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     |                                                                                    |                            |

 2007 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |

  1980           |  83.7   83.8   84.0   84.1   84.2   84.4   84.5   84.6   84.8   84.9   85.1   85.2 |  83.8   84.2   84.6   85.1 |     84.4 

  1981           |  85.3   85.5   85.6   85.7   85.9   86.0   86.2   86.3   86.4   86.6   86.7   86.8 |  85.5   85.9   86.3   86.7 |     86.1 

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  1982           |  87.0   87.1   87.2   87.3   87.4   87.5   87.6   87.6   87.7   87.7   87.8   87.8 |  87.1   87.4   87.6   87.7 |     87.5 

  1983           |  87.8   87.7   87.7   87.7   87.7   87.6   87.6   87.6   87.6   87.6   87.6   87.6 |  87.7   87.7   87.6   87.6 |     87.7 

  1984           |  87.7   87.7   87.8   87.8   87.9   88.0   88.1   88.3   88.4   88.5   88.7   88.8 |  87.7   87.9   88.3   88.7 |     88.1 

  1985           |  89.0   89.2   89.3   89.5   89.7   89.8   90.0   90.1   90.3   90.4   90.5   90.6 |  89.2   89.7   90.1   90.5 |     89.9 

  1986           |  90.7   90.8   90.9   90.9   91.0   91.1   91.1   91.2   91.2   91.3   91.4   91.5 |  90.8   91.0   91.2   91.4 |     91.1 

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  1987           |  91.6   91.7   91.8   91.9   92.0   92.1   92.2   92.3   92.4   92.4   92.5   92.5 |  91.7   92.0   92.3   92.5 |     92.1 

  1988           |  92.6   92.6   92.6   92.6   92.6   92.6   92.6   92.6   92.7   92.7   92.8   92.8 |  92.6   92.6   92.6   92.8 |     92.6 

  1989           |  92.9   93.0   93.1   93.2   93.4   93.5   93.7   93.8   94.0   94.1   94.3   94.5 |  93.0   93.4   93.8   94.3 |     93.6 

  1990           |  94.6   94.8   94.9   95.1   95.2   95.4   95.5   95.6   95.7   95.9   96.0   96.1 |  94.8   95.2   95.6   96.0 |     95.4 

  1991           |  96.2   96.3   96.5   96.6   96.7   96.8   96.9   97.0   97.1   97.2   97.3   97.4 |  96.3   96.7   97.0   97.3 |     96.8 

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  1992           |  97.5   97.6   97.7   97.8   97.9   98.0   98.1   98.2   98.3   98.4   98.5   98.6 |  97.6   97.9   98.2   98.5 |     98.1 

  1993           |  98.7   98.8   98.9   98.9   99.0   99.1   99.2   99.3   99.4   99.5   99.6   99.7 |  98.8   99.0   99.3   99.6 |     99.2 

  1994           |  99.8  100.0  100.1  100.2  100.3  100.5  100.6  100.8  101.0  101.1  101.3  101.5 | 100.0  100.4  100.8  101.3 |    100.6 

  1995           | 101.7  101.8  102.0  102.2  102.4  102.6  102.8  103.0  103.2  103.4  103.6  103.7 | 101.9  102.4  103.0  103.6 |    102.7 

  1996           | 103.9  104.1  104.3  104.5  104.6  104.8  105.0  105.2  105.5  105.7  105.9  106.2 | 104.1  104.6  105.2  105.9 |    105.0 

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  1997           | 106.5  106.7  107.1  107.4  107.7  108.1  108.5  108.9  109.2  109.7  110.1  110.5 | 106.8  107.7  108.9  110.1 |    108.4 

  1998           | 110.9  111.3  111.7  112.2  112.6  113.0  113.4  113.7  114.1  114.5  114.8  115.1 | 111.3  112.6  113.7  114.8 |    113.1 

  1999           | 115.4  115.7  116.0  116.3  116.6  116.8  117.0  117.3  117.5  117.7  117.9  118.0 | 115.7  116.6  117.3  117.9 |    116.9 

