.5

Manufacturing1

67.63 91.1 91.8 91.9 92.4 92.0 91.5 91.7 91.8 91.7

Stage-of-process components of non-energy

materials, measures of the input to

Finished processors 11.52 109.2 110.1 110.2 110.6 109.9 110.0 110.7 110.7 110.1

Primary and semifinished processors 17.51 91.8 92.4 92.5 92.2 91.8 91.0 91.2 90.9 91.1

r Revised. p Preliminary.

1. Refer to note on cover page.

Table 6

DIFFUSION INDEXES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Percent

Item Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

One month earlier

2011 52.6 51.0 60.3 46.2 54.8 51.3 57.7 53.8 56.1 56.7 50.3 63.5

2012 62.2 64.4 46.8 63.8 54.2 58.3 52.2 43.6 53.2 48.4 71.2 61.9

2013 52.9 60.4 46.3 46.8 53.8 60.1

Three months earlier

2011 59.6 58.3 61.5 50.3 54.5 49.0 53.8 53.8 58.3 60.6 61.5 61.5

2012 66.7 74.0 61.9 58.7 51.0 61.9 54.5 51.3 47.4 42.3 62.5 63.8

2013 66.3 64.4 53.4 48.4 45.2 53.2

Six months earlier

2011 58.0 56.1 62.2 58.7 59.3 53.8 56.1 54.2 51.9 61.9 58.0 63.5

2012 71.5 71.5 65.7 65.4 64.4 60.3 58.7 53.8 59.0 51.9 55.1 59.9

2013 57.1 67.0 62.2 62.8 53.5 54.5

NOTE. The diffusion indexes are calculated as the percentage of series that increased over the indicated span (one, three, or six months) plus one-half the percentage that were unchanged.

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Table 7

CAPACITY UTILIZATION

Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted

1972- 1994-

Item 2012 2012 95 2009 2012 2013 2013

proportion ave. high low Q4 Q1r Q2r Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r MayrJunerJulyp

Total industry 100.00 80.2 85.0 66.9 77.5 78.0 77.7 78.1 78.2 77.8 77.7 77.7 77.6

Manufacturing177.44 78.7 84.6 64.0 75.7 76.3 75.9 76.5 76.2 75.8 75.9 75.9 75.8

Manufacturing (NAICS) 31–33 74.05 78.6 84.7 63.7 76.3 77.0 76.6 77.3 77.0 76.5 76.6 76.6 76.4

Durable manufacturing 39.70 77.0 83.7 58.4 75.5 76.2 75.9 76.6 76.3 75.8 75.9 75.9 75.6

Wood products 321 1.09 76.8 86.5 49.4 67.0 69.5 68.1 70.3 69.5 67.5 68.5 68.3 67.9

Nonmetallic mineral products 327 2.16 74.8 82.7 44.4 56.3 58.1 58.1 58.5 58.4 56.9 58.5 58.9 58.8

Primary metals 331 3.19 79.1 94.1 48.8 74.0 74.9 73.2 75.2 73.6 73.4 73.8 72.3 74.3

Fabricated metal products 332 5.31 77.4 85.4 61.5 83.0 84.9 84.4 85.7 85.0 84.6 84.2 84.5 84.5

Machinery 333 5.45 78.1 87.6 59.4 80.1 81.5 81.0 82.3 82.0 81.2 80.3 81.4 80.5

Computer and electronic products 334 6.59 78.1 84.2 70.2 74.6 74.0 73.8 74.0 73.7 73.9 74.2 73.3 72.7

Electrical equip., appliances,

and components 335 1.75 82.5 92.6 66.2 82.0 81.7 80.7 82.6 81.0 80.2 80.7 81.2 81.0

Motor vehicles and parts 3361–3 4.97 75.0 87.8 35.0 73.8 74.5 75.5 74.5 75.4 74.9 75.3 76.1 74.7

Aerospace and miscellaneous

transportation equipment 3364–9 4.86 73.0 69.1 71.0 73.5 73.1 72.5 73.4 73.0 72.9 72.6 72.0 72.4

Furniture and related products 337 1.14 76.8 82.5 56.6 70.6 72.7 73.6 72.9 73.0 73.8 73.7 73.4 73.5

Miscellaneous 339 3.20 76.0 80.5 68.2 77.8 78.7 77.8 78.9 78.8 77.6 77.5 78.4 77.6

Nondurable manufacturing 34.35 80.7 86.0 69.3 77.3 77.9 77.4 78.0 77.8 77.3 77.5 77.4 77.3

Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 10.64 81.0 85.5 75.2 80.4 81.4 80.2 81.9 81.2 80.0 80.0 80.5 80.2

Textile and product mills 313,4 .79 80.0 91.7 53.7 70.2 70.8 69.8 70.3 70.8 69.6 69.3 70.5 70.3

Apparel and leather 315,6 .30 77.7 87.5 57.5 67.2 70.2 69.9 70.9 69.7 68.1 70.4 71.2 72.0

Paper 322 2.31 86.8 92.6 72.6 81.3 82.3 82.5 82.8 81.8 81.8 83.4 82.3 82.2

Printing and support 323 1.65 81.0 85.1 60.5 66.0 67.2 67.8 66.8 67.6 67.4 68.0 68.0 67.3

Petroleum and coal products 324 3.68 85.6 91.0 76.3 83.3 85.2 83.1 85.5 85.0 83.4 83.7 82.3 83.8

Chemicals 325 11.93 77.6 81.9 65.1 75.0 74.7 74.6 74.4 74.4 74.7 74.6 74.5 74.3

Plastics and rubber products 326 3.05 82.2 93.2 59.1 73.8 74.3 74.7 73.8 74.8 74.5 74.7 74.9 74.8

Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 3.39 82.3 83.2 69.5 61.4 60.5 60.0 60.6 59.6 59.7 59.8 60.5 60.5

Mining 21 12.69 87.3 88.6 78.3 88.6 87.5 87.7 87.9 87.3 87.6 87.4 88.0 89.5

Utilities 2211,2 9.87 86.2 93.3 78.6 77.8 78.5 78.7 77.5 81.3 79.9 78.5 77.8 76.2

Selected high-technology industries 3.71 78.0 86.2 71.2 71.3 70.4 71.2 70.1 70.2 71.1 71.5 70.8 71.0

Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 .39 78.2 87.7 80.6 67.8 68.4 70.1 68.4 68.7 69.4 70.1 70.7 71.5

Communications equipment 3342 .61 76.7 84.2 77.3 77.7 78.3 78.6 78.3 78.4 78.6 78.6 78.5 78.5

Semiconductors and related

electronic components 334412–9 2.71 79.9 92.1 62.8 70.4 69.0 69.8 68.7 68.6 69.8 70.2 69.3 69.4

Measures excluding selected

high-technology industries

Total industry 96.29 80.3 84.9 66.7 77.8 78.3 78.0 78.4 78.5 78.0 77.9 78.0 77.9

Manufacturing1

73.73 78.8 84.5 63.5 75.9 76.6 76.2 76.9 76.6 76.1 76.2 76.2 76.1

STAGE-OF-PROCESS GROUPS

Crude 16.81 86.3 89.7 76.4 87.0 86.2 86.3 86.3 86.0 86.1 86.3 86.5 87.4

Primary and semifinished 45.66 81.0 87.9 64.4 75.4 76.4 76.0 76.4 76.8 76.2 76.0 75.7 75.5

Finished 37.53 77.1 80.6 66.8 75.8 76.2 75.9 76.5 76.3 75.8 75.8 76.1 75.6

r Revised. p Preliminary.

