Table 8B CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <1> Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 2002 output) | | | 1976 | 82.4 82.6 82.7 82.8 83.0 83.1 83.3 83.4 83.5 83.7 83.8 84.0 | 82.6 83.0 83.4 83.8 | 83.2 1977 | 84.2 84.3 84.5 84.7 84.9 85.1 85.3 85.5 85.7 85.9 86.1 86.4 | 84.3 84.9 85.5 86.1 | 85.2 | | | 1978 | 86.6 86.8 87.0 87.2 87.4 87.6 87.7 87.9 88.1 88.3 88.4 88.6 | 86.8 87.4 87.9 88.4 | 87.6 1979 | 88.7 88.9 89.0 89.2 89.3 89.5 89.6 89.7 89.9 90.0 90.1 90.3 | 88.9 89.3 89.7 90.1 | 89.5 1980 | 90.4 90.5 90.7 90.8 90.9 91.1 91.2 91.3 91.5 91.6 91.8 91.9 | 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.8 | 91.1 1981 | 92.0 92.2 92.3 92.5 92.6 92.8 92.9 93.1 93.3 93.4 93.6 93.7 | 92.2 92.6 93.1 93.6 | 92.9 1982 | 93.9 94.0 94.1 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.7 94.7 94.8 94.8 94.9 | 94.0 94.4 94.7 94.8 | 94.5 | | | 1983 | 94.9 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.7 94.8 94.8 | 94.9 94.8 94.8 94.8 | 94.8 1984 | 94.8 94.8 94.9 94.9 95.0 95.1 95.2 95.3 95.4 95.5 95.7 95.8 | 94.8 95.0 95.3 95.7 | 95.2 1985 | 96.0 96.2 96.3 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.0 97.2 97.3 97.5 97.6 97.8 | 96.2 96.7 97.2 97.6 | 96.9 1986 | 97.9 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 | 98.0 98.3 98.5 98.8 | 98.4 1987 | 99.0 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.9 100.0 | 99.1 99.4 99.7 99.9 | 99.5 | | | 1988 | 100.0 100.1 100.1 100.1 100.2 100.2 100.2 100.3 100.3 100.4 100.4 100.5 | 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 | 100.2 1989 | 100.6 100.7 100.9 101.0 101.1 101.3 101.4 101.6 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.2 | 100.7 101.1 101.6 102.1 | 101.4 1990 | 102.4 102.6 102.7 102.9 103.0 103.2 103.3 103.5 103.6 103.7 103.9 104.0 | 102.6 103.0 103.5 103.9 | 103.2 1991 | 104.2 104.3 104.4 104.6 104.7 104.8 105.0 105.1 105.2 105.3 105.4 105.5 | 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.4 | 104.9 1992 | 105.6 105.7 105.8 105.9 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 106.5 106.6 106.7 | 105.7 106.0 106.3 106.6 | 106.1 | | | 1993 | 106.8 106.8 106.9 107.0 107.1 107.2 107.3 107.4 107.5 107.6 107.7 107.8 | 106.8 107.1 107.4 107.7 | 107.2 1994 | 107.9 108.0 108.1 108.2 108.4 108.5 108.7 108.8 109.0 109.2 109.4 109.6 | 108.0 108.4 108.8 109.4 | 108.6 1995 | 109.8 110.0 110.2 110.5 110.7 110.9 111.2 111.4 111.6 111.8 112.0 112.3 | 110.0 110.7 111.4 112.0 | 111.0 1996 | 112.5 112.7 112.9 113.1 113.3 113.5 113.8 114.0 114.3 114.6 114.8 115.2 | 112.7 113.3 114.0 114.8 | 113.7 1997 | 115.5 115.8 116.2 116.6 116.9 117.4 117.8 118.2 118.6 119.1 119.5 119.9 | 115.8 117.0 118.2 119.5 | 117.6 | | | 1998 | 120.3 120.7 121.1 121.5 121.9 122.3 122.6 122.9 123.3 123.6 123.9 124.2 | 120.7 121.9 122.9 123.9 | 122.4 1999 | 124.5 124.8 125.1 125.4 125.6 125.9 126.2 126.4 126.7 126.9 127.1 127.3 | 124.8 125.6 126.4 127.1 | 126.0 2000 | 127.5 127.7 127.9 128.1 128.3 128.4 128.6 128.8 128.9 129.1 129.2 129.3 | 127.7 128.3 128.8 129.2 | 128.5 2001 | 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.9 130.0 130.1 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.7 130.8 130.9 | 129.6 130.0 130.4 130.8 | 130.2 2002 | 131.0 131.1 131.2 131.2 131.3 131.3 131.3 131.2 131.2 131.1 131.0 130.9 | 131.1 131.3 131.2 131.0 | 131.1 | | | 2003 | 130.7 130.6 130.5 130.4 130.2 130.1 130.0 130.0 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 | 130.6 130.2 130.0 129.9 | 130.2 2004 | 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.8 129.8 129.8 | 