Table 7B
 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing <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           |  63.0   63.2   63.4   63.5   63.7   63.9   64.0   64.2   64.4   64.5   64.7   64.8 |  63.2   63.7   64.2   64.7 |     63.9 
  1980           |  65.0   65.1   65.3   65.4   65.6   65.7   65.9   66.1   66.3   66.4   66.6   66.8 |  65.1   65.6   66.1   66.6 |     65.9 
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  1981           |  67.0   67.2   67.4   67.6   67.8   67.9   68.1   68.3   68.5   68.6   68.8   68.9 |  67.2   67.8   68.3   68.8 |     68.0 
  1982           |  69.1   69.2   69.4   69.5   69.7   69.8   69.9   70.0   70.1   70.2   70.3   70.3 |  69.2   69.7   70.0   70.3 |     69.8 
  1983           |  70.4   70.4   70.5   70.5   70.5   70.6   70.6   70.6   70.6   70.7   70.8   70.8 |  70.4   70.5   70.6   70.8 |     70.6 
  1984           |  70.9   71.0   71.1   71.3   71.4   71.6   71.7   71.9   72.1   72.3   72.5   72.8 |  71.0   71.4   71.9   72.5 |     71.7 
  1985           |  73.0   73.2   73.4   73.6   73.8   74.0   74.2   74.4   74.5   74.7   74.8   74.9 |  73.2   73.8   74.4   74.8 |     74.0 
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  1986           |  75.0   75.1   75.1   75.2   75.3   75.4   75.4   75.5   75.6   75.8   75.9   76.0 |  75.1   75.3   75.5   75.9 |     75.4 
  1987           |  76.2   76.4   76.6   76.8   76.9   77.1   77.3   77.5   77.7   77.8   77.9   78.1 |  76.4   76.9   77.5   77.9 |     77.2 
  1988           |  78.1   78.2   78.3   78.3   78.4   78.4   78.5   78.5   78.6   78.7   78.7   78.8 |  78.2   78.4   78.5   78.7 |     78.5 
  1989           |  79.0   79.1   79.2   79.4   79.6   79.7   79.9   80.1   80.3   80.5   80.7   80.9 |  79.1   79.6   80.1   80.7 |     79.9 
  1990           |  81.1   81.2   81.4   81.6   81.8   82.0   82.1   82.3   82.4   82.6   82.7   82.9 |  81.2   81.8   82.3   82.7 |     82.0 
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  1991           |  83.0   83.2   83.3   83.4   83.5   83.7   83.8   83.9   84.0   84.1   84.2   84.4 |  83.2   83.5   83.9   84.2 |     83.7 
  1992           |  84.5   84.7   84.9   85.1   85.3   85.5   85.7   85.9   86.1   86.3   86.5   86.7 |  84.7   85.3   85.9   86.5 |     85.6 
  1993           |  86.8   87.0   87.1   87.2   87.4   87.5   87.6   87.7   87.8   88.0   88.2   88.3 |  87.0   87.4   87.7   88.2 |     87.6 
  1994           |  88.6   88.8   89.0   89.3   89.6   89.9   90.2   90.5   90.8   91.2   91.5   91.9 |  88.8   89.6   90.5   91.5 |     90.1 
  1995           |  92.2   92.6   92.9   93.3   93.6   94.0   94.4   94.8   95.2   95.6   96.1   96.6 |  92.6   93.6   94.8   96.1 |     94.3 
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  1996           |  97.1   97.6   98.1   98.6   99.2   99.7  100.3  100.8  101.3  101.9  102.5  103.0 |  97.6   99.2  100.8  102.5 |    100.0 
  1997           | 103.6  104.2  104.8  105.4  106.1  106.8  107.4  108.2  108.9  109.7  110.5  111.3 | 104.2  106.1  108.2  110.5 |    107.2 
  1998           | 112.1  112.9  113.7  114.5  115.3  116.1  116.8  117.5  118.2  118.9  119.5  120.1 | 112.9  115.3  117.5  119.5 |    116.3 
  1999           | 120.7  121.3  121.9  122.5  123.0  123.6  124.1  124.7  125.2  125.8  126.3  126.9 | 121.3  123.0  124.7  126.3 |    123.8 