1. Refer to note on cover page.

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Table 8

INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY

Percent change

Monthly

Average annual rate Fourth quarter to fourth quarter Annual rate rate

Item 1972- 1980- 1989- 1995- 2012 2013 2013

79 88 94 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 July

Total industry 3.1 1.9 2.3 2.3 -2.1 1.3 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 .1

Manufacturing13.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 -2.0 .6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 .1

Mining .7 .1 -.7 .7 -1.0 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4 .4

Utilities 4.2 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.9 .9 1.5 1.2 .9 .7 .1

Selected high-technology industries 19.6 17.3 15.8 20.2 11.1 26.4 4.1 7.7 -.3 3.7 7.4 9.8 .8

Manufacturing1ex. selected

high-technology industries 2.6 1.3 1.6 1.0 -2.7 -.5 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.1 .1

STAGE-OF-PROCESS GROUPS

Crude 1.6 .4 -.5 .7 -1.5 3.4 3.2 3.5 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.7 .3

Primary and semifinished 3.0 1.3 2.5 2.7 -1.1 1.4 .7 .7 .3 .4 .6 .8 .1

Finished 3.9 3.3 2.7 2.3 -2.1 .4 3.3 2.5 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.3 .2

1. Refer to note on cover page.

Table 9

GROSS VALUE OF FINAL PRODUCTS AND NONINDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES

Billions of 2005 dollars at annual rate, seasonally adjusted

2012 2013 2013

Item 2005 2012 Q4 Q1r Q2r Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r Mayr

JunerJulyp

Final products and nonindustrial

supplies 3,332.3 3,275.6 3,296.9 3,337.7 3,347.5 3,341.7 3,357.8 3,343.6 3,345.4 3,353.5 3,351.5

Final products 2,474.8 2,517.2 2,536.1 2,565.4 2,580.0 2,568.1 2,584.4 2,574.1 2,578.6 2,587.2 2,587.6

Consumer goods 1,834.0 1,795.6 1,807.2 1,833.4 1,844.1 1,832.8 1,848.1 1,838.1 1,844.8 1,849.3 1,847.3

Durable 495.2 464.7 472.4 488.0 497.5 489.1 495.0 493.0 495.7 503.9 493.7

Automotive products 288.4 307.3 312.4 323.7 333.1 324.0 330.6 329.1 331.8 338.5 329.2

Other durable goods 206.8 158.0 160.5 164.9 165.2 165.7 165.1 164.7 164.7 166.3 165.2

Nondurable 1,338.8 1,332.0 1,336.9 1,349.4 1,352.0 1,348.0 1,357.8 1,350.0 1,354.1 1,352.0 1,358.1

Equipment, total 640.9 727.6 735.4 737.4 741.4 741.3 741.6 741.7 739.0 743.4 746.1

Business and defense 617.5 705.0 714.1 716.2 720.3 719.8 720.5 720.6 718.0 722.3 724.9

Business 537.6 599.0 606.5 609.9 615.3 613.6 614.3 615.0 613.1 617.7 619.0

Defense and space 79.9 105.1 106.6 105.6 104.5 105.5 105.5 105.0 104.3 104.2 105.3

Nonindustrial supplies 857.4 761.7 764.2 775.6 771.2 777.0 776.9 773.0 770.5 770.1 767.8

Construction supplies 270.0 216.5 218.0 226.5 222.4 228.6 226.6 222.9 221.6 222.6 223.6

Business supplies 587.4 545.3 546.3 549.3 549.0 548.5 550.4 550.3 549.0 547.7 544.4

Commercial energy products 210.9 211.5 212.3 213.2 212.0 212.2 214.0 214.5 212.4 209.0 206.7

r Revised. p Preliminary.

Table 10

GROSS-VALUE-WEIGHTED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: STAGE-OF-PROCESS GROUPS

Percent change, seasonally adjusted

Fourth quarter to

fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate July ’12

Item 2012 2012 2013 2013 to

gross value12010 2011 2012 Q4 Q1r Q2r Feb.r Mar.r Apr.r MayrJunerJulypJuly ’13

Finished 1,992.6 4.1 4.7 4.4 2.0 5.7 1.7 1.1 .2 -.4 .2 .7 -.5 1.9

Semifinished 1,706.9 9.2 2.9 3.2 1.4 6.5 -1.2 .6 .6 -.6 -.5 .1 -.8 -.2

Primary 1,328.1 3.9 1.4 .0 1.9 4.3 -1.5 .2 .6 -.9 .5 -.9 1.2 1.4

Crude 670.3 6.5 3.0 1.8 7.6 -2.0 2.3 .3 -.2 -.1 1.0 .1 .7 3.2

r Revised. p Preliminary.

1. Billions of 2005 dollars.

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Table 11

HISTORICAL STATISTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION: Total Industry

Seasonally adjusted

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual

IP (percent

change)

1

1991 -.4 -.6 -.5 .2 1.0 1.0 .0 .1 .9 -.2 -.1 -.4 -7.4 2.4 5.5 .9 -1.5

1992 -.6 .8 .8 .7 .4 .0 .9 -.5 .2 .8 .4 .0 -.5 7.2 2.9 4.3 2.8

1993 .5 .4 .0 .3 -.4 .2 .3 .0 .5 .7 .4 .5 3.6 .9 1.9 6.1 3.3

1994 .4 .1 1.0 .5 .5 .7 .2 .6 .3 .9 .6 1.0 5.1 7.5 5.2 8.5 5.3

1995 .2 -.1 .2 .0 .3 .4 -.4 1.3 .4 -.2 .3 .4 4.5 1.4 3.8 3.3 4.7

1996 -.7 1.6 -.2 .8 .7 .9 -.1 .7 .5 .0 .8 .6 2.8 8.4 5.3 5.5 4.4

1997 .1 1.2 .8 .0 .7 .5 .6 1.3 .9 .7 .9 .4 7.8 6.5 9.7 10.1 7.2

1998 .5 .1 .1 .4 .7 -.6 -.4 2.1 -.3 .8 -.1 .4 4.5 2.9 2.9 5.5 5.8

1999 .4 .4 .2 .2 .7 -.2 .7 .4 -.3 1.3 .5 .8 4.1 3.9 4.0 7.6 4.3

2000 .1 .4 .4 .6 .2 .1 -.2 -.3 .5 -.4 .0 -.3 4.7 4.6 -.6 -1.3 4.0

2001 -.7 -.6 -.3 -.3 -.7 -.7 -.4 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.5 .0 -5.6 -5.3 -5.5 -4.5 -3.4

2002 .6 .0 .7 .4 .5 1.0 -.3 .1 .1 -.3 .5 -.5 2.7 6.5 2.4 -.2 .2

2003 .7 .4 -.2 -.8 .0 .0 .4 -.1 .6 .0 .8 -.1 3.1 -3.3 1.9 3.3 1.2

2004 .3 .6 -.5 .4 .7 -.8 .8 .2 .0 1.0 .2 .7 2.8 1.8 2.5 5.7 2.3

2005 .4 .6 -.1 .1 .2 .4 -.1 .1 -2.0 1.2 1.0 .6 5.4 2.1 -1.5 3.2 3.2

2006 .1 .1 .3 .4 -.1 .4 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 1.0 3.8 2.6 1.5 .6 2.2