  2000           | 118.2  118.4  118.5  118.7  118.8  119.0  119.1  119.2  119.4  119.5  119.6  119.8 | 118.4  118.8  119.2  119.6 |    119.0 

  2001           | 119.9  120.0  120.2  120.3  120.5  120.6  120.8  120.9  121.1  121.2  121.3  121.5 | 120.0  120.5  120.9  121.3 |    120.7 

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  2002           | 121.6  121.7  121.8  121.8  121.9  121.9  121.9  121.9  121.8  121.8  121.7  121.6 | 121.7  121.9  121.9  121.7 |    121.8 

  2003           | 121.5  121.4  121.3  121.2  121.2  121.1  121.0  121.0  120.9  120.9  120.8  120.8 | 121.4  121.2  121.0  120.8 |    121.1 

  2004           | 120.7  120.7  120.7  120.6  120.6  120.5  120.4  120.4  120.3  120.2  120.2  120.1 | 120.7  120.6  120.4  120.2 |    120.4 

  2005           | 120.0  120.0  120.0  120.0  120.0  120.0  120.0  120.1  120.2  120.3  120.4  120.5 | 120.0  120.0  120.1  120.4 |    120.1 

  2006           | 120.6  120.8  120.9  121.1  121.2  121.4  121.6  121.8  121.9  122.1  122.3  122.4 | 120.8  121.2  121.8  122.3 |    121.5 

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  2007           | 122.5  122.7  122.8  122.9  122.9  123.0  123.0  123.0  123.0  123.0  123.0  123.0 | 122.7  122.9  123.0  123.0 |    122.9 

  2008           | 123.0  123.0  123.0  123.1  123.2  123.2  123.4  123.5  123.7  123.9  124.1  124.2 | 123.0  123.2  123.5  124.1 |    123.4 

  2009           | 124.4  124.5  124.6  124.7  124.7  124.7  124.7  124.6  124.5  124.4  124.3  124.2 | 124.5  124.7  124.6  124.3 |    124.5 

  2010           | 124.0  123.9  123.8  123.7  123.6                                                  | 123.9                      |          

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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |

 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |

  1980           |  84.1   84.0   83.5   81.6   79.3   78.2   77.5   77.5   78.7   79.5   80.8   81.0 |  83.8   79.7   77.9   80.4 |     80.5 

  1981           |  80.3   79.8   80.0   79.5   79.8   80.0   80.4   80.2   79.5   78.7   77.7   76.6 |  80.1   79.8   80.0   77.7 |     79.4 

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  1982           |  75.0   76.2   75.6   74.7   74.1   73.7   73.3   72.7   72.3   71.6   71.3   70.7 |  75.6   74.2   72.8   71.2 |     73.4 

  1983           |  72.0   71.5   72.1   72.9   73.4   73.8   74.8   75.8   76.7   77.3   77.5   77.8 |  71.9   73.4   75.8   77.5 |     74.6 

  1984           |  79.4   79.6   79.8   80.2   80.4   80.6   80.6   80.5   80.2   79.9   80.0   80.0 |  79.6   80.4   80.4   80.0 |     80.1 

  1985           |  79.5   79.8   79.8   79.6   79.5   79.4   78.8   79.0   79.3   78.8   79.0   79.7 |  79.7   79.5   79.0   79.2 |     79.3 

  1986           |  80.0   79.3   78.7   78.7   78.8   78.6   78.8   78.5   78.6   78.9   79.1   79.7 |  79.4   78.7   78.6   79.2 |     79.0 

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  1987           |  79.2   80.1   80.2   80.5   80.9   81.1   81.4   81.9   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   84.4   84.5   84.6   85.0   84.6   85.0   85.1   85.4 |  83.9   84.4   84.7   85.2 |     84.6 

  1989           |  85.6   85.1   85.3   85.1   84.4   84.3   83.2   83.8   83.4   83.1   83.2   83.5 |  85.3   84.6   83.5   83.3 |     84.2 

