Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: June 15, 2015

Table 8 Industrial Capacity

Percent change
Item Average annual rate Fourth quarter to fourth quarter Annual rate Monthly rate
2015
May
1972-
79
1980-
88
1989-
94 
1995-
2015
        2014 2015
2012 2013 2014 2015 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Total industry 3.1 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.6 1.9 3.1 1.8 3.3 3.4 2.4 1.9 .1
         
Manufacturing[1] 3.3 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 .1
         
Mining .7 .1 -.6 1.3 4.8 4.0 9.2 3.3 10.0 10.3 6.0 3.7 .2
Utilities 4.2 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.3 .4 1.0 .3 1.1 1.0 .5 .3 .0
         
         
Selected high-technology industries 19.6 17.3 15.7 19.6 19.0 4.7 8.6 8.2 9.8 9.8 9.1 8.4 .6
Manufacturing[1] ex. selected
high-technology industries
2.6 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.3 .1
         
Stage-of-process groups
Crude 1.6 .4 -.5 1.2 3.5 3.1 7.3 2.8 8.0 8.3 4.9 3.1 .2
Primary and semifinished 3.0 1.3 2.6 2.6 2.0 .7 1.9 1.5 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.5 .1
Finished 3.9 3.3 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.7 .1

[1] Refer to note on cover page. Return to table


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