2007 -.5 1.1 .1 .7 .1 .0 .0 .1 .4 -.5 .6 .0 3.8 4.8 1.1 1.0 2.5

2008 -.3 -.2 -.3 -.8 -.5 -.2 -.5 -1.6 -4.2 .8 -1.2 -2.8 -1.4 -5.5 -12.1 -15.9 -3.4

2009 -2.2 -.6 -1.5 -.8 -1.0 -.4 .9 1.1 .7 .3 .5 .5 -19.8 -10.9 4.9 6.6 -11.3

2010 1.1 .4 .8 .3 1.6 .2 .6 .3 .3 -.3 .3 1.0 8.5 8.7 6.2 1.7 5.7

2011 -.1 -.5 1.0 -.6 .4 .2 .6 .5 .1 .6 .2 .6 2.6 1.0 5.0 4.7 3.4

2012 .7 .5 -.5 .7 .3 .0 .4 -.8 .2 -.1 1.3 .0 5.4 2.9 .3 2.5 3.6

2013 .0 .7 .2 -.4 .0 .2 .0 4.1 .3

IP (2007=100)

2011 92.6 92.2 93.1 92.6 92.9 93.1 93.6 94.1 94.2 94.7 95.0 95.5 92.6 92.9 94.0 95.1 93.6

2012 96.2 96.7 96.1 96.9 97.1 97.1 97.6 96.8 97.0 96.8 98.1 98.2 96.3 97.0 97.1 97.7 97.0

2013 98.2 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.7 98.9 98.9 98.7 98.8

Capacity

(percent of

2007 output)

2011 121.6 121.7 121.8 121.9 122.0 122.2 122.4 122.6 122.8 123.1 123.3 123.6 121.7 122.0 122.6 123.3 122.4

2012 123.9 124.1 124.3 124.6 124.8 125.0 125.2 125.4 125.6 125.8 126.0 126.2 124.1 124.8 125.4 126.0 125.1

2013 126.4 126.5 126.7 126.9 127.1 127.3 127.4 126.5 127.1

Utilization

(percent)

1991 79.9 79.3 78.8 78.8 79.5 80.2 80.1 80.1 80.7 80.5 80.3 79.9 79.3 79.5 80.3 80.2 79.8

1992 79.3 79.8 80.3 80.7 80.8 80.6 81.2 80.6 80.6 81.0 81.2 81.0 79.8 80.7 80.8 81.1 80.6

1993 81.3 81.5 81.3 81.4 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.1 81.4 81.8 82.0 82.3 81.3 81.2 81.2 82.0 81.4

1994 82.4 82.3 82.9 83.2 83.4 83.7 83.6 83.8 83.7 84.2 84.4 85.0 82.6 83.4 83.7 84.5 83.6

1995 84.9 84.5 84.4 84.0 83.9 83.9 83.3 84.1 84.1 83.6 83.5 83.4 84.6 84.0 83.8 83.5 84.0

1996 82.5 83.5 83.0 83.3 83.5 83.9 83.4 83.6 83.6 83.2 83.5 83.6 83.0 83.6 83.5 83.5 83.4

1997 83.3 83.9 84.1 83.7 83.9 83.8 83.8 84.4 84.6 84.6 84.8 84.6 83.8 83.8 84.3 84.7 84.1

1998 84.4 84.0 83.5 83.3 83.3 82.3 81.5 82.8 82.1 82.3 81.9 81.8 84.0 82.9 82.1 82.0 82.8

1999 81.8 81.8 81.6 81.5 81.8 81.3 81.5 81.6 81.0 81.8 81.9 82.2 81.7 81.5 81.4 82.0 81.6

2000 82.0 82.0 82.1 82.3 82.2 81.9 81.5 81.0 81.2 80.6 80.3 79.8 82.0 82.1 81.2 80.2 81.4

2001 79.0 78.3 77.9 77.5 76.7 76.0 75.5 75.1 74.7 74.2 73.6 73.5 78.4 76.7 75.1 73.8 76.0

2002 73.9 73.7 74.2 74.4 74.8 75.5 75.2 75.3 75.3 75.1 75.5 75.2 73.9 74.9 75.3 75.3 74.8

2003 75.8 76.1 76.0 75.4 75.4 75.5 75.8 75.7 76.2 76.2 76.8 76.7 76.0 75.4 75.9 76.5 76.0

2004 77.0 77.4 77.0 77.4 77.9 77.3 77.9 78.1 78.1 78.8 78.9 79.4 77.1 77.5 78.0 79.1 77.9

2005 79.7 80.1 80.0 80.0 80.0 80.2 80.0 80.0 78.3 79.2 79.8 80.2 79.9 80.1 79.4 79.7 79.8

2006 80.2 80.1 80.2 80.4 80.2 80.4 80.3 80.3 80.1 79.9 79.6 80.2 80.2 80.3 80.3 79.9 80.2

2007 79.7 80.4 80.3 80.7 80.6 80.5 80.4 80.4 80.7 80.3 80.7 80.8 80.1 80.6 80.5 80.6 80.5

2008 80.5 80.4 80.2 79.6 79.3 79.2 78.8 77.5 74.2 74.8 73.9 71.7 80.4 79.4 76.8 73.5 77.5

2009 70.0 69.6 68.5 67.9 67.2 66.9 67.6 68.3 68.9 69.2 69.7 70.1 69.4 67.3 68.3 69.7 68.7

2010 71.0 71.5 72.2 72.6 73.9 74.2 74.8 75.1 75.4 75.2 75.5 76.2 71.6 73.6 75.1 75.6 74.0

2011 76.1 75.7 76.5 76.0 76.1 76.2 76.5 76.8 76.7 77.0 77.0 77.3 76.1 76.1 76.7 77.1 76.5

2012 77.7 77.9 77.3 77.7 77.8 77.7 77.9 77.2 77.2 77.0 77.9 77.8 77.6 77.7 77.4 77.5 77.6

2013 77.7 78.1 78.2 77.8 77.7 77.7 77.6 78.0 77.7

1. Quarterly changes are at annual rates. Annual changes are calculated from annual averages.

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Table 12

HISTORICAL STATISTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing1

Seasonally adjusted

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual

IP (percent

change)

