Table 8B
 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <1>
 Seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|    Annual
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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |
 2002 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  88.9   89.1   89.2   89.4   89.5   89.7   89.8   90.0   90.1   90.3   90.4   90.5 |  89.0   89.5   90.0   90.4 |     89.7 
  1980           |  90.7   90.8   90.9   91.1   91.2   91.4   91.5   91.6   91.8   91.9   92.1   92.2 |  90.8   91.2   91.6   92.1 |     91.4 
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  1981           |  92.4   92.5   92.7   92.8   93.0   93.2   93.3   93.5   93.6   93.8   93.9   94.1 |  92.5   93.0   93.5   93.9 |     93.2 
  1982           |  94.2   94.3   94.5   94.6   94.7   94.8   94.9   94.9   95.0   95.0   95.0   95.0 |  94.3   94.7   94.9   95.0 |     94.7 
  1983           |  95.0   95.0   95.0   94.9   94.9   94.9   94.8   94.8   94.8   94.8   94.8   94.8 |  95.0   94.9   94.8   94.8 |     94.9 
  1984           |  94.9   94.9   95.0   95.1   95.2   95.3   95.4   95.6   95.7   95.9   96.0   96.2 |  94.9   95.2   95.6   96.0 |     95.4 
  1985           |  96.3   96.5   96.7   96.9   97.0   97.2   97.4   97.5   97.7   97.8   97.9   98.1 |  96.5   97.0   97.5   97.9 |     97.2 
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  1986           |  98.2   98.3   98.4   98.5   98.5   98.6   98.7   98.8   98.9   99.0   99.1   99.1 |  98.3   98.5   98.8   99.1 |     98.7 
  1987           |  99.2   99.3   99.4   99.5   99.6   99.7   99.8   99.9  100.0  100.1  100.1  100.2 |  99.3   99.6   99.9  100.1 |     99.8 
  1988           | 100.2  100.2  100.3  100.3  100.3  100.3  100.3  100.4  100.4  100.5  100.6  100.6 | 100.2  100.3  100.4  100.6 |    100.4 
  1989           | 100.7  100.9  101.0  101.1  101.3  101.4  101.6  101.8  101.9  102.1  102.3  102.4 | 100.9  101.3  101.8  102.3 |    101.5 
  1990           | 102.6  102.8  102.9  103.1  103.2  103.3  103.5  103.6  103.7  103.9  104.0  104.1 | 102.8  103.2  103.6  104.0 |    103.4 
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  1991           | 104.3  104.4  104.5  104.7  104.8  104.9  105.0  105.2  105.3  105.4  105.5  105.6 | 104.4  104.8  105.2  105.5 |    105.0 
  1992           | 105.7  105.8  105.9  106.0  106.1  106.2  106.3  106.4  106.5  106.6  106.7  106.7 | 105.8  106.1  106.4  106.7 |    106.3 
  1993           | 106.8  106.9  107.0  107.1  107.2  107.3  107.4  107.5  107.6  107.7  107.8  107.9 | 106.9  107.2  107.5  107.8 |    107.3 
  1994           | 108.1  108.2  108.3  108.5  108.7  108.8  109.0  109.2  109.4  109.6  109.8  110.0 | 108.2  108.7  109.2  109.8 |    109.0 
  1995           | 110.2  110.3  110.5  110.7  110.9  111.1  111.3  111.5  111.7  111.9  112.0  112.2 | 110.3  110.9  111.5  112.0 |    111.2 
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  1996           | 112.4  112.6  112.8  113.0  113.2  113.4  113.6  113.9  114.1  114.4  114.7  114.9 | 112.6  113.2  113.9  114.7 |    113.6 
  1997           | 115.2  115.6  115.9  116.3  116.6  117.0  117.4  117.9  118.3  118.7  119.2  119.6 | 115.6  116.6  117.9  119.2 |    117.3 
  1998           | 120.1  120.5  120.9  121.4  121.8  122.2  122.6  123.0  123.4  123.7  124.1  124.4 | 120.5  121.8  123.0  124.1 |    122.3 