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.8 | 129.9 2005 | 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.6 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.8 129.9 130.0 130.1 | 129.7 129.7 129.7 130.0 | 129.8 2006 | 130.2 130.4 130.5 130.7 130.8 131.0 131.2 131.3 131.5 131.6 | 130.4 130.8 131.3 | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1976 | 78.9 79.5 79.4 79.7 79.8 79.7 79.9 80.3 80.3 80.2 81.2 81.8 | 79.2 79.7 80.2 81.1 | 80.0 1977 | 81.2 82.2 83.0 83.5 83.9 84.2 84.2 84.0 84.1 84.1 83.9 83.8 | 82.1 83.9 84.1 83.9 | 83.5 | | | 1978 | 82.4 82.5 83.8 85.3 85.4 85.8 85.5 85.5 85.5 86.0 86.4 86.7 | 82.9 85.5 85.5 86.4 | 85.1 1979 | 85.9 86.2 86.3 85.2 85.6 85.4 85.0 84.2 84.1 84.4 84.0 83.9 | 86.1 85.4 84.4 84.1 | 85.0 1980 | 84.1 84.0 83.5 81.6 79.4 78.2 77.5 77.6 78.8 79.6 80.8 81.1 | 83.9 79.7 78.0 80.5 | 80.5 1981 | 80.5 79.8 80.2 79.5 79.9 80.2 80.6 80.3 79.6 78.8 77.8 76.7 | 80.2 79.9 80.2 77.8 | 79.5 1982 | 75.1 76.3 75.7 74.8 74.2 73.8 73.4 72.7 72.3 71.6 71.3 70.6 | 75.7 74.3 72.8 71.1 | 73.5 | | | 1983 | 71.9 71.4 72.0 72.8 73.3 73.7 74.8 75.7 76.7 77.3 77.4 77.8 | 71.7 73.3 75.7 77.5 | 74.6 1984 | 79.3 79.5 79.8 80.1 80.4 80.5 80.6 80.5 80.2 79.9 80.1 80.0 | 79.5 80.4 80.4 80.0 | 80.1 1985 | 79.7 79.9 79.9 79.7 79.6 79.5 78.9 79.1 79.4 79.0 79.1 79.8 | 79.8 79.6 79.1 79.3 | 79.5 1986 | 80.2 79.4 78.8 78.8 78.8 78.6 78.8 78.5 78.6 78.8 79.1 79.6 | 79.5 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 83.3 83.6 | 79.8 80.8 81.7 83.3 | 81.4 | | | 1988 | 83.6 83.9 84.0 84.4 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.8 84.4 84.8 84.9 85.2 | 83.8 84.3 84.5 85.0 | 84.4 1989 | 85.4 84.9 85.1 84.9 84.2 84.0 83.0 83.6 83.2 82.9 83.0 83.4 | 85.1 84.3 83.3 83.1 | 84.0 1990 | 82.7 83.3 83.5 83.2 83.2 83.3 83.0 83.1 83.1 82.4 81.2 80.5 | 83.2 83.2 83.1 81.4 | 82.7 1991 | 80.0 79.3 78.7 78.8 79.5 80.1 80.1 80.0 80.6 80.4 80.1 79.6 | 79.4 79.5 80.2 80.1 | 79.8 1992 | 79.0 79.4 79.9 80.4 80.5 80.3 80.9 80.3 80.4 80.8 81.0 80.9 | 79.4 80.4 80.5 80.9 | 80.3 | | | 1993 | 81.2 81.4 81.3 81.4 81.0 81.1 81.3 81.2 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.4 | 81.3 81.2 81.3 82.1 | 81.5 1994 | 82.6 82.5 83.1 83.2 83.5 83.8 83.8 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 83.8 83.8 83.2 83.9 83.9 83.3 83.2 83.2 | 84.7 83.9 83.6 83.2 | 83.9 1996 | 82.2 83.2 82.7 83.2 83.4 83.8 83.2 83.4 83.5 83.1 83.6 83.8 | 82.7 83.4 83.4 83.5 | 83.3 1997 | 83.4 83.9 84.1 83.5 83.4 83.3 83.3 83.8 84.1 84.4 84.7 84.5 | 83.8 83.4 83.7 84.5 | 83.9 | | | 1998 | 84.3 84.0 83.6 83.6 83.8 82.8 82.0 83.3 82.6 82.8 82.4 82.2 | 84.0 83.4 82.7 82.5 | 83.1 1999 | 82.2 82.1 81.8 81.5 81.8 81.3 81.4 81.5 81.0 81.8 81.9 82.2 | 82.1 81.6 81.3 81.9 | 81.7 2000 | 81.8 81.7 81.6 81.8 81.7 81.5 81.0 80.6 80.8 80.2 80.0 79.5 | 81.7 81.7 80.8 79.9 | 81.0 2001 | 78.8 78.3 77.9 77.8 77.3 76.9 76.6 76.3 75.8 75.3 74.9 74.7 | 78.4 77.3 76.2 75.0 | 76.7 2002 | 75.2 75.2 75.7 75.9 76.2 76.9 76.7 76.7 76.8 76.5 76.8 76.4 | 75.3 76.4 76.7 76.6 | 76.3 | | | 2003 | 76.9 77.1 77.0 76.4 76.4 76.6 76.8 76.8 77.2 77.1 77.7 77.7 | 77.0 76.4 76.9 77.5 | 77.0 2004 | 77.7 78.2 77.7 78.2 78.7 78.1 78.6 78.8 78.6 79.2 79.4 79.9 | 77.9 78.4 78.7 79.5 | 78.6 2005 | 80.1 80.5 80.4 80.3 80.6 81.1 80.9 81.1 79.5 80.2 81.0 81.6 | 80.3 80.6 80.5 80.9 | 80.6 2006 | 81.5 81.5 81.8 82.3 82.1 82.7 82.8 82.9 82.2 82.1 | 81.6 82.3 82.6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates from August 2006 through October 2006 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. <1> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.