2

1991 -.8 -.6 -.7 .3 .7 1.1 .2 .3 1.1 -.2 -.2 -.1 -8.8 1.9 7.2 1.6 -2.0

1992 -.6 .9 1.0 .5 .6 .3 .9 -.4 .0 .7 .4 -.2 .5 8.2 4.0 3.1 3.6

1993 1.0 .2 -.2 .5 -.1 -.2 .3 -.1 .6 .8 .4 .5 4.5 1.4 1.0 6.9 3.5

1994 .2 .1 1.3 .8 .7 .3 .4 .8 .4 1.0 .8 1.1 4.9 9.6 6.1 10.3 5.9

1995 .2 -.2 .2 -.1 .1 .5 -.6 1.1 .8 -.1 .1 .4 4.7 .9 3.2 4.1 5.2

1996 -.8 1.6 -.2 1.1 .7 1.1 .3 .6 .7 -.1 .8 .9 2.0 9.5 7.8 5.7 4.8

1997 .1 1.4 1.2 -.2 .9 .6 .5 1.6 .8 .6 1.1 .4 9.3 7.6 10.8 10.9 8.4

1998 .8 .1 -.1 .5 .6 -.7 -.5 2.5 -.4 1.0 .1 .5 6.1 2.3 3.2 7.6 6.6

1999 .3 .7 .0 .4 .9 -.4 .5 .6 -.3 1.5 .7 .7 4.7 4.4 3.7 9.0 5.0

2000 .2 .3 .7 .6 -.2 .2 .0 -.6 .5 -.4 -.3 -.6 5.3 4.4 -.8 -2.9 4.2

2001 -.6 -.6 -.3 -.3 -.8 -.7 -.3 -.6 -.2 -.6 -.3 .3 -6.4 -5.5 -6.0 -4.2 -4.1

2002 .5 -.1 .7 .2 .6 1.2 -.5 .4 .1 -.4 .5 -.4 3.3 5.9 3.1 -.3 .3

2003 .5 .2 .2 -.9 .0 .4 .1 -.4 .8 -.1 1.0 -.2 2.4 -2.4 1.5 3.7 1.3

2004 .0 .7 -.2 .4 .7 -.7 .9 .6 .0 1.0 -.1 .6 2.5 3.0 4.2 5.5 2.8

2005 .7 .8 -.4 .3 .4 .2 -.1 .3 -1.0 1.5 .8 .1 6.0 2.3 -.1 5.7 4.0

2006 .8 -.2 -.1 .6 -.4 .3 -.2 .4 .1 -.4 .1 1.5 3.9 1.1 .7 1.2 2.5

2007 -.5 .4 .7 .7 -.1 .3 .1 -.4 .5 -.4 .5 .2 4.2 5.7 1.0 1.0 2.7

2008 -.4 -.6 -.3 -1.1 -.5 -.5 -1.1 -1.3 -3.4 -.6 -2.2 -3.4 -2.6 -7.8 -13.4 -21.5 -4.7

2009 -2.9 -.2 -1.9 -.8 -1.1 -.3 1.2 1.1 .8 .1 1.1 .0 -23.7 -11.1 6.6 7.3 -13.6

2010 1.0 .0 1.3 .9 1.4 .0 .7 .1 .1 .1 .2 .6 7.3 11.3 5.2 1.8 6.1

2011 .2 .0 .7 -.7 .3 .1 .7 .4 .4 .6 .0 1.0 3.4 -.4 5.0 5.2 3.4

2012 1.0 .6 -.5 .6 -.3 .3 .2 -.7 .1 -.4 1.4 .9 8.1 1.6 -.5 2.4 3.9

2013 -.1 .6 -.3 -.4 .3 .2 -.1 4.9 -.8

IP (2007=100)

2011 89.3 89.3 89.9 89.3 89.5 89.6 90.2 90.6 90.9 91.4 91.4 92.3 89.5 89.5 90.6 91.7 90.3

2012 93.3 93.9 93.4 93.9 93.7 94.0 94.2 93.5 93.6 93.2 94.5 95.3 93.5 93.9 93.8 94.3 93.9

2013 95.2 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.4 95.5 95.3

Capacity

(percent of

2007 output)

2011 121.7 121.7 121.7 121.7 121.8 121.9 122.0 122.1 122.3 122.5 122.6 122.8 121.7 121.8 122.1 122.6 122.1

2012 123.0 123.1 123.3 123.5 123.6 123.8 124.0 124.1 124.3 124.4 124.6 124.8 123.1 123.6 124.1 124.6 123.9

2013 124.9 125.1 125.2 125.4 125.6 125.7 125.9 125.1 125.6

Utilization

(percent)

1991 78.5 77.9 77.3 77.4 77.8 78.6 78.7 78.8 79.5 79.3 79.0 78.8 77.9 77.9 79.0 79.1 78.5

1992 78.2 78.8 79.4 79.6 79.9 79.9 80.4 79.8 79.7 80.0 80.1 79.8 78.8 79.8 80.0 80.0 79.6

1993 80.4 80.4 80.1 80.4 80.2 80.0 80.1 79.8 80.2 80.8 81.0 81.2 80.3 80.2 80.0 81.0 80.4

1994 81.2 81.1 82.0 82.4 82.7 82.7 82.7 83.1 83.2 83.7 84.0 84.6 81.4 82.6 83.0 84.1 82.8

1995 84.5 84.0 83.8 83.4 83.1 83.2 82.3 82.9 83.2 82.8 82.4 82.3 84.1 83.2 82.8 82.5 83.2

1996 81.3 82.2 81.6 82.0 82.2 82.6 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.1 82.3 82.5 81.7 82.3 82.5 82.3 82.2

1997 82.1 82.8 83.3 82.6 82.8 82.8 82.7 83.4 83.6 83.5 83.8 83.5 82.7 82.7 83.2 83.6 83.1

1998 83.6 83.0 82.3 82.1 82.0 80.8 80.0 81.5 80.7 81.1 80.7 80.7 83.0 81.7 80.7 80.8 81.5

1999 80.6 80.8 80.3 80.3 80.6 80.0 80.1 80.2 79.6 80.5 80.6 80.9 80.6 80.3 80.0 80.7 80.4

2000 80.7 80.6 80.8 80.9 80.4 80.3 79.9 79.1 79.3 78.6 78.1 77.4 80.7 80.5 79.5 78.0 79.7

2001 76.6 75.9 75.5 75.1 74.3 73.6 73.2 72.6 72.3 71.8 71.4 71.6 76.0 74.3 72.7 71.6 73.6

2002 71.9 71.8 72.2 72.3 72.8 73.6 73.2 73.5 73.6 73.3 73.6 73.3 72.0 72.9 73.4 73.4 72.9

2003 73.7 73.9 74.0 73.3 73.4 73.7 73.8 73.5 74.1 74.1 74.8 74.7 73.9 73.5 73.8 74.6 73.9

2004 74.8 75.3 75.2 75.6 76.1 75.6 76.3 76.7 76.6 77.4 77.2 77.6 75.1 75.8 76.5 77.4 76.2

2005 78.0 78.5 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.2 78.0 78.0 77.0 78.0 78.5 78.4 78.2 78.2 77.7 78.3 78.1

2006 78.9 78.6 78.5 78.8 78.4 78.5 78.2 78.4 78.4 77.9 77.8 78.8 78.7 78.6 78.3 78.1 78.4

2007 78.2 78.3 78.7 79.1 78.8 78.9 78.8 78.3 78.6 78.2 78.5 78.5 78.4 78.9 78.6 78.4 78.6

2008 78.1 77.7 77.5 76.6 76.3 76.0 75.3 74.4 72.0 71.6 70.2 67.9 77.8 76.3 73.9 69.9 74.5

2009 66.1 66.1 65.0 64.6 64.0 64.0 64.8 65.7 66.3 66.5 67.4 67.6 65.7 64.2 65.6 67.2 65.7

2010 68.4 68.5 69.5 70.2 71.4 71.5 72.1 72.3 72.5 72.6 72.8 73.3 68.8 71.0 72.3 72.9 71.3

2011 73.4 73.4 73.9 73.4 73.5 73.5 74.0 74.2 74.3 74.7 74.5 75.2 73.6 73.5 74.2 74.8 74.0

2012 75.8 76.2 75.7 76.1 75.8 75.9 76.0 75.4 75.3 74.9 75.8 76.4 75.9 75.9 75.5 75.7 75.8

2013 76.2 76.5 76.2 75.8 75.9 75.9 75.8 76.3 75.9

1. Refer to note on cover page.

2. Quarterly changes are at annual rates. Annual changes are calculated from annual averages.

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Table 13

HISTORICAL STATISTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION: Total Industry Excluding Selected

High-Technology Industries1

Seasonally adjusted

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual

IP (percent

change)