  1990           |  82.8   83.5   83.7   83.4   83.3   83.4   83.2   83.3   83.3   82.5   81.4   80.6 |  83.3   83.4   83.3   81.5 |     82.9 

  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 |  79.5   79.7   80.4   80.3 |     80.0 

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  1992           |  79.1   79.6   80.2   80.6   80.7   80.5   81.0   80.5   80.5   81.0   81.1   81.1 |  79.6   80.6   80.7   81.1 |     80.5 

  1993           |  81.4   81.5   81.4   81.5   81.1   81.2   81.4   81.2   81.4   81.9   82.1   82.4 |  81.4   81.3   81.3   82.1 |     81.6 

  1994           |  82.6   82.5   83.1   83.2   83.4   83.8   83.7   83.9   83.8   84.2   84.4   85.0 |  82.7   83.5   83.8   84.5 |     83.6 

  1995           |  85.0   84.7   84.4   84.0   83.9   83.8   83.2   84.0   84.0   83.4   83.3   83.3 |  84.7   83.9   83.7   83.4 |     83.9 

  1996           |  82.4   83.4   82.9   83.4   83.6   84.0   83.5   83.6   83.8   83.4   83.8   84.0 |  82.9   83.7   83.6   83.7 |     83.5 

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  1997           |  83.7   84.2   84.4   83.9   83.9   83.8   83.7   84.3   84.6   84.8   85.0   84.8 |  84.1   83.9   84.2   84.9 |     84.3 

  1998           |  84.6   84.3   84.0   83.8   84.0   82.9   82.0   83.4   82.6   82.8   82.3   82.0 |  84.3   83.6   82.7   82.4 |     83.2 

  1999           |  82.0   81.9   81.6   81.3   81.6   81.0   81.1   81.3   80.7   81.5   81.6   81.9 |  81.8   81.3   81.0   81.7 |     81.5 

  2000           |  81.5   81.4   81.4   81.6   81.4   81.3   80.7   80.3   80.6   80.1   79.8   79.3 |  81.4   81.4   80.5   79.7 |     80.8 

  2001           |  78.7   78.2   77.8   77.7   77.1   76.6   76.3   76.0   75.6   75.1   74.7   74.6 |  78.2   77.1   76.0   74.8 |     76.5 

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  2002           |  75.0   74.9   75.5   75.7   76.1   76.7   76.4   76.4   76.5   76.3   76.6   76.2 |  75.1   76.2   76.4   76.4 |     76.0 

  2003           |  76.7   76.9   76.8   76.1   76.1   76.1   76.3   76.3   76.7   76.7   77.3   77.2 |  76.8   76.1   76.5   77.1 |     76.6 

  2004           |  77.3   77.8   77.4   77.8   78.4   77.7   78.3   78.4   78.4   79.2   79.4   80.0 |  77.5   78.0   78.3   79.5 |     78.3 

  2005           |  80.3   80.8   80.7   80.7   80.8   81.0   80.8   80.8   79.0   79.7   80.5   80.9 |  80.6   80.8   80.2   80.3 |     80.5 

  2006           |  80.8   80.7   80.8   80.9   80.7   80.8   80.9   80.9   80.7   80.5   80.2   80.9 |  80.7   80.8   80.8   80.5 |     80.7 

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  2007           |  80.5   81.3   81.2   81.6   81.6   81.5   81.6   81.5   81.8   81.0   81.3   81.3 |  81.0   81.6   81.7   81.2 |     81.4 

  2008           |  80.9   80.7   80.3   79.6   79.1   78.8   78.7   77.7   74.4   75.2   74.5   73.0 |  80.6   79.1   76.9   74.3 |     77.7 

  2009           |  71.4   70.9   69.7   69.0   68.3   68.1   69.0   69.9   70.4   70.6   71.1   71.5 |  70.7   68.5   69.8   71.1 |     70.0 

  2010           |  72.3   72.4   72.6   73.1   74.0                                                  |  72.4                      |          

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 Note: Estimates from January 2010 through May 2010 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.

 <1> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.