  1999           | 124.7  125.0  125.3  125.6  125.8  126.1  126.4  126.6  126.8  127.0  127.2  127.4 | 125.0  125.8  126.6  127.2 |    126.2 
  2000           | 127.6  127.8  128.0  128.1  128.3  128.5  128.6  128.8  128.9  129.1  129.2  129.4 | 127.8  128.3  128.8  129.2 |    128.5 
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  2001           | 129.5  129.7  129.8  130.0  130.1  130.3  130.5  130.6  130.8  130.9  131.1  131.2 | 129.7  130.1  130.6  131.0 |    130.4 
  2002           | 131.3  131.4  131.5  131.5  131.6  131.6  131.6  131.5  131.5  131.4  131.3  131.2 | 131.4  131.6  131.5  131.3 |    131.4 
  2003           | 131.1  130.9  130.8  130.7  130.6  130.5  130.4  130.4  130.3  130.3  130.3  130.3 | 130.9  130.6  130.4  130.3 |    130.6 
  2004           | 130.3  130.3  130.3  130.3  130.2  130.2  130.2  130.2  130.1  130.1  130.0  130.0 | 130.3  130.2  130.2  130.0 |    130.2 
  2005           | 130.0  130.0  129.9  129.9  130.0  130.0  130.0  130.1  130.2  130.3  130.4  130.5 | 130.0  130.0  130.1  130.4 |    130.1 
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  2006           | 130.7  130.8  131.0  131.1  131.3  131.5  131.6  131.7  131.9  132.0  132.1  132.3 | 130.8  131.3  131.7  132.1 |    131.5 
  2007           | 132.4  132.5  132.6  132.7  132.8  132.9  133.0  133.1  133.2  133.4  133.5  133.6 | 132.5  132.8  133.1  133.5 |    133.0 
  2008           | 133.8  133.9  134.0  134.2  134.3  134.4  134.5  134.6  134.7  134.7  134.7  134.7 | 133.9  134.3  134.6  134.7 |    134.4 
  2009           | 134.7  134.6                                                                       |                            |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  85.9   86.2   86.3   85.2   85.7   85.4   85.0   84.2   84.1   84.3   84.0   83.9 |  86.2   85.4   84.4   84.1 |     85.0 
  1980           |  84.0   83.9   83.5   81.6   79.3   78.1   77.4   77.5   78.7   79.5   80.8   81.1 |  83.8   79.7   77.9   80.5 |     80.5 
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  1981           |  80.4   79.8   80.1   79.4   79.7   80.0   80.4   80.2   79.5   78.7   77.7   76.7 |  80.1   79.7   80.0   77.7 |     79.4 
  1982           |  75.0   76.3   75.6   74.8   74.1   73.7   73.3   72.7   72.3   71.6   71.3   70.7 |  75.6   74.2   72.7   71.2 |     73.4 
  1983           |  72.0   71.6   72.1   72.9   73.5   73.8   74.9   75.8   76.8   77.4   77.5   77.9 |  71.9   73.4   75.8   77.6 |     74.7 
  1984           |  79.4   79.6   79.9   80.2   80.5   80.6   80.6   80.5   80.2   79.9   80.1   80.0 |  79.6   80.4   80.4   80.0 |     80.1 
  1985           |  79.6   79.9   79.8   79.6   79.5   79.4   78.9   79.0   79.3   78.9   79.0   79.8 |  79.7   79.5   79.1   79.2 |     79.4 
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  1986           |  80.1   79.4   78.8   78.7   78.8   78.5   78.7   78.5   78.5   78.8   79.1   79.6 |  79.4   78.7   78.6   79.2 |     79.0 
  1987           |  79.2   80.1   80.1   80.4   80.8   81.1   81.4   81.8   81.9   83.0   83.4   83.7 |  79.8   80.8   81.7   83.4 |     81.4 
  1988           |  83.6   84.0   84.1   84.5   84.3   84.5   84.5   84.9   84.5   84.9   85.0   85.3 |  83.9   84.4   84.7   85.1 |     84.5 
  1989           |  85.4   85.0   85.2   85.0   84.2   84.1   83.1   83.7   83.3   83.0   83.0   83.4 |  85.2   84.4   83.3   83.1 |     84.0 