2

1991 -.4 -.8 -.6 .2 1.0 1.0 .0 .1 .9 -.2 -.2 -.5 -8.0 2.0 5.4 .4 -2.0

1992 -.8 .8 .7 .6 .3 -.1 .8 -.6 .1 .6 .3 .0 -1.9 6.1 1.8 3.0 1.9

1993 .5 .3 -.1 .3 -.4 .2 .3 -.1 .4 .7 .3 .5 3.2 .2 1.4 5.1 2.5

1994 .4 .0 .9 .3 .4 .6 .0 .4 .1 .6 .4 .9 4.5 5.4 3.2 5.7 4.0

1995 .1 -.2 -.1 -.3 .1 .2 -.5 1.1 .1 -.4 .1 .1 2.9 -1.2 1.5 .2 2.5

1996 -1.0 1.4 -.3 .8 .5 .7 -.5 .4 .3 -.3 .8 .5 -.4 6.5 2.1 3.0 1.7

1997 -.1 .9 .5 -.3 .3 .2 .4 1.0 .7 .6 .6 .1 5.1 2.3 6.3 7.7 4.2

1998 .2 .0 -.1 .2 .6 -.9 -.8 2.0 -.7 .6 -.4 .1 1.9 .8 -.3 2.3 3.0

1999 .2 .2 -.1 -.1 .6 -.5 .3 .3 -.4 1.2 .2 .5 .7 .3 1.1 5.5 1.1

2000 -.3 .0 .1 .4 -.1 -.1 -.5 -.4 .4 -.6 -.2 -.5 .5 1.5 -3.0 -2.7 1.0

2001 -.7 -.5 -.3 -.2 -.6 -.5 -.3 -.2 -.4 -.5 -.5 -.1 -5.9 -4.4 -4.3 -4.5 -4.0

2002 .7 -.1 .8 .4 .5 .9 -.4 .1 .0 -.4 .5 -.6 2.8 6.2 1.7 -.8 .3

2003 .6 .2 -.3 -.9 -.1 -.1 .2 -.2 .6 -.1 .7 -.1 1.7 -4.7 .8 2.5 .2

2004 .2 .6 -.6 .5 .8 -.8 .8 .1 -.1 1.0 .2 .7 2.2 2.0 2.0 5.3 1.7

2005 .3 .6 -.1 .0 .1 .4 -.3 .0 -2.2 1.2 1.0 .5 4.8 1.3 -2.9 2.1 2.5

2006 .1 .0 .2 .3 -.2 .3 .0 .1 -.2 -.1 -.2 1.0 3.4 1.8 .8 .0 1.4

2007 -.5 1.1 -.1 .6 .1 .1 .0 .1 .3 -.7 .4 -.1 3.1 3.9 1.1 -.8 1.8

2008 -.4 -.3 -.4 -.9 -.5 -.2 -.4 -1.6 -4.3 1.0 -1.0 -2.7 -2.6 -6.5 -12.3 -14.9 -4.2

2009 -2.3 -.7 -1.7 -1.0 -1.1 -.4 .9 1.1 .6 .3 .4 .4 -19.6 -11.8 4.8 6.1 -11.3

2010 1.0 .2 .7 .3 1.6 .2 .6 .2 .2 -.4 .2 .9 7.2 7.9 5.9 .9 5.0

2011 -.2 -.5 1.1 -.6 .3 .1 .6 .5 .1 .6 .2 .6 1.9 1.0 4.8 4.7 2.9

2012 .7 .5 -.6 .8 .3 .0 .5 -.7 .1 -.2 1.4 .1 5.4 2.9 .5 2.2 3.6

2013 .0 .7 .2 -.5 .0 .2 .0 4.3 .0

IP (2007=100)

2011 90.8 90.4 91.4 90.8 91.1 91.3 91.8 92.3 92.4 92.9 93.1 93.6 90.8 91.1 92.1 93.2 91.8

2012 94.3 94.8 94.2 95.0 95.2 95.2 95.7 95.0 95.1 94.9 96.2 96.3 94.4 95.1 95.2 95.8 95.1

2013 96.3 96.9 97.1 96.7 96.7 96.9 96.9 96.8 96.8

Capacity

(percent of

2007 output)

2011 119.8 119.8 119.7 119.7 119.8 119.9 120.0 120.1 120.2 120.4 120.6 120.8 119.8 119.8 120.1 120.6 120.1

2012 121.0 121.2 121.5 121.7 121.9 122.1 122.4 122.6 122.8 123.0 123.2 123.3 121.2 121.9 122.6 123.2 122.2

2013 123.5 123.6 123.8 123.9 124.1 124.2 124.4 123.6 124.1

Utilization

(percent)

1991 80.2 79.5 78.9 79.0 79.7 80.4 80.3 80.2 80.9 80.6 80.4 79.9 79.6 79.7 80.5 80.3 80.0

1992 79.2 79.7 80.2 80.6 80.8 80.6 81.1 80.6 80.6 81.0 81.2 81.1 79.7 80.6 80.8 81.1 80.6

1993 81.5 81.6 81.5 81.6 81.2 81.2 81.4 81.2 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.3 81.5 81.3 81.3 82.1 81.6

1994 82.6 82.5 83.1 83.2 83.4 83.8 83.6 83.8 83.7 84.1 84.3 84.9 82.7 83.5 83.7 84.5 83.6

1995 84.9 84.6 84.3 83.9 83.8 83.8 83.2 84.0 83.9 83.4 83.3 83.3 84.6 83.9 83.7 83.3 83.9

1996 82.3 83.3 82.9 83.4 83.7 84.1 83.5 83.7 83.8 83.3 83.8 84.0 82.8 83.7 83.6 83.7 83.5

1997 83.7 84.2 84.3 83.8 83.8 83.7 83.7 84.2 84.5 84.7 84.9 84.7 84.1 83.8 84.1 84.7 84.2

1998 84.5 84.2 83.8 83.6 83.8 82.8 81.9 83.2 82.4 82.6 82.1 81.9 84.2 83.4 82.5 82.2 83.1

1999 81.8 81.8 81.5 81.2 81.5 80.9 81.0 81.1 80.7 81.5 81.5 81.9 81.7 81.2 80.9 81.6 81.4

2000 81.5 81.4 81.4 81.6 81.4 81.2 80.7 80.3 80.6 80.0 79.8 79.3 81.4 81.4 80.5 79.7 80.8

2001 78.7 78.2 77.9 77.7 77.1 76.6 76.3 76.0 75.6 75.2 74.7 74.6 78.2 77.1 76.0 74.8 76.5

2002 75.1 74.9 75.5 75.7 76.1 76.8 76.5 76.6 76.6 76.4 76.8 76.4 75.2 76.2 76.5 76.5 76.1

2003 76.9 77.1 76.9 76.3 76.2 76.2 76.4 76.3 76.8 76.7 77.3 77.2 77.0 76.2 76.5 77.1 76.7

2004 77.4 77.8 77.4 77.8 78.4 77.8 78.4 78.5 78.5 79.2 79.4 79.9 77.5 78.0 78.5 79.5 78.4

2005 80.2 80.6 80.5 80.5 80.5 80.8 80.5 80.4 78.5 79.3 80.0 80.4 80.4 80.6 79.8 79.9 80.2

2006 80.3 80.2 80.2 80.4 80.1 80.3 80.2 80.2 79.9 79.7 79.4 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.1 79.7 80.1

2007 79.6 80.4 80.2 80.6 80.6 80.7 80.7 80.8 81.1 80.6 81.0 81.0 80.1 80.7 80.9 80.8 80.6