  2000           | 127.5  128.0  128.6  129.1  129.7  130.2  130.7  131.2  131.7  132.2  132.7  133.2 | 128.0  129.7  131.2  132.7 |    130.4 
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  2001           | 133.7  134.1  134.6  135.0  135.4  135.7  136.0  136.3  136.6  136.8  137.0  137.2 | 134.1  135.3  136.3  137.0 |    135.7 
  2002           | 137.4  137.5  137.6  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.7  137.6 | 137.5  137.7  137.7  137.7 |    137.6 
  2003           | 137.6  137.6  137.5  137.5  137.5  137.4  137.4  137.3  137.3  137.3  137.2  137.2 | 137.6  137.5  137.3  137.2 |    137.4 
  2004           | 137.1  137.1  137.0  137.0  137.0  136.9  136.9  136.9  136.9  137.0  137.0  137.1 | 137.1  137.0  136.9  137.0 |    137.0 
  2005           | 137.2  137.3  137.5  137.6  137.8  137.9  138.1  138.3  138.5  138.7  138.8  139.0 | 137.3  137.8  138.3  138.8 |    138.1 
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  2006           | 139.2  139.3  139.5  139.6  139.8  139.9  140.1  140.3  140.4  140.6  140.8  141.0 | 139.3  139.8  140.3  140.8 |    140.1 
  2007           | 141.3  141.5  141.8  142.0  142.3  142.6  142.9  143.2  143.4  143.7  144.0  144.2 | 141.5  142.3  143.1  144.0 |    142.7 
  2008           | 144.5  144.7  144.9  145.1  145.3  145.5  145.6  145.7  145.8  145.8  145.8  145.8 | 144.7  145.3  145.7  145.8 |    145.4 
  2009           | 145.7  145.7                                                                       |                            |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  85.0   85.2   85.3   83.8   84.6   84.5   84.4   83.1   83.1   83.2   82.8   82.8 |  85.2   84.3   83.5   82.9 |     84.0 
  1980           |  83.0   82.8   82.0   80.1   77.5   76.1   75.1   75.5   76.5   77.7   78.9   78.9 |  82.6   77.9   75.7   78.5 |     78.7 
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  1981           |  78.4   77.8   77.8   77.9   78.1   77.6   77.5   77.5   76.9   76.0   74.9   73.5 |  78.0   77.9   77.3   74.8 |     77.0 
  1982           |  71.6   73.4   72.7   72.0   71.7   71.4   71.2   70.5   70.1   69.3   68.8   68.6 |  72.6   71.7   70.6   68.9 |     70.9 
  1983           |  70.2   70.1   70.7   71.5   72.4   72.8   73.9   74.4   75.8   76.6   76.8   76.9 |  70.3   72.2   74.7   76.8 |     73.5 
  1984           |  78.2   79.0   79.2   79.5   79.5   79.7   79.9   79.8   79.4   79.5   79.5   79.6 |  78.8   79.6   79.7   79.6 |     79.4 
  1985           |  79.0   78.6   79.0   78.5   78.3   78.3   77.7   77.9   77.8   77.5   77.8   78.0 |  78.9   78.3   77.8   77.8 |     78.2 
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  1986           |  78.8   78.3   78.0   78.2   78.2   77.9   78.2   78.3   78.4   78.6   78.8   79.4 |  78.3   78.1   78.3   78.9 |     78.4 
  1987           |  79.0   79.9   79.8   80.0   80.4   80.5   80.8   81.1   81.4   82.5   82.9   83.3 |  79.6   80.3   81.1   82.9 |     81.0 
  1988           |  83.0   83.1   83.3   84.0   83.8   83.9   84.0   84.0   84.2   84.6   84.7   84.9 |  83.2   83.9   84.0   84.7 |     84.0 
  1989           |  85.4   84.5   84.3   84.2   83.3   83.3   82.2   82.7   82.3   82.0   82.0   81.9 |  84.7   83.6   82.4   82.0 |     83.2 