  1990           |  82.7   83.3   83.6   83.3   83.3   83.4   83.1   83.2   83.2   82.5   81.3   80.6 |  83.2   83.3   83.2   81.4 |     82.8 
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  1991           |  80.1   79.4   78.9   78.9   79.6   80.3   80.2   80.1   80.8   80.5   80.3   79.8 |  79.5   79.6   80.4   80.2 |     79.9 
  1992           |  79.0   79.6   80.1   80.5   80.6   80.5   81.0   80.5   80.5   80.9   81.1   81.1 |  79.6   80.5   80.7   81.0 |     80.4 
  1993           |  81.4   81.6   81.4   81.6   81.1   81.2   81.4   81.3   81.5   82.0   82.1   82.4 |  81.5   81.3   81.4   82.2 |     81.6 
  1994           |  82.6   82.5   83.1   83.2   83.4   83.8   83.7   83.8   83.7   84.1   84.3   84.9 |  82.8   83.5   83.7   84.4 |     83.6 
  1995           |  84.9   84.6   84.4   84.0   83.9   83.8   83.2   84.0   84.0   83.5   83.4   83.4 |  84.6   83.9   83.8   83.4 |     83.9 
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  1996           |  82.4   83.4   83.0   83.4   83.7   84.1   83.6   83.7   83.8   83.4   83.9   84.1 |  82.9   83.7   83.7   83.8 |     83.5 
  1997           |  83.8   84.3   84.5   83.9   83.9   83.8   83.7   84.3   84.6   84.8   85.0   84.8 |  84.2   83.9   84.2   84.9 |     84.3 
  1998           |  84.7   84.3   84.0   83.8   84.1   83.0   82.1   83.5   82.7   82.9   82.4   82.2 |  84.3   83.7   82.8   82.5 |     83.3 
  1999           |  82.2   82.1   81.8   81.5   81.8   81.3   81.3   81.5   81.0   81.9   81.9   82.3 |  82.0   81.5   81.3   82.0 |     81.7 
  2000           |  81.8   81.7   81.7   81.9   81.7   81.6   81.1   80.7   80.9   80.4   80.2   79.6 |  81.7   81.8   80.9   80.1 |     81.1 
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  2001           |  79.0   78.5   78.1   77.9   77.3   76.8   76.5   76.2   75.8   75.3   74.9   74.7 |  78.5   77.4   76.2   75.0 |     76.7 
  2002           |  75.2   75.1   75.6   75.8   76.1   76.7   76.4   76.4   76.5   76.3   76.7   76.2 |  75.3   76.2   76.5   76.4 |     76.1 
  2003           |  76.8   77.0   76.9   76.2   76.2   76.2   76.5   76.4   76.9   76.9   77.5   77.4 |  76.9   76.2   76.6   77.3 |     76.7 
  2004           |  77.6   77.9   77.4   77.9   78.5   77.7   78.3   78.4   78.4   79.1   79.4   79.9 |  77.6   78.0   78.4   79.5 |     78.4 
  2005           |  80.2   80.7   80.6   80.5   80.7   80.9   80.7   80.7   79.1   79.9   80.7   81.1 |  80.5   80.7   80.2   80.5 |     80.5 
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  2006           |  81.0   80.8   80.9   81.0   80.8   81.0   81.0   81.0   80.6   80.4   80.2   80.8 |  80.9   80.9   80.9   80.5 |     80.8 
  2007           |  80.3   80.9   80.6   80.8   80.8   80.7   80.7   80.7   80.8   80.2   80.6   80.7 |  80.6   80.7   80.7   80.5 |     80.6 
  2008           |  80.5   80.2   79.7   79.1   78.8   78.6   78.5   77.6   74.4   75.5   74.7   73.0 |  80.1   78.8   76.8   74.4 |     77.5 
  2009           |  71.5   70.6                                                                       |                            |          
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 Note: Estimates from October 2008 through February 2009 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
 <1> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.