2008 80.7 80.5 80.2 79.5 79.1 78.9 78.6 77.2 73.8 74.5 73.7 71.7 80.5 79.2 76.6 73.3 77.4

2009 70.0 69.5 68.3 67.6 66.9 66.7 67.4 68.2 68.8 69.1 69.6 70.0 69.3 67.1 68.1 69.6 68.5

2010 70.9 71.2 71.9 72.3 73.6 74.0 74.5 74.8 75.1 74.9 75.2 75.9 71.3 73.3 74.8 75.3 73.7

2011 75.8 75.5 76.3 75.8 76.1 76.1 76.5 76.8 76.8 77.2 77.2 77.5 75.9 76.0 76.7 77.3 76.5

2012 77.9 78.2 77.6 78.0 78.1 77.9 78.2 77.5 77.5 77.2 78.1 78.0 77.9 78.0 77.7 77.8 77.8

2013 77.9 78.4 78.5 78.0 77.9 78.0 77.9 78.3 78.0

1. Selected high-technology industries are computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.

2. Quarterly changes are at annual rates. Annual changes are calculated from annual averages.

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Table 14

HISTORICAL STATISTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing1 Excluding Selected

High-Technology Industries2

Seasonally adjusted

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual

IP (percent

change)

3

1991 -.8 -.8 -.8 .3 .7 1.1 .3 .2 1.1 -.2 -.3 -.3 -9.6 1.3 7.1 1.1 -2.6

1992 -.9 .9 .9 .4 .5 .1 .8 -.5 -.1 .5 .3 -.2 -1.2 7.0 2.7 1.5 2.6

1993 1.1 .1 -.3 .5 -.1 -.2 .3 -.2 .5 .7 .3 .5 4.0 .6 .3 5.7 2.5

1994 .1 .1 1.1 .6 .5 .2 .2 .6 .1 .7 .6 .9 4.2 7.1 3.7 7.0 4.4

1995 .1 -.3 -.1 -.4 -.1 .3 -.8 .9 .5 -.4 -.1 .0 2.8 -2.3 .4 .6 2.5

1996 -1.2 1.3 -.5 1.0 .5 .8 -.1 .3 .4 -.4 .7 .7 -1.9 7.3 4.0 2.8 1.5

1997 -.2 1.1 .8 -.7 .5 .4 .2 1.3 .6 .5 .8 .1 6.2 2.8 6.9 8.1 4.9

1998 .5 .0 -.3 .3 .4 -1.1 -.9 2.4 -.8 .7 -.1 .2 3.2 -.2 -.5 4.0 3.4

1999 -.1 .5 -.4 -.1 .8 -.7 .0 .6 -.4 1.4 .4 .4 .8 .3 .2 6.7 1.4

2000 -.3 -.2 .3 .4 -.6 .0 -.4 -.8 .4 -.6 -.6 -.8 .3 .6 -3.8 -4.8 .7

2001 -.6 -.5 -.3 -.1 -.7 -.6 -.1 -.6 -.2 -.7 -.2 .2 -7.0 -4.5 -4.6 -4.3 -4.8

2002 .6 -.2 .7 .1 .6 1.1 -.6 .3 .0 -.5 .4 -.6 3.4 5.5 2.4 -1.1 .4

2003 .4 .0 .1 -1.1 -.1 .2 -.1 -.5 .8 -.2 .9 -.3 .7 -4.0 .0 2.7 .0

2004 -.1 .7 -.2 .4 .8 -.8 .9 .5 -.2 1.0 -.1 .6 1.7 3.3 3.7 4.9 2.0

2005 .6 .7 -.5 .2 .3 .1 -.3 .1 -1.3 1.4 .8 .0 5.2 1.3 -1.9 4.3 3.1

2006 .8 -.3 -.1 .5 -.6 .2 -.2 .3 .0 -.5 .0 1.5 3.3 .0 -.1 .5 1.5

2007 -.6 .3 .6 .5 .0 .5 .1 -.5 .4 -.6 .3 .0 3.3 4.5 1.0 -1.4 1.8

2008 -.5 -.8 -.5 -1.3 -.6 -.6 -1.0 -1.4 -3.5 -.4 -2.0 -3.2 -4.3 -9.3 -13.8 -20.5 -5.8

2009 -2.9 -.2 -2.1 -.9 -1.2 -.3 1.2 1.1 .7 .1 1.1 .0 -23.5 -12.3 6.5 6.6 -13.8

2010 .8 -.2 1.2 .8 1.4 .0 .7 .0 .0 .0 .0 .4 5.6 10.3 4.8 .8 5.1

2011 .0 .0 .8 -.8 .2 .0 .7 .3 .4 .6 -.1 1.0 2.4 -.4 4.8 5.1 2.8

2012 1.1 .7 -.5 .6 -.3 .3 .2 -.6 .0 -.6 1.5 .9 8.2 1.5 -.2 2.1 3.9

2013 -.2 .6 -.3 -.5 .2 .2 -.1 5.2 -1.3

IP (2007=100)

2011 86.8 86.8 87.5 86.8 87.0 87.0 87.7 88.0 88.3 88.9 88.8 89.7 87.1 87.0 88.0 89.1 87.8

2012 90.6 91.3 90.8 91.3 91.0 91.3 91.5 91.0 91.0 90.5 91.8 92.7 90.9 91.2 91.2 91.7 91.2

2013 92.5 93.1 92.8 92.3 92.5 92.7 92.6 92.8 92.5

Capacity

(percent of

2007 output)

2011 119.2 119.0 118.9 118.8 118.8 118.7 118.7 118.7 118.8 118.8 118.9 119.0 119.0 118.8 118.7 118.9 118.9

2012 119.1 119.3 119.4 119.6 119.7 119.9 120.1 120.2 120.4 120.6 120.7 120.9 119.3 119.7 120.2 120.7 120.0

2013 121.0 121.1 121.2 121.4 121.5 121.6 121.7 121.1 121.5

Utilization

(percent)

1991 78.8 78.1 77.4 77.5 77.9 78.7 78.8 78.9 79.7 79.4 79.1 78.7 78.1 78.0 79.1 79.1 78.6

1992 78.0 78.6 79.2 79.5 79.8 79.8 80.3 79.8 79.6 79.9 80.1 79.8 78.6 79.7 79.9 79.9 79.5

1993 80.6 80.6 80.2 80.5 80.3 80.1 80.2 79.9 80.2 80.7 80.9 81.2 80.4 80.3 80.1 81.0 80.4

1994 81.2 81.2 82.1 82.4 82.7 82.7 82.8 83.1 83.1 83.5 83.9 84.5 81.5 82.6 83.0 84.0 82.8

1995 84.4 84.0 83.7 83.2 82.9 83.0 82.2 82.7 83.0 82.4 82.2 82.0 84.0 83.1 82.6 82.2 83.0

1996 80.9 81.8 81.3 81.9 82.2 82.7 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.1 82.4 82.8 81.3 82.3 82.5 82.4 82.1

1997 82.4 83.0 83.4 82.5 82.6 82.6 82.5 83.2 83.3 83.4 83.7 83.5 82.9 82.6 83.0 83.5 83.0

1998 83.6 83.2 82.6 82.5 82.5 81.2 80.2 81.8 80.9 81.3 80.9 80.8 83.1 82.1 81.0 81.0 81.8

1999 80.5 80.6 80.1 79.8 80.2 79.4 79.3 79.6 79.1 80.0 80.1 80.3 80.4 79.8 79.3 80.1 79.9