  1990           |  81.6   82.6   82.8   82.4   82.3   82.3   82.0   82.0   81.8   81.0   80.0   79.2 |  82.3   82.3   81.9   80.1 |     81.7 
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  1991           |  78.5   77.9   77.2   77.4   77.8   78.5   78.6   78.7   79.4   79.2   78.9   78.7 |  77.9   77.9   78.9   78.9 |     78.4 
  1992           |  78.0   78.6   79.2   79.4   79.7   79.8   80.2   79.7   79.6   79.9   80.0   79.7 |  78.6   79.6   79.8   79.8 |     79.5 
  1993           |  80.4   80.3   80.1   80.4   80.2   80.0   80.1   79.9   80.3   80.8   81.0   81.2 |  80.2   80.2   80.1   81.0 |     80.4 
  1994           |  81.2   81.1   82.0   82.4   82.7   82.7   82.7   83.0   83.0   83.5   83.8   84.5 |  81.4   82.6   82.9   83.9 |     82.7 
  1995           |  84.4   84.0   83.9   83.5   83.2   83.2   82.4   83.0   83.4   82.9   82.5   82.5 |  84.1   83.3   82.9   82.6 |     83.2 
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  1996           |  81.4   82.3   81.7   82.1   82.2   82.6   82.4   82.5   82.6   82.1   82.3   82.5 |  81.8   82.3   82.5   82.3 |     82.2 
  1997           |  82.1   82.8   83.3   82.6   82.9   82.9   82.7   83.5   83.7   83.6   83.9   83.7 |  82.8   82.8   83.3   83.7 |     83.2 
  1998           |  83.8   83.2   82.5   82.4   82.3   81.2   80.3   81.8   81.0   81.3   81.0   81.0 |  83.2   82.0   81.0   81.1 |     81.8 
  1999           |  80.9   81.1   80.6   80.5   80.9   80.3   80.3   80.5   79.9   80.8   81.0   81.3 |  80.9   80.6   80.3   81.0 |     80.7 
  2000           |  81.0   80.9   81.1   81.3   80.8   80.7   80.3   79.6   79.6   79.0   78.5   77.7 |  81.0   80.9   79.9   78.4 |     80.1 
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  2001           |  76.9   76.2   75.7   75.3   74.5   73.8   73.4   72.7   72.3   71.7   71.4   71.5 |  76.3   74.5   72.8   71.5 |     73.8 
  2002           |  71.7   71.7   72.1   72.1   72.5   73.3   73.0   73.2   73.3   72.9   73.2   72.9 |  71.8   72.6   73.1   73.0 |     72.7 
  2003           |  73.3   73.5   73.7   73.0   73.1   73.5   73.6   73.4   74.0   74.1   74.9   74.8 |  73.5   73.2   73.7   74.6 |     73.7 
  2004           |  74.8   75.4   75.2   75.6   76.1   75.5   76.2   76.6   76.5   77.2   77.2   77.6 |  75.1   75.7   76.4   77.3 |     76.2 
  2005           |  78.1   78.7   78.3   78.3   78.5   78.6   78.4   78.6   77.7   78.8   79.4   79.4 |  78.3   78.5   78.2   79.2 |     78.6 
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  2006           |  79.8   79.5   79.3   79.6   79.3   79.5   79.5   79.6   79.4   78.9   78.7   79.5 |  79.6   79.5   79.5   79.0 |     79.4 
  2007           |  78.8   78.9   79.1   79.2   79.1   79.1   79.4   78.9   79.1   78.6   78.7   78.8 |  79.0   79.1   79.1   78.7 |     79.0 
  2008           |  78.5   78.0   77.8   77.0   76.7   76.3   76.1   75.3   72.5   72.8   71.3   69.2 |  78.1   76.7   74.6   71.1 |     75.1 
  2009           |  67.3   66.8                                                                       |                            |          
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 Note: Estimates from October 2008 through February 2009 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
 <1> See footnote 2 to table 3.