2000 79.9 79.6 79.8 79.9 79.4 79.3 78.9 78.1 78.3 77.8 77.3 76.5 79.8 79.5 78.4 77.2 78.7

2001 76.0 75.5 75.2 75.1 74.5 74.0 73.9 73.4 73.2 72.7 72.5 72.7 75.6 74.5 73.5 72.6 74.1

2002 73.1 73.0 73.5 73.6 74.1 75.0 74.6 74.8 74.9 74.6 74.9 74.5 73.2 74.2 74.8 74.7 74.2

2003 74.9 74.9 75.0 74.2 74.2 74.4 74.4 74.1 74.7 74.6 75.3 75.1 74.9 74.3 74.4 75.0 74.6

2004 75.1 75.7 75.6 76.0 76.6 76.0 76.7 77.1 77.0 77.8 77.7 78.1 75.5 76.2 76.9 77.8 76.6

2005 78.5 79.0 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.7 78.4 78.3 77.2 78.1 78.6 78.5 78.7 78.7 78.0 78.4 78.4

2006 79.0 78.6 78.4 78.7 78.1 78.2 77.9 78.1 78.0 77.5 77.4 78.5 78.7 78.3 78.0 77.8 78.2

2007 78.0 78.2 78.5 78.9 78.8 79.1 79.1 78.7 79.0 78.4 78.6 78.6 78.2 78.9 78.9 78.6 78.7

2008 78.2 77.6 77.3 76.3 75.9 75.5 74.8 73.9 71.4 71.1 69.8 67.7 77.7 75.9 73.3 69.5 74.1

2009 65.8 65.8 64.6 64.2 63.6 63.5 64.5 65.4 66.0 66.3 67.1 67.3 65.4 63.8 65.3 66.9 65.3

2010 68.0 68.0 69.0 69.7 70.9 71.1 71.7 71.9 72.0 72.2 72.3 72.7 68.4 70.6 71.9 72.4 70.8

2011 72.9 73.0 73.6 73.1 73.3 73.3 73.9 74.1 74.4 74.8 74.6 75.3 73.1 73.2 74.1 74.9 73.8

2012 76.1 76.5 76.0 76.3 76.0 76.2 76.2 75.7 75.6 75.0 76.0 76.7 76.2 76.2 75.8 75.9 76.0

2013 76.5 76.9 76.6 76.1 76.2 76.2 76.1 76.6 76.2

1. Refer to note on cover page.

2. Selected high-technology industries are computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.

3. Quarterly changes are at annual rates. Annual changes are calculated from annual averages.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization statistical

release, which is published around the middle of the month, reports

measures of output, capacity, and capacity utilization in

manufacturing, mining, and the electric and gas utilities industries.

More detailed descriptions of industrial production and capacity

utilization are available on the Board’s website at

www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17. In addition, files containing

data shown in the release, more detailed series that were published in

the G.17 prior to December 2000, and historical data are available

from the Data Download Program on the Board’s website.

Instructions for searching for and downloading specific series are

provided as well.

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Coverage. The industrial production (IP) index measures the real

output of all manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utility

establishments located in the United States, regardless of their

ownership, but not those located in U.S. territories; the reference

period for the index is 2007. Manufacturing consists of those

industries included in the North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) definition of manufacturing plus those industries—

newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishing plus

logging—that have traditionally been considered to be manufacturing.

For the period since 1997, the total IP index has been constructed

from 312 individual series based on the 2007 NAICS codes. These

individual series are classified in two ways: (1) market groups, and (2)

industry groups. Market groups consist of products and materials.

Total products are the aggregate of final products, such as consumer

goods and equipment, and nonindustrial supplies (which are inputs to

nonindustrial sectors). Materials are inputs in the manufacture of

products. Major industry groups include three-digit NAICS industries

and aggregates of these industries—for example, durable and

nondurable manufacturing, mining, and utilities. A complete

description of the market and industry structures, including details

regarding series classification, relative importance weights, and data

sources, is available on the Board’s web site

(www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/About.htm).

Source data. On a monthly basis, the individual indexes of industrial

production are constructed from two main types of source data: (1)

output measured in physical units and (2) data on inputs to the

production process, from which output is inferred. Data on physical

products, such as tons of steel or barrels of oil, are obtained from

private trade associations and from government agencies; data of this

type are used to estimate monthly IP wherever possible and

appropriate. Production indexes for a few industries are derived by

dividing estimated nominal output (calculated using unit production

and unit values or sales) by a corresponding Fisher price index; the

most notable of these fall within the high-technology grouping and

include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors.

When suitable direct measures of product are not available, estimates

of output are based on production-worker hours by industry. Data on

hours worked by production workers are collected in the monthly

establishment survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The factors used to convert inputs into estimates of production are

based on historical relationships between the inputs and the

comprehensive annual data used to benchmark the IP indexes; these

factors also may be influenced by technological or cyclical

developments. The annual data used in benchmarking the individual

IP indexes are constructed from a variety of source data, such as the

quinquennial Censuses of Manufactures and Mineral Industries and

the Annual Survey of Manufactures, prepared by the Bureau of the

Census; the Minerals Yearbook, prepared by the United States

Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior; and publications

of the Department of Energy.

Aggregation Methodology and Weights. The aggregation method

for the IP index is a version of the Fisher-ideal index formula. (For a

detailed discussion of the aggregation method, see the Federal

Reserve Bulletins of February 1997 and March 2001.) In the IP index,

series that measure the output of an individual industry are combined

using weights derived from their proportion in the total value-added

output of all industries. The IP index, which extends back to 1919, is

built as a chain-type index since 1972. The current formula for the

growth in monthly IP (or any of the sub-aggregates) since 1972 is

shown below. An output index for month m is denoted by I

A

m for

aggregate A and Im for each of its components. The monthly price

measure in the formula (pm) is interpolated from an annual series of

value added divided by the average annual IP index.

I

A

m

I

A

m−1

=

s P

P

Impm−1

Im−1pm−1

×

P

P

Impm

Im−1pm

The IP proportions (typically shown in the first column of the relevant

tables in the G.17 release) are estimates of the industries’ relative

contributions to overall growth in the following year. For example, the

relative importance weight of the motor vehicles and parts industry is

about 6 percent. If output in this industry increased 10 percent in a

month, then this gain would boost growth in total IP by 6/10

percentage point (0.06 x 10% = 0.6%). To assist users with

calculations, the Federal Reserve’s web site provides supplemental

monthly statistics that represent the exact proportionate contribution

of a monthly change in a component index to the monthly change in

the total index (www.federalreserve.gov/

releases/G17/ipdisk/ipweightssa.txt).

Timing. The first estimate of output for a month is published around

the 15th of the following month. The estimate is preliminary (denoted

by the superscript “p” in tables) and subject to revision in each of the

subsequent five months as new source data become available.

(Revised estimates are denoted by the superscript “r” in tables.) For

the first estimate of output for a given month, about 67 percent of the

source data (in value-added terms) are available; the fraction of

available source data increases to 81 percent for estimates in the

second month that the estimate is published, 93 percent in the third

month, 96 percent in the fourth month, 99 percent in the fifth month,

and 99 percent in the sixth month. Data availability by data type in

early 2011 is summarized in the table below:

Availability of Monthly IP Data in Publication Window

(Percent of value added in 2011)

Month of estimate

Type of data 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Physical product 27 41 53 55 58 58

Production-worker hours 41 41 41 41 41 41

IP data received 67 81 93 96 99 99

IP data estimated 33 19 7 4 1 1

The physical product group includes series based on either monthly or

quarterly data. As can be seen in the first row of the table, in the first

month, a physical product indicator is available for about half of the

series (in terms of value added) that ultimately are based on physical

product data (27 percent out of a total of 58 percent). Of the 27

percent, about two-thirds (19 percent of total IP) include series that

are derived from weekly physical product data and for which actual

monthly data may lag up to several months. On average, quarterly

product data are received for the fourth estimate of industrial

production. Specifically, quarterly data are available for the third

estimate of the last month of a quarter, the fourth estimate of the

second month of a quarter, and the fifth estimate of the first month of

a quarter.

Seasonal adjustment. Individual series are seasonally adjusted using

Census X-12 ARIMA. For series based on production-worker hours,

the current seasonal factors were estimated with data through January

2013; for other series, the factors were estimated with data through at

least December 2012. Series are pre-adjusted for the effects of

holidays or business cycles when appropriate. For the data since 1972,

all seasonally adjusted aggregate indexes are calculated by

aggregating the seasonally adjusted indexes of the individual series.

Reliability. The average revision to the level of the total IP index,

without regard to sign, between the first and the fourth estimates was

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0.27 percent during the 1987–2010 period. The average revision to

the percent change in total IP, without regard to sign, from the first to

the fourth estimates was 0.21 percentage point during the 1987–2010

period. In most cases (about 85 percent), the direction of the change

in output indicated by the first estimate for a given month is the same

as that shown by the fourth estimate.

Rounding. The published percent changes are calculated from

unrounded indexes, and may not be the same as percent changes

calculated from the rounded indexes shown in the release.

CAPACITY UTILIZATION

Overview. The Federal Reserve Board constructs estimates of

capacity and capacity utilization for industries in manufacturing,

mining, and electric and gas utilities. For a given industry, the

capacity utilization rate is equal to an output index (seasonally

adjusted) divided by a capacity index. The Federal Reserve Board’s

capacity indexes attempt to capture the concept of sustainable

maximum output—the greatest level of output a plant can maintain

within the framework of a realistic work schedule, after factoring in

normal downtime and assuming sufficient availability of inputs to

operate the capital in place.

Coverage. The capacity indexes cover all facilities located in the

United States, regardless of their ownership, but not those located in

U.S. territories. Capacity indexes are constructed for 89 detailed

industries (71 in manufacturing, 16 in mining, and 2 in utilities),

which mostly correspond to industries at the three- and four-digit

NAICS level. Estimates of capacity and utilization are available for a

variety of groups, including durable and nondurable manufacturing,

total manufacturing, mining, utilities, and total industry.

Manufacturing consists of those industries included in the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) definition of

manufacturing plus those industries— newspaper, periodical, book,

and directory publishing plus logging—that have traditionally been

considered to be manufacturing. Also, special aggregates are

available, such as high-technology industries and manufacturing

excluding high-technology industries.

Source Data. The monthly rates of capacity utilization are designed

to be consistent with both the monthly data on production and the

periodically available data on capacity and utilization. Because there

is no direct monthly information on overall industrial capacity or

utilization rates, the Federal Reserve first estimates annual capacity

indexes from the source data. Capacity data reported in physical units

from government sources (primarily from the U.S. Geological Survey

and the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration)

and trade sources are available for portions of several industries in

manufacturing (e.g., paper, industrial chemicals, petroleum refining,

motor vehicles), as well as for electric utilities and mining; these

industries represent about 25 percent of total industrial capacity.

When physical product data are unavailable for manufacturing

industries, capacity indexes are based on responses to the Bureau of

the Census’s Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity (QSPC); these

industries account for a bit less than 70 percent of total industry

capacity. In the absence of utilization data for a few mining and

petroleum series, capacity is based on trends through peaks in

production (roughly 5 percent of total industry capacity). A detailed

description of the methodology used to construct the capacity indexes

is available on the Board’s web site

(www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/CapNotes.htm).

Aggregation Methodology. Monthly capacity aggregates are

calculated in three steps: (1) utilization aggregates are calculated on

an annual basis through the most recent full year as capacity-weighted

aggregates of individual utilization rates; (2) the annual aggregate

capacity is derived from the corresponding production and utilization

aggregates; (3) the monthly capacity aggregate is obtained by

interpolating the annual capacity aggregate with a Fisher index of its

constituent monthly capacity series. Utilization rates for the

individual series and aggregates are calculated by dividing the

pertinent monthly production index by the related capacity index.

Consistency. A major aim is that the Federal Reserve utilization rates

be consistent over time so that, for example, a rate of 85 percent

means about the same degree of tightness that it meant in the past. A

major task for the Federal Reserve in developing reasonable and

consistent time series of capacity and utilization is dealing with

inconsistencies between the movements of the industrial production

index and the survey-based utilization rates. The McGraw-Hill/DRI

Survey, now discontinued, was the primary source of manufacturing

utilization rates for many years. This was a survey of large companies

that reported, on average, higher utilization rates than those reported

by establishments covered by the Census Bureau’s annual Survey of

Plant Capacity (the predecessor to the QSPC) for the fourteen years

they overlapped. Adjustments have been made to keep the industry

utilization rates currently reported by the Federal Reserve roughly in

line with rates formerly reported by McGraw-Hill. As a consequence,

the rates reported by the Federal Reserve tend to be higher than the

rates reported in the QSPC.

Perspective. Over the 1972–2012 period, the average total industry

utilization rate is 80.2 percent; for manufacturing, the average factory

operating rate has been 78.7 percent. Industrial plants usually operate

at capacity utilization rates that are well below 100 percent: none of

the broad aggregates has ever reached 100 percent. For total industry

and total manufacturing, utilization rates have exceeded 90 percent

only in wartime. The highs and lows in capacity utilization are

specific to each series and do not all occur in the same month.

REFERENCES AND RELEASE DATES

References. The release for the annual revision that was published on

March 22, 2013 is available on the Board’s website (www.federal

reserve.gov/releases/g17/revisions/Current/DefaultRev.htm). A

summary of the annual revision that incorporated back to 1972

production and capacity indexes reclassified according to the North

American Industry Classification System is available in an article in

the Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 89 (April 2003), pp. 151–176. A

description of the aggregation methods for industrial production and

capacity utilization is included in an article in the Federal Reserve

Bulletin, vol. 83 (February 1997), pp. 67–92. The Federal Reserve

methodology for constructing industry-level measures of capital is

detailed in “Capital Stock Estimates for Manufacturing Industries:

Methods and Data” by Mike Mohr and Charles Gilbert (1996), which

can be obtained at:

www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/CapitalStockDocLatest.pdf.

Industrial Production—1986 Edition contains a more detailed

description of the other methods used to compile the industrial

production index, plus a history of its development, a glossary of

terms, and a bibliography. The major revisions to the IP indexes and

capacity utilization since 1990 have been described in the Federal

Reserve Bulletin (April 1990, June 1990, June 1993, March 1994,

January 1995, January 1996, February 1997, February 1998, January

1999, March 2000, March 2001, March 2002, April 2003, Winter

2004, Winter 2005, March 2006, May 2007, August 2008, August

2009) or in an on-line staff study

(www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/articles/rev2010/industrial10.pdf).

Release Schedule

At 9:15 a.m. on

2013: January 16, February 15, March 15, April 16, May 15, June 14,

July 16, August 15, September 16, October 17, November 15, and

December 16.

2014: January 17, February 14, March 17, April 16, May 15, June 16,

July 16, August 15, September 15, October 16, November 17, and

December 15.

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